The Team Of Leadership Outfitters

The staff of Leadership Outfitters offers more than 65 years of combined experience in working with leaders, their teams, and their companies. This unique personal development company assists clients who are seeking to achieve breakthroughs in their business and personal lives.

Team Members

Joe Esparza

Joe and his wife and business partner, Ris, started Leadership Outfitters, a Bozeman, Montana based company, 20 years ago to provide life-altering personal leadership development through coaching, retreats, and teamwork. Their unique development company serves clients who are...

Ris Higgins

Ris and her husband, Joe, started Leadership Outfitters, a Bozeman, Montana based company, 20 years ago to provide life-altering personal leadership development through coaching, retreats, and teamwork. Their unique...

Katie Lewis

Katie is the lead wrangler for Leadership Outfitters during their ranch retreats. It’s a natural position for her given she fell in love with horses when she was a little girl and has been around them ever since. Katie grew up in Alaska where there are few horses, so every summer she would visit her grandparents in Montana and ride their horses.

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Natalie Allio

Natalie has spent much of her career in servant leadership as an advocate for patient and customer care, and now as a coach to leaders and their teams. She has over 15 years of experience in health care and has worked directly with the executive management of national medical associations, health care organizations, universities and medical technology corporations. She has served as consultant to physicians, providers and allied...

Mary-Martha Bahn

Mary-Martha has been in service to others as a coach, facilitator, leader, and advocate for over 15 years. Throughout her professional life, beginning in academia, and including a long career in Human Resources, Mary-Martha’s natural ability to connect to people has been her hallmark.

During her tenure as Vice-President of Human Resources at Janus Funds, Mary-Martha oversaw the growth of the company from...

Jennifer Combs

Over the span of 14 years, Jennifer has gained experience in a wide range of corporate arenas, from mid-sized, privately owned, to Fortune 500 companies and engaged in a broad array of businesses including wholesale distribution, national retail, and global manufacturing. Serving in increasing levels of responsibility in the areas of inventory, key account, and people management, she is also a mother of four children.

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Kelly Lewis

Kelly Lewis is the founder of the Lewis Leadership Group, a leadership development and coaching company that improves performance, inside and out, inspiring greater awareness and authentic action. Kelly brings more than 15 years of experience and dedication to working with the leaders of today and tomorrow. Kelly is currently working on her signature BOUNCE program, a leadership development effort that focuses on Bringing Out...

Bob Banks

Bob started his business career as a staff attorney with Albertsons, Inc., after serving as the law clerk for the Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court. He was promoted into a variety of...

Julie Puentes

Julie's coaching helps clients see and feel their impact on others and act with clear intention and purpose. Her work combines a keen knowledge of psychology and leadership with her lifelong passion for horses. Julie has pioneered new approaches to learning through experience, most notably with horses. She is an approved facilitator in Equine Assisted...