Herding Your Sexy Buffalo

About Chuck Bongiovanni

Passionate Motivational Speaker

Chuck Bongiovanni is a visionary entrepreneur, franchisor, and keynote speaker who has spent his career helping others navigate the storms of business and life with courage, clarity, and conviction.

As the founder of CarePatrol Franchise Systems, Chuck grew the brand into the largest senior placement franchise in the nation, guiding hundreds of franchisees through both prosperous times and challenging storms. Later, as co-founder and CEO of Majestic Residences, he brought his bold, people-first leadership to the residential assisted living industry, creating a franchise system that combined compassion with high-performance standards.

Known for his candid style, relentless optimism, and unshakable belief in the potential of others, Chuck has worked side-by-side with over 350+ franchisees, witnessing firsthand the difference between those who run from challenges and those who charge toward them. This real-world experience, paired with decades of leadership in franchising, inspired the core philosophy behind Herding Your Sexy Buffalo.

Chuck’s approach isn’t based on theory—it’s forged in the field. He’s been in the boardrooms, the living rooms, and the trenches. He’s faced market crashes, competitive threats, personal losses, and operational meltdowns. And in each, he’s learned the same truth: success comes to those willing to face storms head-on, no matter how dark the clouds.

Outside of business, Chuck is known for his humor, storytelling, and deep commitment to building meaningful connections. He credits much of his personal and professional success to his wife, Becky Bongiovanni, herself a leader who took the reins of the CarePatrol “herd” when Chuck stepped away to lead another.

In Herding Your Sexy Buffalo, Chuck distills a lifetime of lessons into practical, inspiring strategies for franchisees, entrepreneurs, and leaders of all kinds.

Chuck has also recently entered the world of politics, bringing with him his head-down, run-first, doubt-later attitude to over 290,000 residents in Gilbert, Arizona as a first-term Councilmember.

His message is simple but powerful:

You already have the buffalo within you—now it’s time to run.

Successful Franchisor

As a keynote speaker, Chuck brings franchisors a high-energy, no-fluff message drawn from decades of building and leading successful franchise systems.

He shares real-world strategies to help franchise owners face challenges head-on, create unstoppable momentum, and inspire peak performance across their networks.

With stories, humor, and the “Sexy Buffalo Mindset,” he equip franchisors and their teams to run toward challenges, shorten the storms, and emerge stronger—transforming not just their businesses, but their culture and leadership from the inside out.