Why I Built This
I spent thirty years in the room where CEOs are chosen. Spencer Stuart. Heidrick & Struggles. Harvard Business School. Yale CEO Retreats. The Imperfect Leaders podcast.
None of that prepared me for the morning my wife and I sat across from a developmental pediatrician and heard the word autism applied to our son.
Luca is five now. We are in the middle of this, not at the end of it.
I built L3 because the room I needed did not exist. Other senior leaders raising children with autism told me the same.
So we are building it together.
– Jeffrey, Founder L3
One Belief
L3 rests on one belief: a deliberate mixture of experience — across generations, industries, and vantages — produces insight no single voice can reach alone.
It is what we already advocate for as business leaders. That cognitive diversity creates value. To a company. To a community. And inside a family, in ways that outlast us.
Your child has already made you a different leader. More patient in some places. More impatient in others. Clearer about what your time is worth. Quieter about what does not matter.
L3 begins by making that change shared — and asks what each of us will do with it.
What You’ll Leave With
– A clearer answer to how your child has reshaped you as a leader.
– A specific outward act you will take in the next twelve months.
– A small, trusted circle of peers to count on after Vail.
– A more specific view of what an "after us" plan should include.
– A sharper business case for cognitive diversity — and the language to make it inside your company.
– A clearer sense of your true north, and the words to share it with your team..
How The Year Looks
The Room
A deliberate mix of CEOs, operators, investors, clinicians, and researchers — across generations and industries.
Year Round
A standing Brain Trust of researchers, clinicians, and operators members can call on directly. Regional gatherings hosted by founding members in New York, Nashville, and other cities. Monthly briefings from the founder.
The Founding Weekend
Vail, October 3–4, 2026. Friday arrival optional. Intentionally small — a working table of up to twenty leaders. Founding members shape what the community becomes and hold a permanent seat as it grows.
Why Vail
Vail gives the weekend both beauty and privacy. The setting matters because the conversations are demanding. Calm, elevated, and fully handled — without becoming performative.