Bern Helmets (United States) - Bern Helmets, respected around the globe for its proprietary street-inspired helmets, combining style, comfort, and safety on trails, slopes, water, and in urban venues, announced an expanded leadership team and a growth plan leveraging the surging outdoor and micromobility trends. Founder Dennis Leedom, along with Adam Godwin, chief financial officer, will lead a team of veteran action sport professionals from its new headquarters in Cordage Commerce Center, a renovated industrial park.

Leedom, an established helmet pioneer and entrepreneur, has over 25 years of experience in the action sports category and recently returned to the company. Prior to founding Bern, he founded Leedom Helmets, pioneered the first recreational snow helmet in the U.S. with Boeri Sport USA and started his career as a ski instructor at Squaw Valley. Leedom started Bern in 2004 in a barn he built next to his house with the mission of making Bern a people first, lifestyle-oriented company focused on making the most stylish head protection to be used in all seasons, for all action sports.

“The past year has tested all of us, but what is most encouraging is the U.S. consumer’s rekindled love affair with active and outdoor sports,” said Dennis Leedom, CEO of Bern. “Our goal is to engage outdoor enthusiasts by providing brand and product value that connects with their attitude and personality for outdoor adventure. We have identified a strategic and exciting 2.0 plan that will reinvigorate and evolve our classic line of helmets in addition to new innovation for new helmets like the Hudson model. We will continue to challenge ourselves to establish premium head protection providing our customers with confidence, focus and a feeling of inspiration.”

In addition to Leedom and Godwin, who had previously worked at Bern for over 13 years, the leadership team includes: John Phaneuf, head of global sales; Leah Markham, creative services manager; and Kenneth Perkins, product design director located in Bern’s Brooklyn design studio.

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Dennis Leedom, CEO, Bern Helmets.