The Authentic Leadership Foundation is proud to announce that former MLB All-Star Mike Sweeney will be the keynote speaker for our Bring Out the Greatness 2024! event, held on the evening of Monday, December 9, 2024.

Mike is a model of the authentic leader ALF is helping schools to build; and he can speak to our mission from first-hand experience. Sweeney, a five-time All-Star and Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer, is not only known for his outstanding accomplishments on the field but also for the authentic leadership he has demonstrated throughout his career and beyond. He currently works as a special assistant to the GM with the KC Royals where he was part of their World Series Championship team in 2015. Mike’s role is to model and coach authentic leadership for the players in their minor league farm system.

Sweeney is also a founder of San Diego Saints Baseball, which exists to “Use the Greatest Game Ever Played to Share the Greatest Story Ever Told!” The Saints’ goal is to play a positive role in developing players into young adults, who are great children, siblings, students, and baseball players! His dedication to shaping not only great athletes but also virtuous leaders reflect the core mission of the Authentic Leadership Foundation. By fostering the use of principals, building character and serving mission in young players, Sweeney embodies the practices we seek to advance in all areas of life. “We’re thrilled and fortunate to be able to have Mike join us for our fourth annual event,” adds ALF Board Chair Pierre Koshakji. “He’s an outstanding example of the kind of leadership qualities we aim to form and nurture in young people across the country.”

Through his career and charitable work, including the Mike and Shara Sweeney Family Foundation, Sweeney’s leadership has always transcended the baseball diamond. He consistently demonstrates the power of humility, integrity, and principled-centered leadership, values that the Foundation promotes. His keynote will offer insights into how these timeless truths can empower leaders in any field to make a lasting, positive impact on their communities.

Join us on December 9, 2024, for an inspiring evening of wisdom and leadership with Mike Sweeney, as we celebrate the principles of authentic leadership and how they bring out the greatness in all of us.

[Dallas, Texas] – The Authentic Leadership Foundation is excited to announce its participation in North Texas Giving Day, a renowned regional event dedicated to fostering philanthropy and supporting non-profits. The event, which will take place on September 19, provides an opportunity for donors to contribute to the non-profits of their choice, with the added incentive of matching funds to amplify the impact of each donation.

“We’re honored and pleased to be a part of this tradition,” said Pierre Koshakji, Chairman of the Board of the Authentic Leadership Foundation. “We hope it will inspire our friends, old and new, to contribute and watch their support multiply, for the benefit of the students we train.”

This marks the Foundation’s inaugural year participating in North Texas Giving Day, and the organization looks forward to leveraging this opportunity to further its mission of empowering future leaders through targeted training and development programs.

About North Texas Giving Day:

North Texas Giving Day is an annual event that has become a cornerstone of regional philanthropic efforts. In 2023, the event raised an impressive $63.9 million from over 97,000 donors, benefiting 3,249 nonprofit organizations. This marked an increase from the $62.6 million raised in 2022, demonstrating the growing impact and generosity of the North Texas community.

About Communities Foundation of Texas:

The mission of the Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) is to improve the lives of all people in our community by investing in their health, wealth, living, and learning. CFT works to accomplish this by growing community giving, expanding community impact, and advancing community equity.

With a vision of building thriving communities for all, CFT collaborates locally and across the state with individuals, families, companies, foundations, and nonprofits through a variety of charitable funds and strategic grantmaking initiatives.

Support the Foundation on September 19, 2024!

What’s the measure of your success? What if the measure of your success is executing your mission, which we define as your unique impact on humanity?

Your mission is who God made you to be to set the world on fire. Yet, do you smell any smoke?

What if we were able to concretely move the target for success for our lives from where the world tells us it is…to where it’s meant to be?

The target isn’t comfort; it’s greatness.

At the Authentic Leadership Foundation, we’re showing students how to do this in a way they’ll listen, through trained adults that model what the students are being asked to do: to Discover their Path to Greatness.

Do you wish this for our youth?

Do you want to grow from good to great, and help kids do the same?

Our first annual, half-day conference, Rise to Greatness! is Friday, June 14th.

Come catch a glimpse of the training path & community of support we have for educators to help students with the identity crisis so many of them face not knowing who they are and that they were made to be great.

Let’s go!