The team. 

Doug worked for many years on NIH- and HHS-funded projects in telemedicine and other applications of computer science. He has worked with small businesses and government agencies on a wide variety of projects from optimizing medical record systems to finding ways to reduce greenhouse gas when producing high-quality animal feed. His book Overhauling America’s Healthcare Machine has been widely used in healthcare and economics courses. Since 2017, he has been focused on reversing the adverse impact of screen-based activities on physical and mental health.

Ken is a professor of psychological sciences at University of Missouri. His research focuses on well-being, motivation, self-determination theory, personality, and positive psychology. He is the recipient of the Templeton Foundation “Positive Psychology” prize and the Ed and Carol Diener award for mid-career achievement in personality psychology. He is the author of Optimal Human Being: An Integrated Multi-Level Perspective, Self-determination Theory in the Clinic: Motivating physical and mental health and has written and edited several other academic books, and more than 200 academic articles and book chapters.

Jim has more than 20 years of experience leading revenue, strategy, and business development at top media companies. Selling over $500M in ad sponsorships, licensing and partnerships, Jim has considerable experience selling for brands geared toward younger consumers. He earned a B.S. in advertising from Arizona State and completed an Advanced Leadership Program from Harvard University.

Martin Miller is an experienced leader skilled in managing diverse technology environments, including cloud solutions and software development. He excels in agile scrum settings, mentoring junior staff, and steering large-scale projects with budgets exceeding $50M. Martin combines technical know-how with financial and business acumen to oversee project execution and maintains high standards in IT service delivery with notable success in SaaS service reliability and hybrid cloud solutions. His career highlights include leadership roles at Levi Strauss & Co. and Blackhawk Network, where he led machine learning operations and global site reliability engineering teams.

Nicole Runyon, LMSW, is an esteemed psychotherapist renowned for her expertise in child and adolescent mental health, backed by an extensive 21-year career in the field. Her uniqueness lies in the fact she has an uncanny ability to help adults get in the minds of today’s children and better understand them. A frequent guest on parenting podcasts, Nicole’s invaluable insights have earned her significant recognition, leading to appearances in the media, where she shares her expertise on the effects of technology on child and adolescent mental well-being.

Jean is a professor of psychology at San Diego State University and author of more than 140 scientific publications and books including iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood and Generation Me: Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled—and More Miserable Than Ever Before. She shows college faculty and staff, high school teachers, military personnel, and corporate executives how to teach and work with today’s young generation based a on a dataset of 11 million young people.

Sonja is professor of psychology at UC Riverside and the author of the best-selling books The How of Happiness and The Myths of Happiness. She is a leader in the field of well-being science focusing on the benefits of happiness, why some people are happier than others, and how happiness can be durably increased. A graduate of Harvard and Stanford, she has won many honors, including the Faculty of the Year Award (twice) and Distinguished Research Lecturer Award from UC Riverside, a Templeton Positive Psychology Prize, a Science of Generosity grant, and a Psychology & Philosophy grant.

Dennis has 25 years of senior management experience in high tech and bioscience companies. He was President and CEO of two startups and General Manager of Nellcor Europe—turning around a losing European Operation into 12% IBT and helping Nellcor grow from start-up to $200M. He was Director of International Operations for Protocol Systems, and the Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for Serveron. He has extensive global operations experience and has helped raise $37M in start-up capital.