Speaker's Profile

Lee Pepper is the author of Never Outmatched: Military Strategies to Lead, Innovate, and Win in the Modern Marketing Battlefield. He is a speaker and trusted podcast guest who blends timeless military strategy with modern business insights.With a background in marketing, business development and organizational leadership, Lee translates complex strategic principles into clear, actionable lessons for entrepreneurs, executives, and teams who want to gain a competitive edge in today’s fast-moving marketplace. Lee has served as Chief Information Officer and Chief Marketing Officer for two private equity backed healthcare businesses, scaling them and exiting with a combined valuation of over $1.5 Billlion dollars. He served in the United States Army and was a staff member on Ross Perot's Presidential campaigns. Lee was CMO and CIO at Foundations Recovery Network, CMO at SpecialtyCare and CCO and CIO for Meadows Behavioral Health beore retiring in 2021 to focus on writing, speaking and consulting. He has worked with the top behavioral health programs in the country including The Guest House Ocala, Dr. Daniel Amen, Cumberland Heights, The Blanchard Institute, EHN Canada, SANA Health/The Banyans Australia, Breathe, SCRC, Discovery Place and Acqua Recovery. He has presented at TCIV, West Coast Symposium, The Lonestar Collective, ITCC, Veteran Ready Summit, Military Creator Con and he recently did TEDx Ocala. Lee is also active as a mentor in the Williamson County Veterans Treatment Court and is President of the Hero's Path Veterans Treatment Court non-profit.