Robert Kodama

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Mr Kodama has been a Certified Gurian Trainer since 2007 and is an Advisory Board Member for The Boys Initiative. He was the Director of Admissions, Marketing, and Public Relations at Crespi Carmelite High School and head soccer coach and the Director of K-sports Soccer Camps. Rob now works for Vidigami. Crespi Carmelite High School is a Gurian Institute Model School and a Gurian Center for Educational Excellence.

In his role as the Director of Admissions at Crespi he increased enrollment nearly 20% within his first 5 years. He also taught a revolutionary course with Dr. Alan Swaney titled ”Becoming a Man” to seniors. The course helps teenage boys to define their purpose in life. He has presented the class at the Gurian Summer Institute multiple times over the last ten years. At Crespi, he also served as the social studies department chair, and taught World Cultural Geography, US History, AP Macroeconomics, Micro Economics, and World History.

As a Certified Master Trainer and Teacher, Mr. Kodama brings a wide variety of experience working with children, parents, students, and athletes. He has been training parents and schools about how boys and girls learn differently and how to help them succeed in school since 2007. He was recently the Keynote Speaker at Pierce College in Woodland Hills for the Early Childhood Development program. He has presented GI Training at these schools, among others: Berkeley School, Crossroads Christian, Serra High School, Encino Presbyterian Children’s Center, St. Mel’s School, Kirk of the Valley School, Laurel Hall, Young Oak Kim Academy, Our Lady of Malibu, Palma High School, and Army and Navy Academy.

As a coach, he has worked with both boys and girls as young as 4 through college. He has been running soccer camps, clinics, and coaching for 20 years throughout the Los Angeles area. Many of his players have gone on to play at the collegiate level. He grew up in the San Fernando Valley. He and his wife Cami have two children, Ethan and Miye.

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