Our Team
Board of Directors

Bill Groner, JD, MAPP
President and Co-founder, Positive Connection Initiative

Brian Rose, JD
Vice President for Student Affairs, Binghamton University

Erin McLaughlin, MAPP
Founder, Positive-Ed Consulting

David Jaffe, MBA
Chairman/CEO Emeritus Ascena Retail Group

Trevor Fornara
Co-founder, Positive Connection Initiative
Advisory Board

Edward Bilous, DMA
Composer, Artistic Director, and Educator at the Juilliard School

Leona Brandwene, MAPP
Associate Director of Education at the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania

Jane E. Dutton, PhD
Professor Emerita of Business Administration and Psychology at the University of Michigan

Susan G. Groner
Founder, The Parenting Mentor

Joel Haber, PhD
Clinical Psychologist and Anti-Bullying Expert

Alan Howard, JD
Partner at Perkins Coie and Former Chairman of the Board at the Southern Poverty Law Center

Josh Howard, MAPP
Chief of Staff at Baton Rouge Youth Coalition

Todd Kashdan, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Founder of the Well-being Laboratory at George Mason University

Fred Luskin, PhD
Faculty at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects

William McMullen
Head of School Emeritus at the Taft School

James O. Pawelski, PhD
Professor of Practice and Director of Education in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania

Esther Rosbrook, EdD
Director of the Africana Latin Asian Native American (ALANA) Cultural Center at Colgate University

Don Schneider
Grammy, Emmy, and Clio Award-Winning Former Executive Vice President at BBDO

Harvey G. Stenger, PhD
President Emeritus of Binghamton University
Staff

Sahar Emambakhsh
Director of Operations
and External Affairs

Dee Sullivan
Director of Marketing

Courtney Reimer
Executive Producer,
The Connection Effect Podcast

Emmett Anderson
Producer,
The Connection Effect Podcast