Steve Safigan believes personal life coaches achieve transformative results through authentic connections with their clients. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program in…
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Amy Donovan, MAPP ‘07, is the founder of a consulting company that advises potential sorority members about Greek Life and recruitment using positive psychology concepts. She also works in the admissions…
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Miriam Akhtar, MAPP ’09 from University of East London, was one of the first positive psychologists to go into practice in Europe. She graduated with Distinction from the Masters in…
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Shannon M. Polly is a trainer, facilitator, speaker, coach and founder of Shannon Polly & Associates, a leadership development company in Washington, D.C.
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Aren Cohen, MBA, MAPP, is a graduate of the Masters of Applied Positive Psychology program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied with Professors Martin Seligman, Chris Peterson, and…
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Margaret Greenberg, MAPP ’06, Founder of The Greenberg Group, invested the first fifteen years of her career in Human Resources. Working for one large food retailer and then two financial…
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Peter Minich, MD, Ph.D., MAPP, is a surgeon, author, educator, and physician coach. In addition to his medical training, he was awarded a doctorate with distinction in organizational leadership from Vanderbilt…
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Carin Rockind, MAPP ’10, is an empowerment coach and inspirational speaker. She elevates people and teams to be rockstars in life. Her clients tap into their passions, uncover their purposes,…
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John M. Yeager, Ed.D, MAPP ’06 is Director of the Center for Character Excellence at The Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana. Prior to coming to Culver, he was on faculty…
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Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP, ERYT is President and Founder of Flourish, an organization dedicated to utilizing research based tools to enable individuals and organizations to flourish. Emiliya fuses the best of…
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Gail A. Schneider, J.D., M.A.P.P., brings to positive psychology an extensive background from the world of big business. She began her career at a large Wall Street law firm followed…
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Denise Clegg, MAPP, is Program Officer for the Positive Neuroscience project at the University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center. She also serves as a facilitator for the Penn Resilience Program…
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Emily vanSonnenberg, MAPP 2010 designed and teaches the 4-unit UCLA Extension course, Happiness: Theory, Research, and Application in Positive Psychology. She has been a researcher for the the University of…
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Yee-Ming Tan, MAPP ’07 , is an author and executive coach. Her practice provides coaching services and leadership development training to senior executives. Recent clients include Cathay Pacific, Goldman Sachs,…
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Laura L. C. Johnson is passionate about integrating the science of positive psychology with evidence-based psychotherapy and counseling.
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Christine Duvivier, MAPP 2007 positive change leader/speaker/mentor My professional voyage began about 20 years ago, a fresh MBA graduate from Cornell University. At Digital Equipment Corporation, I found my strengths lay…
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Scott Asalone, MAPP ’08, is partner and co-founder of ASGMC. To use his management development expertise and knowledge of the psychology of achievement, he co-founded the firm in 1999 to…
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Orin C. Davis is the first person to earn a doctorate in Positive Psychology, which he earned at Claremont Graduate University. His research focuses on flow, creativity, hypnosis, and mentoring,…
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Kathryn practices applied positive psychology in as many ways as she can imagine. She coaches, speaks out about positive psychology principles, teaches at the University of Maryland, and is the author/editor of 3 books. Kathryn’s particular interests in positive psychology are informed by nearly 30 years experience as a professional software engineer.
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Jordan Silberman, MD, PhD, is the Medical Director of EdLogics, a health literacy education company. During graduate school Jordan developed a brain-computer interface training protocol designed to up-regulate neural activity…