Most people meet Jason on a stage. The real work happens after.
Jason Staten isn't a speaker who shows up, delivers a talk, and disappears. He's a coach, a pastor, a strategist — someone who has spent two decades proving that the most powerful investment any organization can make is in its people.
He founded Elevare on a conviction he's carried his whole career: organizational stability and scalability don't come from systems alone — they come from developed people. Leaders who know who they are, lead from that place, and bring everyone around them higher.
That conviction has taken him from boardrooms to sanctuaries, from one-on-one coaching sessions to stages in front of thousands. The thread running through all of it? A rare combination of pastoral heart, strategic mind, and the kind of presence that makes people feel seen.
Elevare works with organizations where the stakes are high and the people doing the work carry real weight — because those are exactly the environments where leadership development matters most.
From surveillance technology firms to federal contractors, we've coached leaders navigating high-pressure environments where mission clarity and team cohesion aren't optional.
Organizations that serve millions of people need leaders who can manage scale without losing culture. We help utility leaders build the self-awareness and communication skills that keep large teams aligned.
Leading in care environments — where empathy and accountability must coexist — requires a specific kind of emotional intelligence. We develop leaders who can hold both without burning out.
Safety leaders carry enormous responsibility. We equip them with the leadership tools to not only enforce standards — but to inspire a culture where people protect each other because they actually care.
An ordained minister with the United Pentecostal Church International, Jason served as Maryland/DC District Youth President for eight years — shaping a generation of young leaders during a formative season of the church. Today, he and his wife Valerie lead Living Hope Church in Southern Maryland, where their commitment to raising up leaders is lived out every week, not just preached.
His ministerial voice is in demand at conferences and youth gatherings nationally — because he communicates Biblical truth with the clarity and practicality of someone who has actually done the work.
Behind the coaching, the speaking, and the strategy is a husband and father who believes you can't lead others well if you're not leading yourself first. Jason and Valerie have four daughters — Brooke, Camryn, Riley, and Dakota — and that family is the proof of concept for everything he teaches.
He's not interested in performance. He's interested in transformation — the kind that sticks long after the workshop ends, the keynote closes, and everyone goes back to real life.