Martha Boston is the founder of Captains Courageous, and has been leading sailing adventures since 1989. She began her training and consulting practice in 1979; and later founded Higher Ground (originally the parent company of Captains Courageous) through which clients around the world have developed exceptional skills in collaborative leadership and teamwork. Martha also facilitates personal growth seminars for Insight Seminars and is a master trainer for Interaction Associates.

Martha is a mediator and a former lawyer with a U.S. Supreme Court win under her belt. She has taught at the University of Texas and the University of Houston, and in numerous academic and professional development programs. She has degrees in government, law and theology, and has been a lifelong student of the workings of the human heart, mind and spirit.

She brings a depth and breadth of knowledge and skill to the intersection of personal growth and organizational excellence for clients ranging from small nonprofits to government to Fortune 100 companies, as well as individuals. She delights in creating unique and impactful learning opportunities in settings ranging from boardrooms to mountaintops to sailing the high seas, with clients and participants throughout the Americas, the Caribbean Basin, Australia, Europe, Russia and the Middle East.
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Peter Branning brings a lifelong interest in developing human potential, together with a rare depth of sailing expertise and a wide range of life experience. With over 40 years on the water, Peter is well-known among the elite of world-class sailing racers. He is a champion racer himself, with a multitude of sailing titles to his name. Peter is a licensed US Coast Guard captain and a certified instructor for the United States Sailing Association and American Sailing Association.

For more than 25 years, Peter was an attorney with a successful litigation and mediation practice. He subsequently returned to school to focus on the internal aspects of the human experience, receiving advanced degrees and training to become a professional counselor and life coach. Earlier in life, he worked as firefighter, teacher, commercial pilot, and sailmaker (during which time he invented a revolutionary process for designing and building spinnakers and offwind sails).

In addition to Captains Courageous, Peter maintains his practice as a life coach and mediator through his company Lightheart Coaching. He also coaches competitive sailors, assisting them with both the mental and physical aspects of the sport. Peter offers sailing charters through our sister company Lightheart Sailing www.lightheartsailing.com.

Among all Peter's accomplishments, his proudest is the raising of his two remarkable sons, both of whom have become excellent sailors, and more importantly, excellent young men.
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