Certified Instructors

Steve Campana | Certified Level III | Golf, Athletics, Parenting 

Steve Campana is a Certified Public Accountant, a recognized Professional Billiards Instructors Association (PBIA) instructor and the author of the original pocket billard drill book Black Belt Billiards released in 2002. 

While Steve has been a life-long student of personal improvement and the positive impact a strong mental game and attitude can have on sporting endeavors, business and life it was a serendipitous encounter in the winter of 2021 that led Steve to discover Lanny Bassham and the Mental Management System while watching an interview featuring professional pool player Tony Robles who gave a shout out to the book With Winning In Mind. 

After devouring the book and introducing himself to Lanny Bassham to learn firsthand about the Mental Management System his passion for lifelong learning and helping others made it crystal clear that becoming a certified Mental Management Coach would allow him to positively impact the lives of others by sharing this passion and the Mental Management System long after his upcoming retirement from the practice of public accounting. 

Steve's aim is to coach mental management skills to athletic participants, students and parents in an environment that is fun, challenging, rewarding and in a manner that enriches the lives of all participants.  

Steven provides both virtual and in-person instruction in the Mental Management System, putting and the art of deliberate training and can be reached at campanaperformancecoaching.com or email at swcleadership@aol.com 

Rachael Pitts | Certified Level III | Fitness

Rachel Pitts started in dance at age 5. After attending the Virginia School of the Arts with a focus on ballet, she began her professional dance career that spanned stage, television, and film.

Parallel to her dance career, Rachel pursued fitness as a group instructor and personal trainer, racking up 20+ years of experience in how the human body moves and functions. Most recently, Rachel also entered into the bodybuilding industry, where she earned her IFBB Pro Card in the fitness division. She found that the Mental Management System is perfect for handling the pressure that athletes and dancers face when they step on stage for a show. 

Rachel has also spent 10+ years in the real estate and mortgage industry and feels confident about how Mental Management can help salespeople optimize their performance. 

If you would like to level up your mental game in the area of competitive dance, bodybuilding, or sales, reach Rachel at ultrafitdancer@gmail.com or 843-424-0995.

Dr. Penny Veit-Hetletved | Certified Level III | Business, Rehabilitation, Education, Archery

Penny has her doctorate in Education Administration from the University of South Dakota.  She has spent close to three decades in the field of education where she often finds herself mentoring others and pushing a growth mindset culture.  Dr. Penny presently supervises three departments (Education, Staff Development and Training, and Core Correctional Practices) for the ND Department of Corrections  She is presently using the Mental Management System to improve the ND DOCR employee’s ability to increase rehabilitative practices of at risk learners along with leadership within the agency to build the ND DOCR bench. Today’s challenges require that leaders have higher levels of attention, process and self-image available only through the Mental Management Systems.  Dr. Penny has always gravitated toward at risk youth and is presently approved to offer the Mental Management System within the ND Education system for graduation credit at the ND Youth Correctional Center.

She coaches for North Central Elite Archers and Form First Archery to develop elite youth archers along with private training upon request. www.formfirstarchery.com  Penny has also recently began to coordinate efforts to train the Mental Management System to high school shooting sports.

Dr. Penny is excited to be able to bring the concepts of the Mental Management System to both her professional and sport(s) world.

 Dimas Nunez | Certified Level III | Business

 Dimas Nunez is an attorney, a certified sporting clays instructor (NSCA and Paragon) and a business consultant with one of the largest Life Insurance Companies in the United States.  Dimas works closely with his company’s Elite Producers and those that wish to achieve the coveted Elite position within the company.  Dimas utilizes the techniques he has learned through the Mental Management Program to assist all levels of producers reach the pinnacle of their profession.When Dimas is not working with his business clients, you will find him either on the Sporting Clays course working with shooters of all levels, or on a tennis court instructing and/or coaching tennis players with their A games, or perhaps leading a cadre of hunters to the African bush in search of dangerous game. Dimas utilizes Mental Management techniques to assist all of his students in learning the proper development and balance of the three mental components that are so critical in building a fierce competitor.

Given Dimas’ many performance-enhancing opportunities, we asked him where he sees the greatest need for the principals of Mental Management. “Without a doubt, in my opinion, the greatest use of these very powerful techniques and principals is with those that affect the athlete on a daily basis. I can hardly wait to present these ideas and techniques to the parents of the athletes in order to facilitate an environment that nurtures and protects the self-image of the young athlete.” Indeed. When the athlete believes he can do it, he certainly improves his/her probability of success.  Check out his website at osksportingclays.com

Teah Anders | Certified Level III | Dog Sports

Teah is a Certified Mental Management Instructor (Level III) through Mental Management Systems.  She has presented more than 25 Mental Management Seminars around the country since 2013 focusing on Mental Management for dog sport handlers.  Many of Teah’s clients have been involved in Nose Work, Scent Work, Obedience, Rally, Agility, Musical Canine Freestyle, Conformation and more.  Teah holds certifications through NACSW as a Certified NW Instructor and through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, CPDT-KA.

