Brendan Sullivan
Founder & President
College Stanford University ’96
High School St. Albans School (DC) ’93
Washington Post First Team All-Met ’92 & ’93
Gatorade Player of the Year (DC) ’93
Experience Five years San Diego Padres minor leagues (AAA)
2004 National Double-Goal Coach of The Year
Brendan was a four-year varsity player at St. Albans School (’93) where he was three-time All-Interstate Athletic Conference; two-time Washington Post First Team All-Met [’92-’93], and the 1993 Gatorade Circle of Champions Player of the Year for Washington, D.C. Brendan completed his Stanford University degree in three years and was also admitted to law school while being drafted by the San Diego Padres after his junior (final) year. While a member of the Cardinal, Brendan participated in three NCAA regional tournaments and a College World Series, leading the team in saves and appearances during his sophomore season. Brendan was also selected Reliever of the Year in the Cape Cod Summer League, as closer for the Cotuit Kettleers. Drafted in the 26th round in 1996, Brendan signed with the San Diego Padres. His five-year professional baseball career with San Diego and Texas featured two consecutive Community Service Awards from the Padres while in Triple-A.
Brendan is the Founder and President of The Headfirst Companies. The Headfirst Companies started with a single pitching lesson during Brendan’s first pro off-season and has grown to a national footprint with 30 full-time team members and more than 700 annual summer staff. Headfirst’s DC-area programs have been named one of the Top 50 camps in the country by Sports Illustrated for Kids, and Headfirst has been recognized for youth experience excellence in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, MLB.com, Fox News, the New York Times and NPR. Headfirst has been recognized as a “Best Place to Work” by Washington Business Journal. Brendan lives in Washington, DC with his wife, Tricia, and three children, Livi (7), Stella (5) and Brendan (3).
Jenna Orlando
SENIOR MANAGER, SHOWCASE OPERATIONS & PROGRAMMING
College Lafayette College
Four-year starter
Two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
Lafayette Coaches Award
Team Leadership Award
Experience Former player, Lafayette College
A native of New Jersey, Jenna played softball in the Patriot League at Lafayette College. Jenna was a four-year starter at Lafayette, where she started 147 games and appeared in 159. Twice named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, she also received the team's Coaches Award in 2015 and the Leadership Award as a Senior Co-Captain. Upon graduating, Jenna joined Headfirst as a Leadership Fellow before transitioning into Senior Associate and now Manager of Showcase Operations & Programming roles.
Caitlin Ellwanger
Associate, Program Operations
College Denison University
Played Softball at Denison all 4 years, two year captain
Member of two National Honor Societies (Communication and Education)
Three-year NFCA All Academic American
High School Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, MD
Experience All-Conference in Softball, Varsity Starter all 4 years
National Honors Society
White Blazer Recipient - Excellence in Three Varsity Sports (Tennis, Swimming, Softball)
Former player, Denison University
Ted Sullivan
College Duke University, Cum Laude, ’99
Harvard Business School, MBA
High School St. Albans ’95
Two-Time All-Interstate Athletic Conference
Experience Two years Cleveland Indians minor leagues (Single-A)
Ted was a two-time All-Interstate Athletic Conference selection at St. Albans in Washington D.C as a pitcher and third baseman. He attended Duke University, where he was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference All-Academic Team each of his four years there. In 1999, Ted earned Duke’s Fireman of the Year Award, given to the team’s best relief pitcher.
Ted graduated Cum Laude in 1999 and was drafted in the 37th round by the Cleveland Indians that June. He spent his first professional season with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers of the New York Penn League (short season single-A). After reaching High-A (Kingston), Ted was released by the Indians in October of 2000 and retired after two years of professional baseball.
In 2001, Ted moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he was a Managing Director for Fins Denim, LLC. After three years at Fins, Ted attended Harvard Business School, graduating in June of 2006. He then moved to New York City, taking a Business Development and Marketing role at Rave Wireless, Inc.
In 2009, Ted founded GameChanger Media, Inc., a technology company that offers a mobile platform for youth, high school and college team communities. The GameChanger scorekeeping app provides coaching insights and live play-by-play updates for over 200,000 baseball and softball teams. As the company’s CEO, Ted guided GameChanger through an impressive seven years of growth prior to its acquisition by Dick’s Sporting Goods in 2016.