We Build Leaders the Intrepid Way
Intrepid's core mission is to professionally and personally develop individuals and teams to maximize their potential and live honorably. Intrepid's guiding question is WHY US or more specifically, WHY YOU?
Intrepid's veteran-led curriculum combines established leadership doctrine with best practices tried and proven through decades of service. The curriculum guides self-reflection to assist clients to see themselves and teammates more clearly and set conditions to improve self and team as needed.
Gallup's Strength Finders personality assessment and coaching provides a language to self-discovery. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team doctrine enables professional trust. The deliberate exchange of expectations between peers enhances commitment and accountability to each other and the team. Intrepid's short-story professional readings stimulate dialogue and group discovery while reinforcing Intrepid's core leadership lessons.
Each client creates his or her own Personal Leadership Philosophy to intentionally define their base and core priorities. This allows each client to determine if they are on their base or if drift has occurred. It also assists each client to better articulate their base to teammates to eliminate barriers to trust and understanding. With these barriers removed, individuals and teams can be more intimate and accountable to each other and begin to maximize their potential as they pursue the answer to the question WHY US?
Intrepid's leader development mission includes seminars and adventure camps for college and high school students to instill confidence in our young leaders and invest in our collective future.
Intrepid also provides corporate strategic planning and military tactical mission planning seminars. We are here to forge leaders and teams for a complex and demanding world.
Meet The Team
The team at Intrepid Leadership group is made up of military veterans and special operators ready to train your Corporate Executives, Military Officers, Senior/Junior Enlisted, Athletic Teams and High Performing Teenagers
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Dr. Kurt Buller
Intrepid CEO & President
As the founder of Intrepid Leadership Group, Colonel (retired) Buller is dedicated to optimizing individual and team performance to help others meet their full potential personally and professionally. Kurt leads the professional development curriculum, the Joint Planning Process seminars, and leadership camps.
Kurt served 23 years in Air Force Special Operations as a Special Tactics Officer, where he held multiple commands including the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, 24th Special Tactics Squadron, and the 720th Special Tactics Group, and led combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan, Combat Search and Rescue missions in Bosnia, Peacekeeping operations in Somalia, and Counter-Drug missions in Colombia.
Kurt is a master parachutist with one combat jump, a combat SCUBA diver, and graduated from the Army’s Ranger School, earning the Merrill’s Marauders’ Leadership Award for the top officer graduate.
Kurt earned his Bachelor of Science from the United States Air Force Academy, a Master of Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma, and a Doctor of Strategic Leadership from Liberty University. He is a graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff College and served as a Senior Fellow in the Irregular Warfare Department of the US Navy Post-Graduate School. He is a Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths Coach and regularly provides individual and team coaching. He resides in Louisville, KY with his wife and two sons. -
Chief Master Sergeant (Retired) Charlie McHarney
Executive Associate
Chief (retired) McHarney is a member of Intrepid Leadership’s cadre of former senior military leaders and is also the Director of Leadership and Character Development for the O'Neal School in Pinehurst, N.C. Charlie contributes to the professional development curriculum and leadership camps and provides career coaching.
Charlie served 26 years in the United States Air Force as a Combat Controller, holding key leadership positions at the flight, squadron, and group levels. During a four-year tour at the Combat Control School, Charlie served as the Operations Superintendent and Commandant, and graduated nearly 400 Battlefield Airmen. Charlie served three years as the 21st Special Tactics Squadron Superintendent and culminated his career as the 724th Special Tactics Group Superintendent. He has executed numerous tactical combat deployments to Africa, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and also served as the 21st Expeditionary Special Tactics Squadron Superintendent during a 2013 deployment to Afghanistan.
Charlie earned a Bachelor of Science in Strategic Studies and Defense Analysis from Norwich University. He is a Gallup-Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and regularly conducts seminars in both the public and private sectors. He resides in Pinehurst, North Carolina, with his wife and three daughters. -
Mr. Adam Fachan
Executive Associate
Mr. Fachan is a former United States Air Force Pararescueman (PJ) who served with elite special operations task forces charged with the nation's most demanding missions. Operating out of Fort Bragg, NC, and Dam Neck, VA, Adam has conducted hundreds of raids in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, and Syria. After 15 years as a PJ, Adam helped plan future operations in South and Central America.
The founder and CEO of Victory Or Valhalla Solutions, LLC., and a Sig Sauer Certified Rifle/Carbine Instructor, Adam leads Intrepid's Joint Planning Process seminars and contributes to the professional development curriculum. He resides in Virginia Beach, VA with his wife.
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Colonel (Retired) Vinnie Savino
Executive Associate
Colonel (retired) Savino is a member of Intrepid Leadership’s cadre of former senior military officers and contributes to the professional development curriculum, mission planning seminars, and leadership camps. He is also a career coach and professional resume writer.
Vinnie served 25 years in the United States Air Force as a Special Tactics Officer, Combat Rescue Officer, and Air Liaison Officer, during which he held multiple command and staff assignments, including commanding the 38th Rescue Squadron, 1st Air Support Operations Group, and 368th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group in Baghdad, Iraq. Vinnie also served as the Air Liaison Officer to Multinational Corps Iraq. He has led combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, non-combat evacuation operations in Africa, and Combat Search and Rescue Missions in Bosnia.
Vinnie is a Master Freefall and Static Line parachutist with over 1800 jumps. He was a member of the US Special Operations Command’s Parachute Demonstration Team and is a US Army Special Forces Combat Diver. Vinnie was the first non-aviator to command all Combat Search and Rescue Forces in combat.
Vinnie earned a Bachelor of Science from the United States Air Force Academy, a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Dakota, and is a graduate of the Air Force’s Air War College. He is currently a doctoral student at Liberty University. Vinnie spent the last five years as a senior defense analyst in the Middle East and is a certified professional career coach regularly helping senior officers transition from the military. He resides in San Vito dei Normanni, Italy, with his wife. -
Colonel (Retired) Mark Roland
Senior Mentor
Mark was a B-1 and B-52 Navigator who retired from the Air Force in 2007 as the ROTC Detachment Commander at the University of Kentucky. Mark’s son, Matthew Roland, was a Special Tactics Officer and was killed in action in Afghanistan on 26 August 2015, and was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for heroism. Mark is a “Gold Star” father and explains the program to our teens. Our base camp is named in Matthew’s honor; we proudly call it “Forward Operating Base Roland”. Mark is integral to Intrepid's leadership camps.
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Senior Master Sergeant (Retired) Kyle Oler
Survival Instructor
Kyle is a retired USAF Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) Specialist who managed and coordinated personnel recovery and disaster response missions globally. Along the way, he was blessed to work with several Chaplains and pastors to proclaim the gospel with 3 youth groups and 2 community groups, primarily through the Acts 29 network of churches. He also served as a part-time Missionary with Cadence Ministries for one year and continues to minister to the military community and local church on a weekly basis. He is currently a high school teacher at Pietas Classical Christian School, where his four oldest children attend. His dream has always been to have a camp where the gospel is proclaimed, and now he stands on the edge of God making this a reality. He is so excited for the opportunity and is praying for each teen who will show up to this camp! Kyle leads Intrepid's faith-based survival camp and participates in the leadership camps.