Jay supports client delivery and leads Happiness Squad’s SMB segment. He brings with him over 15 years of experience across management consulting, sales and high growth startups. Prior to joining Happiness Squad, Jay was a principal at Guild, a Certified B Corp in the education, skilling and career mobility space where he managed a portfolio of client relationships and helped scale the Employer Partnerships function. Before Guild, Jay was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company where he led teams developing strategic recommendations and operational implementation plans across a range of client priorities in the food and agriculture, technology, private equity, hospitality, and NGO sectors among others. Jay has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and Masters in Science (MS) from the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise along with a Bachelors of Arts (BA) in Neuroscience from Middlebury College. He lives in Evergreen, Colorado and enjoys spending as much time as possible outside with his wife, Maggie, and their two children.

Dr. Amy Young is an organizational psychologist with a distinguished career in teaching, research and consulting. As a professor at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and core faculty member at the Center for Positive Organizations, she ignites the minds of future business leaders with the power of positive communication, high quality relationships, and flourishing workplace cultures. Amy’s expertise lies in the intersection of leadership communication, relational energy, and the cultivation of positive organizational cultures. She is a passionate advocate for employee well-being and a sought-after keynote speaker and advisor for leaders seeking to translate research on organizational flourishing into practical applications. Amy received her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan and a BA in human development & social relations from Earlham College. After marrying her college sweetheart and raising two sons, Amy and her husband Joel enjoy running, biking, traveling, and celebrating life’s joys with friends and family.

Lizzie is the head of External relations for Happiness squad and responsible for amplifying our impact and managing our relationships with external partners and other flourishing experts. Lizzie oversees the operations and content for our Happiness Squad community including sending daily happiness nudges, organizing monthly local and online events. Prior to joining Happiness Squad, Lizzie worked at McKinsey & Company as a Recruiter for ~16 years in London, Chicago and Denver. Lizzie was born in England and calls Boulder, CO home for last 10 years, where she lives with her husband, Ashish and an amazing son, Ashwin who turned 14 this year.

Britta is a deep culture change expert on a mission to make flourishing transformations possible and accepted as a productive and sustained way of being radically human. Britta facilitates large-scale organizational transformations as well as helping individual leaders grow and transition to their next levels. With over 25 years of experience as a transformational leader, she has held key positions as Global Head of Culture Transformation, Sustainability, Compliance & Ethics, and Business Excellence in multinational companies like GE and Oerlikon as well as management consulting. She holds a PhD in Organizational Change, an MSc in Sustainability and Responsibility, and a Diploma in Organizational Psychology.

Brian Dubow is a Certified Happiness Trainer who studied the science of happiness under Harvard Professor Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar. He is the host of the Hit of Happiness podcast and blog, which share stories and insights that inspire individuals to live their healthiest and happiest lives. Brian resides in Los Angeles, California, where he takes advantage of the weather by training for and competing in marathons and triathlons. Brian received his master’s in business administration (MBA) from UCLA Anderson in Entrepreneurship and Leadership Development. In his coaching practice, Brian specializes in optimizing life design and self-worth by helping his clients think bigger and breakthrough their limiting beliefs, all while building habits grounded in the science of happiness.

Meg Stevens has spent nearly 20 years in business consulting on topics of leadership development, people engagement, and talent management. During the past five years, she led talent processes, selection, and culture development for one of the largest and most complicated merger and spin events in the Fortune 500.  Meg brings her deep education, front-line executive experiences, humor, and unrelenting human condition study to her work with The Happiness Squad.  As an expert in leadership and mental health, she helps organizations become places of growth and performance through trauma-aware approaches and cutting-edge interventions.   Meg has an MS in Leadership and an MA in Clinical Mental Health and works as a coach and counselor when she is not helping organizations and teams increase their effectiveness, resilience, safety, and performance. 

Vinay Kumar has a strong track record of helping senior leaders take their effectiveness to the next level.  As a former business leader himself who has worked in the public and private sectors, Vinay has worked with over 1,000 leaders, either through individual coaching or through group learning programs across a range of industry sectors. Vinay is the co-author, with Chalmers Brothers, of the book “Language and the Pursuit of Leadership Excellence: How Extraordinary Leaders Build Relationships, Shape Culture and Drive Breakthrough Result”  and serves as Adjunct Faculty in George Washington University’s Leadership Coaching program, and core faculty at The Leadership Circle. Vinay holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and Leadership Coaching Certification from Georgetown University.  He grew up in a multicultural family and speaks English, Hindi and Urdu.  He lives in Great Falls, VA with his wife.  In their spare time, they travel internationally, trek in the Himalayas, and lead medical missions overseas.