PowerToFly Summit

Mar Leifeld is Warrior Canine Connection’s Assistant Director of Mission Based Trauma Recovery programs. He began training future service dogs in a volunteer capacity in 2004 and later went on to train service dogs in a professional capacity in 2016. Mar’s primary motivation for working in this industry has always been the desire to serve individuals with disabilities through highly skilled service animals. When Mar first came to WCC in 2020, they were blown away by the organization’s unique mission model; using service dog training as an animal assisted therapeutic intervention for all members of the military community. Mar knew immediately that Warrior Canine Connection’s program was where he wanted to be and joined the team as a Service Dog Training Instructor, with a primary focus on delivering MBTR training sessions to veterans and active duty. Mar began overseeing WCC’s MBTR programs in 2022, and they now have the honor of supporting WCC’s No-Fail mission nationwide.