Kevin Stark

Kevin Stark is a 22-year Navy SEAL veteran, endurance athlete, and performance coach. As the Director of Coaching for Arena Labs, Kevin leverages his expertise to bring the tools, frameworks, and resources of high-performance cultures to the nurses, doctors, and administrators serving on the frontlines of healthcare. Kevin is passionate about helping others create and walk a path of meaning and excellence through the actualization of purpose and values and has developed coaching programs and curriculum to help clinicians flourish despite the pressures of the modern medical environment.

Prior to joining Arena Labs, Kevin served as a Navy SEAL for 22 years. His most recent role was in a Naval Special Warfare Unit as a team leader in a rapid innovation group. In this role, he led and coordinated the activities of a diverse team of SEALs, explosive ordinance technicians, pilots, engineers, and national-level labs in the experimentation, adaptation, and acquisition of cutting-edge technologies in direct support of national defense priorities.

As a SEAL, Kevin deployed overseas multiple times in support of the US National Defense Strategy, led SEAL training as the senior instructor, managed the US Naval Academy SEAL candidate selection process, and served as a team leader in a purpose-built innovation cell. In total, Kevin has either trained, coached, or mentored nearly 10,000 SEAL candidates and US Naval Academy Midshipmen through some of the world’s most demanding selection courses. Two of his fondest adventures were leading a group of Naval Academy students to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and another group on a multi-day trek to Patagonia.

At his core, Kevin is passionate about tapping into the inner strength they all possess to turn obstacles into opportunities. Kevin values honor, integrity, determination, and respect for others, and believes that reaching the edge is only the beginning of what they are capable of. He has completed expedition-length adventure races, rock and alpine climbs, and 100-mile ultramarathons. He received an MBA and an MS (Special Operations) from the Naval Postgraduate School and is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer.