Jeff Seckendorf

Categories: All Speakers, Available for Last Minute Booking, Available In Person
Location: San Diego – City

Jeff Seckendorf  – Director of Operations, Parkinson’s Association of San Diego
Available for Last Minute Bookings

Speaking on these topics:

  • The PASD Mentor Program
  • Finding Your Purpose
  • Your Path to Mastery

Jeff began his career as a photographer and filmmaker, first as a stills photographer for UPI and other national publications, then as a director/cameraman producing, directing, and/or photographing over 1000 TV commercials, dozens of music videos, movies, and documentaries. One recent project documents a team of Parkinson’s patients on a trek to Mount Everest Base Camp. Jeff has won numerous awards for his cinematography, including Sundance Film Festival and Independent Spirit Award nominations for best cinematography.

In 2008 Jeff eased out of the film industry and founded Unified Team Diving, a global scuba training and certification agency. While traveling the world training scuba instructors, Jeff authored eight training manuals and dozens of online courses. Jeff also teaches a “train the trainer” corporate leadership course.

As a masters athlete Jeff races a bicycle on track and has stood on the podium multiple times at the California state championships. He holds the hour record in his age group at the San Diego Velodrome and is a course record holder at the World 6-Hour Time Trial Championships. Jeff’s current project on the bike is to attempt to break the U.S. hour record in the 70-74 age group. This entails riding his bike over 44 kilometers in one hour in a velodrome of his choosing.

The hour record has led to his renewed interest in purpose. Initially this ride was completely self-serving, much like climbing a mountain because it’s there. But that seemed like an empty reason to do all this hard work. So, as his training ramped up and got harder, and the commitment became more important, the purpose came into very clear focus and Jeff realized he could use this event to motivate others to find purpose. Here is a short film about Jeff’s hour attempt:  https://youtu.be/8JNiHXd7Lfg

As Director of Operations at the Parkinson’s Association of San Diego, Jeff speaks about the PASD Mentor Program which he co-founded and now manages; finding your purpose when life throws a dramatic change at you (like getting Parkinson’s, or becoming a full time care partner); and Your Path to Mastery, a short workshop program to help you discover what you are good at and how to apply that to something new.

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