Our Team
Our Co-Founders
Dr. Sarah Bennison
Jennifer B. Wallace
Our Expert Advisors
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Lisa Damour, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist and New York Times Best Selling Author
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Richard Weissbourd
Faculty, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Kennedy School of Government
Faculty Director, Making Caring Common
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Gordon Flett
Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University in Toronto, Canada
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Chidi Asoluka
Educator, Social Entrepreneur, Founder New Comm Project
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Isaac Prilleltensky, Ph.D.
Award Winning Academic, Former Dean of the School of Education and Inaugural Chair of Community Well-Being, University of Miami
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Mariam Korangy
Director of Strategic School Partnerships and Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
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Roderick Carey, Ph.D.
Faculty, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Delaware
Founder, Black Boy Mattering Project
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Christoph Becker
Global Creative and Humanitarian Leader
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Didi Bertrand Farmer
Senior Advisor, Adolescent Youth Health, Partners in Health
Founder, Women and Girls Initiative
Chair, Haiti-Rwanda Commission
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Shelly Wilfong, Ph.D.
Assistant Superintendent at Wawasee Community Schools - Syracuse Indiana
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James Toole
Professional Developer for Leadership, Service-Learning, and Global Youth Social Entrepreneurship
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Tracy Vaillancourt
Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention
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Thomas Curran
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics
Author, The Perfection Trap
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Sarah Straton
Olympian, Parent Educator and Coach
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Sarah McMillan, Ed.D
Educator, Developmental and Counseling Psychologist
Research Team
Jenna Spitsen Nichols, Doctoral Candidate, University of Pennsylvania
Rabiya Karamali, M.Ed., MAPP, Doctoral Candidate, Univeristy of Miami
Co-Founders
Kimberly Kravis
Kim Towner
Advisory Council
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Mary Anne Hunting
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Michaela Clary
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Yadwa Yawand-Wossen
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Meredith Rollins
Youth Leadership Council
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Elaina, Charlotte, NC
Lilly Bostwick, RI
Will Busconi, CT
Amelia, Portland, ME
Shayla Durret, NY
Dorothy, Concord, NH (Leader)
James Moody, CT
Syla, San Antonio, TX
Rose, Wilmington, DE
Peter, Lakeville, CT (Leader)
Cassia, Milton, MA
Olivia, New York (Leader)
Salar, New York, NY
Sasan, New York, NY
Caroline, New York, NY
Lucile, Washington, DC
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