Mission Statement

Matt Clovis is a recovery advocate and peer leader who has committed his life to helping individuals rebuild with purpose, structure, and connection. What once looked like a broken chapter has become the very ground he now stands on to serve others.

After battling addiction for many years, Matt has been in sustained recovery since 2017. Through that journey, he didn’t just find sobriety—he found his calling. Matt knows the weight of the struggle, and he understands what it takes to rise from it.

Through lived experience, fitness, mentorship, and peer support, Matt walks shoulder to shoulder with individuals navigating incarceration, reentry, and early recovery. Matt doesn’t speak from the sidelines—he steps into the arena with people, helping them turn pain into purpose and setbacks into strength.

Matt believes recovery is more than abstinence—it’s about identity, belonging, and building a life that has meaning. It’s about learning how to stand firm when life hits hard and having the right people in your corner when the fight gets real.

Today, Matt finds deep purpose in guiding others through life’s toughest transitions. He helps individuals recognize their worth, build resilience, and take ownership of their future. Matt's leadership is grounded, steady, and real—built not on theory, but on transformation.

Matt's past no longer defines him—it equips him.

And now, as Co-Founder of The Bridge, Matt continues to walk that mission out daily—helping others cross from where they were to where they’re called to be.

This is more than recovery.

This is rebuilding.

This is brotherhood, purpose, and the fight for a new life.

Dan is a fitness instructor by trade, but a wellness warrior by calling. God forged him into a coach who works at the intersection of substance use recovery, mental health, and whole-person healing. Dan doesn't just train bodies—he helps rebuild lives.

Like the Apostle Paul writes, Dan has learned to become “all things to all people,” meeting individuals exactly where they are so they can rise from where they stand.

Dan is a CrossFit Level 2 Coach and a USA Olympic Weightlifting Coach, certified in Tai Chi and Qigong, and has spent the last five years coaching boxing. Dan holds a second-degree black belt in Shaolin Kung Fu, and in 2026 he was inducted into the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame in recognition of his work in martial arts and community leadership.

Dan specializes in adaptive and inclusive training, working with people in recovery, individuals reentering society after incarceration, and those rebuilding their lives from the ground up. Dan's coaching integrates breathwork, discipline, movement, and mindset to help people reclaim strength from the inside out—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

But this isn’t theory to Dan—it’s lived experience.

Dan has been in long-term recovery since July 23, 2014, and has walked the road of incarceration, addiction, and transformation. After being sentenced to 12 years in prison, his life began to change through faith, surrender, and discipline. In 2016, Dan was released early, and that second chance became the foundation for the life and mission he lives today.

Dan knows what it means to be broken—and knows what it takes to rebuild. He doesn't coach from a distance. He will step into the fire with people, guiding them with truth, discipline, and grace.

As a public speaker and storyteller, Dan shares messages of resilience, leadership, faith, and restoration with churches, treatment centers, youth, and recovery communities. Dan's story has been featured in multiple media outlets, including an appearance on CBN’s 700 Club, where he shared the journey of redemption, faith, and transformation.

And as the Co-Founder of The Bridge, Dan has committed his life to walking alongside justice-involved individuals—helping them reintegrate with dignity through fitness, mentorship, and whole-person wellness.

This isn’t just fitness.

This is restoration work.

This is Kingdom work.

This is the fight for healing in every dimension of a person’s life.