About

Core Positioning Statement

For: Leaders and organizations navigating pressure, uncertainty, rapid change, and growing disconnection

Who need: Practical ways to address burnout, strained relationships, diminished trust, conflict, withdrawal, and other difficult human realities

Showing Up is: A human capability development organization

That: Equips people to respond earlier, navigate difficult human moments, strengthen relationships, and move forward together

Unlike: Traditional leadership development or organizational solutions focused primarily on managing the consequences of pressure, conflict, and disconnection

Showing Up: builds the relationships, readiness, and practiced, repeatable, and sustainable human capability that help organizations recognize strain earlier, respond sooner, and prevent avoidable problems from escalating.

Jen Marr
Founder & CEO

Jen Marr is a speaker, 3x Author, and Founder and CEO of Showing Up LLC. Her groundbreaking, innovative work in supportive care, leadership development, and culture building brings a critical paradigm shift to a field currently dominated by self-care solutions and emotion-based training.

Jen draws on her 30 years of expertise in business, leadership development, and the healthcare industry to research and develop programs that operationalize the relational needs of empathy and support. She addresses the current Empathy to Action Gap through what she calls The Awkward Zone™.

Her work in the field of human connection, supportive care and transformative leadership, has made an indelible impact on countless lives. She has certified over 150 trainers in her programming and has presented to tens of thousands globally.

Jen’s movement is taking root in notable organizations including CVS Health, HCA Healthcare, Blue Cross & Blue Shield, KPMG, US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Countless School Districts, Georgetown University and The White House Leadership Development Program. She is the author of the two critically acclaimed books Showing Up and Lifting Up.

Meet the Showing Up Team

Dave Marr

PRESIDENT
What are you passions?
"I love to give a helping hand to “get people across the stream” per se. I've learned a lot by listening over the years and love to be there for those who need help, just like those who helped me over the course of my life."
Kelly Shannon

MARKETING, DESIGN, & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
What are you passions?
"Using creativity and community care networks to catalyze social change."
Holly Reisman, PhD

OPERATIONS & PROGRAMMING
What are you passions?
“Translating psychological insight into real-world tools for human connection.”
Kim Williams

CORPORATE TRAINER
What are you passions?
"I have firsthand experience of the power of supportive care and am committed to teaching corporations, organizations and community organizations how to care and connect with one another."
Jill Bornstein

CO-FOUNDER, ADVISOR
What are you passions?
"Developing more effective teams, groups, and organizations through authentic connection."
Mary Perry

CO-FOUNDER, ADVISOR
What are you passions?
"Walking with faith-based organizations, and training the trainers."
Helen Vollmer Caudle

ADVISOR
What are you passions?
"I believe that we are here on earth to help each other, and one act of care for someone else makes this world a better place."
Skye Quinn

SENIOR PARTNER & DESIGNER
What are you passions?
"Creating visual comfort and designing for mental health."
Lauren Terry

BRAND DESIGNER, DIGITAL MARKETING
What are you passions?
"We are all creative people and that creativity can help connect us in ways we might not have ever realized."