Our Advisors

Meredith Beam is an innovator, writer, speaker, advisor and founder of BEAM, inc, an international strategy and brand-consulting firm in San Francisco. At BEAM, Meredith has worked with...

Dan Beam is a creative thought leader, brilliant strategist, designer and builder of iconic brands. Dan is CEO at BEAM, inc, an international strategy and brand-consulting firm in San Francisco....

Susan Kaiser Greenland teaches mindful awareness to children and teens, as well as educators, parents, therapists and health care professionals around the world. She also consults with various organizations on teaching mindful awareness in an age-appropriate and secular manner.

Dr. Al Osborne is Senior Associate Dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He is also professor of Global Economics & Management and founder and faculty director of the Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at UCLA. Dr. Osborne is an expert in social entrepreneurship who has developed several programs that apply business models to the nonprofit world.

Dr. Neal Kaufman is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DPS Health, which uses the company's web-based platform to build interventions that support at-risk individuals in making healthy choices and preventing or managing many chronic illnesses. He is also Co-Founder of the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities and Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at the UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health.

Dr. Harvey Karp is a nationally renowned pediatrician, child development specialist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at USC School of Medicine. He is best known for his best-selling books and DVDs, The Happiest Baby on the Block and The Happiest Toddler on the Block. They are among the most popular parenting books in America. There are now over 3,000 Happiest Baby educators across the country, teaching his techniques for soothing colic, boosting infant sleep, reducing tantrums, promoting patience and… making parents and children happy..

Dr. Dan Siegel is a child psychiatrist and internationally renowned speaker and teacher in the interface of neurobiology, psychiatry and mindful awareness. An award-winning educator, he is currently a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, where he is a Co-Investigator at the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development and Co-Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center.

Dr. Peter Whybrow is Director of the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. He is also the Judson Braun Distinguished Professor and Executive Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine and CEO of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA. Dr. Whybrow is an international authority on depression and manic-depressive disease and a frequent advisor to universities, foundations, and government agencies.

Dr. Sue Smalley is Professor of Psychiatry and Founding Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Dr. Smalley helped create MARC to bring to a renowned mental health research institution the ancient art of mindful awareness in a scientifically supported and rigorous form. Her work with MARC focuses on increasing self-awareness through mind-body practices (such as meditation) and exploring how practicing mindful awareness may help promote well-being in the 21st century.

Dr. Diane Flannery was Founding Director of The UCLA Family Commons and the Global Center for Children and Families from 2003-2010. With over 25 years of leadership in the intersecting non-profit, social service and social enterprise worlds,