Meet Your Keynote: Adam Mendler on Leadership That Sticks

SEPTIC-CON 2027 Keynote Adam Mendler

Every year, SEPTIC-CON brings in speakers who know the on-site industry inside and out - designers, regulators, manufacturers, business owners who've been in the trenches. This year, we're doing something a little different for our keynote.

Adam Mendler is the creator and host of Thirty Minute Mentors, a top-rated podcast where he's sat down with more than 500 of the country's most accomplished leaders - Fortune 500 CEOs, Olympic champions, founders, and everyone in between - to find out what actually separates good leadership from great leadership. He's also a leadership educator at UCLA and a nationally recognized authority on what makes teams and businesses genuinely work.

Here's why that matters for a room full of installers, designers, pumpers, and regulatory professionals: running a crew, managing a growing business, or leading a team through a busy install season is a leadership problem as much as a technical one. Adam's keynote isn't going to be about septic systems - it's going to be about the sharp, practical leadership insight that applies the moment you walk out of the Convention Center and back to your business.

Join us January 29–30, 2027 at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center for a keynote that's meant to leave you energized and ready to lead - plus the full slate of technical and regulatory sessions SEPTIC-CON is known for.