Chuck Anders | Certified Level III | Business

Chuck Anders, founder, and president of Strategic Initiatives, has over twenty-five years experience helping individuals and organizations achieve their dreams. He is a Certified Mental Management Instructor and works with both athletes and business organizations. “I am so excited to bring the proven Mental Management techniques to business and organizations. These tools are as powerful in the Board Room as they are on the playing field.”

In 1996, Chuck founded Strategic Initiatives where he has worked extensively with public and private organizations, project teams, citizen advisory groups, and the general public to understand and resolve a wide range of contentious issues. He specializes in using interactive technology and other web-based tools to establish clear goals and enhance communications and understanding among groups and participants.

Chuck is a licensed professional engineer and lives on the Central Coast of California. Prior to founding Strategic Initiatives, he worked as a principal consultant with an international consulting firm, served as Assistant Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation and Director of the Arizona Division of Environmental Health Services (State EPA) among other positions.

David Neal | Certified Level II | Rodeo | Softball

Dave Neal is a qualified mental management coach who is passionate about helping others improve their mental game. Others tell you what you should do, but Dave teaches how to improve your skills, self-assurance, and strategies that work.  Do what others are not willing to do, start now and develop the mental toughness for success; it really makes a difference.

Dave lives in Twin Falls, Idaho and can be contacted at dave@visionbeyond.com

Nancy Reyes | Certified Level II | Dog Sports

Nancy Reyes has been a professional dog trainer and behavior counselor for the past 25 years.  She began her training career showing her Chow Chows in conformation.  Over the years she found that she enjoyed training and competing in agility and rally. During this time she discovered another passion, working with shelter and rescue dogs.  For the past 20 years, Nancy has donated much of her time to working with various rescues in the Midwest.  This experience has honed her behavior training skills.  She has even rescued a dog or two or six.

In 2004 Nancy decided it was time to venture out on her own and opened For Your K9 Inc. Melrose Park, IL.  For Your K9 offers a wide variety of classes including Obedience, Agility, Rally-Obedience, Conformation and K9 Nose Work.  Nancy has trained many of her students to the Elite level and beyond. For Your K9 is committed to education at every level. Nancy’s training philosophy is focused on developing and strengthening the bond between people and their dogs.  She believes that good communication and mutual respect are key to the success of any relationship.  Her approach is based on her mentor and teacher, Suzanne Clothier’s Relationship Centered Training.  Nancy is a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). She is a Certified Nose Work Instructor through the National Association of K9 Scent Work™

She is excited to bring Mental Management Systems to the dog sports world and help dog enthusiast achieve their goals with their dogs. Nancy lives in Chicago with her husband, Gonzalo, and their 6 dogs which range from Miniature Pinscher’s to a German Shepherd and two cats.  She trains and competes her dogs in agility, rally and K9 nose work.  www.foryourk9.com

Marion Hiegel | Certified Level II I Business 

Marion Hiegel of St. Louis, MO, is a seven-year veteran of personally applying Olympic Champion Lanny Bassham’s Mental Management System to his sales career.  His clients today are athletes and business professionals. Marion’s company is Champions RAMP,  through which he imparts knowledge, wrangles zest, communicates process and shepherds clients based on 37 years of research, knowledge, and experience. Clients quickly learn a Process that can lead them to perform to the best of their ability when under pressure. His success was confirmed by the competitive youth trap team, of which he is a coach, as they recently won the National Championship in four events. Marion’s clients experience continued successes in Local,  State and National competitions; from Youth (AIM & SCTP) Trap Shooting to ATA Trap Shooting to Competitive Welding.

Tim Durkin – Certified Level II -Business

Tim Durkin is our certified level 2 instructor who specializes in bringing Mental Management Systems to individuals, teams and groups in business, healthcare, and government organizations.

Tim can show your organization how to use the Mental Management System to improve your employee’s ability to increase revenue, reduce costs or deal with difficult market challenges.

His client list includes many of today’s most well-known companies and healthcare centers including IBM, AT&T, General Electric, Ernst &Young, Ford and Duke Energy.  His healthcare client list includes Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Texas Health Resources, Parkland Hospital and Baylor Scott and White and many others.  In addition to a Fortune 100 client list, Tim has worked with many small to medium size companies from startups thru liquidity events.

If you are serious and not merely sincere about becoming a next level performer or organization, Tim can help at timdurkin.com.

Lisa Borgerson is our first Canadian Mental Management Systems Certified Instructor. Lisa first began her shooting career as a pistol athlete and member of the Shooting Federation of Canada and International Shooting Sport Federation, achieving National Team status.  Lisa put her own shooting career on hold to devote her time and energy to coaching.  Lisa coaches at the grassroots level through to elite athletes – regionally, provincially and nationally.  Lisa continues her training as a High Performance Coach, and is currently enrolled in the Canadian National Coaching Certification Program for her Advanced Coaching Diploma … with aspirations of being an Olympic coach.

Lisa has been Team Leader/Head Coach for the Canadian Junior and Canadian University Shooting Teams as well as senior athletes, traveling to international events.

Lisa presently resides in Southern Saskatchewan. Check our her web site at  lisaborgerson.com