Robyn Benincasa: World Champion

Robyn Benincasa is World Class Team’s “Director of Fun”, a San Diego City Firefighter, and a World Champion in the emerging extreme sport of Adventure Racing.

For the past 13 years she has raced with her team across some of the most remote and inhospitable regions of the world in search of adventure, personal limits (none found yet!), and most importantly, the “magic” experiences that come from true team synergy. It is from her amazing journeys during these 7-10 day non-stop multi-sport endurance events like the Eco- Challenge that Robyn has developed her signature program, “Extreme Teams: The 8 Essential Elements of Human Synergy”.

“What compels me the most about this sport”, Benincasa says, “is that the biggest, strongest, and fastest competitors are not guaranteed a successful finish. It’s the teams that truly understand interdependence, have empathy for one another, share common ideals, manage adversity well, and check their egos at the start line that win these races. In my experience, the same is true in the corporate world”.

Robyn has worked with some of the top Fortune 500 Companies.

Benincasa has the ability to impart the skills, attitude and mind set required to turn a good team into an exceptional one, and her programs have been embraced by companies such as Starbucks, Honda/Acura, Boeing, Hewlett Packard, Lockheed Martin, Walmart, Cisco Systems, AT&T, Fast Company Magazine, and the Anthony Robbins Group, just to name a few.

The media loves Robyn's positive message.

Her positive personality and obvious love for inspiring both her teammates and her corporate clients has also made Robyn a favorite among the media. In the past 3 years, she has been featured in the pages of Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Outside, Corporate and Incentive Travel, and Fast Company Magazine. She has also appeared on “Regis Live!”, NBC’s To Tell the Truth, “Dateline NBC”, “CBS 48 Hours” and “Good Morning America”.