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Luis Gallardo
World Happiness Foundation
Founder & President
Kenneth A. Jessell
FIU
President
Daniella Levine Cava
Miami Dade
Mayor
Francis X. Suarez
City of Miami
Mayor
Dr. Bill Hardin
FIU
Dean, College of Business
Brian Schriner
FIU
Dean, College of Communication, Architecture and The Arts (CARTA)
Juan Carlos Espinosa
FIU
Dean, Honors College
Dr. Sungu Armagan
FIU
Happiness at Work Professor, College of Business
Deepak Ohri
lebua Hotels and Resorts
CEO
Dr. Nancy Richmond
FIU
Marketing & Social Media Professor, College of Business
Harley K. Dubois
Burning Man
Chief Culture Officer of Burning Man. She co-founded Black Rock City,...
Louis Schwartzberg
Gratitude, Fantastic Fungi
Filmmaker
Pilar Sordo
Psicóloga, Autora
Dr Mavis Tsai
Awareness Courage and Love Global Project
Founder| Clinical Psychologist
Laura Calderón de la Barca
Terapia para México
Collective and Intergenerational Trauma Therapist
Raj Raghunathan
University of Texas
Best Selling Author. Professor.
Mohit Mukherjee
United Nations University for Peace
Director of Centre for Executive Education.
Loretta Breuning
Inner Mammal Institute
Founder
Vandana Shiva
World Happiness Foundation
Gandhian eco-activist and agro-ecologist
Richard Layard
Economist. Editor of the World Happiness Report
Saamdu Chetri
World Happiness Foundation
Board Member
Treble In Paradise A Cappella
Treble In Paradise
Group Performance
Natalia Montalvo
Zumba
Instructor
Gillian Mandich
Spoken Artists
Keynote Presenter
Speakers
Dashama
Flow State Institute
Founder
Vibha
World Happiness Foundation
Board Member
Alicia Boymelgreen (Aron)
FIU
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials...
Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, MD, DSc (Yoga)
Director and Professor Yoga Therapy, Institute of Salutogenesis and...
Ahmed Abdellah
FIU Happiness Ambassador
Lab Manager Engineering & Computing
Tatianna Adkins
Artist
Bayo Akomolafe
The Emergence Network
Chief Curator
Nicolo Alaimo
FIU Happiness Ambassador
Professor & Global Sales Lab Director
Isabel Alfonsin-Vittoria
FIU
Director, Office of Employee Assistance
Priyanka Alluri
FIU
Associate Professor with the Department of Civil and Environmental...
M. Hadi Amini
Florida International University
Assistant Professor at the Knight Foundation School of Computing and...
Matt Anderson
MCCJ (Miami Conference Of Christians and Jews)
Executive Director
Suely Piraino Argianas
Crown Energy Coaching
CEO/CWO, Executive & Multilevel Transformational Coach
Julio Bague
Peermusic
Vice President Latin Division East Coast and Puerto Rico
Samantha Barquin
Miami Waterkeeper
Chief of Staff
Honiara & Karen Barrios
Creative Experiences
Creators
Mayra Beers
Center for Leadership at Florida International University (FIU)
John S. and James L. Knight Research Fellow and Education Programs...
Janine Benyus
The Biomimicry Institute
Founder. Author. Scientists.
Andrise Bernard
City of North Miami Beach
Clerk
Erbi Blanco-True
Banesco USA
Community Relations Director
LOURDES BOTANA
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Emmanuele Bowles
Florida International University
FIU Assistant Provost of DEI
Nicolas Boyon
IPSOS
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs
Michael Burtov
FIU
Entrepreneurship Fellow
Deanne Butchey
FIU Happiness Ambassador
College of Business Faculty - Dept. Finance
Digna Cabral
City of Doral
Councilwoman
Carl J. Calleman
Quantum/ Maya Sciences
Best Selling Author
Alexia Camacho
Merging Generations
FIU Student & Entrepreneur
Darren Cantrelle
FedEx Express Latin American and Caribbean
Vice President of Finance
Katherina Capra
WEDO
Vice Director of Global Empowerment Programming
Flavio Carrillo
FIU
Professor & Director Financial Wellness Clinic
Rodolfo Carrillo
SER Lider
Best-selling author, speaker, trainer, coach, and consultant
Alex de Carvalho
RGC Digital
Honorary Consul of Finland, South Florida
Craig Chalquist
California Institute of Integral Studies
Loreologist and Professor
Dimitry Saïd Chamy
FIU
Transdisciplinary Artist Designer Educator focused on collaboration &...
Andrea Chan
Omega Electronics Manufacturing Services
Human Resources Manager
Aneel Chima
Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia (csc.virginia.edu)
Associate Executive Director
Harold Clayton
FIU
Associate Director
Roxana Corradino
FIU Happiness Ambassador
Owner Art & Joy Inc and Adjunct Instructor Teaching Courses in...
Karen Costello-Wilder
Aqua Foundation for Women
Board Chair
Andrea Cuadra
FIU
Honors College Career Specialist
Gianni D'Alerta
Co-founder of Miami NFT week
Blockchain and Business Consultant
Suzanne Daigle
Suzanne Daigle Consulting Services
Open Space Facilitator & Author
Sabine Dantus
FIU Happiness Ambassador
Outreach & Reference Librarian
Troy Davidson
Healthy Humor
Actor and Podcaster
Paula Dinaro
Chief of Wellbeing Officer - Author and Life Coach
B.J. Duncan
FIU
Director of Facilities for the College of Communication, Architecture...
Newton D’souza
FIU
Chair and Associate Professor of Interior Architecture
Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood
FIU SIPA
Consultant and Researcher, Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy
Lisa Elsinger
Broward College
Associate Director for Workplace Wellness
Jose Faria
FIU
Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
Steven Forrest
Author of Inner Sky
Master Astrologer
Valerie Freilich
World Happiness Foundation
Board Member| Executive Coach
Victor Gonzalez Galeano
Wellbeing Coaching Center
Chief Well-being Officer, Coach
Pedro Galvan
Awards of Happiness
CEO
Víctor Hugo Rojas Garro
VMware
Talent Acquisition Program Manager
Cristian Gaviria
Zumba
Instructor
Margaret Di Gennaro
Nami, Miami-Dade Suicide Prevention Initiative
Coordinator
Anuradha Godavarty
FIU
Tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical...
Joan Marie Godoy
Radical Partners
CEO
Leon Gomez
Interstellar Digital
Web3 Communications and Business Specialist
Mirna G. González
Teatro Insight
Founder
Emily Gresham
StartUP FIU
AVP of Research and Economic Development and Co-Founder of StartUP FIU
Marlene Groomes
Miami-Dade College
Retired Professor of Psychology
Dr. Wendy Guess
FIU
Professor, Author & Wellness Expert
Robert Hacker
StartUP FIU
Director
Sarah J. Hammill
FIU Happiness Ambassador
Business & Online Learning Librarian
Alexis Harris
UVA School of Education and Human Development
Project Director for the Compassionate Schools Project and Research...
Maria Gilabert Hernando
BeValue
Founder
Mónica López Hernando
Instituto del Bienestar
Director
Dr Paula Hopkins
Pepsico
Senior Executive
Pilar Ibañez
PIM Bienestar
Conferencista, escritora y consultora de Bienestar y Felicidad...
Dr. Maria Ilcheva
FIU Perez Metropolitan Center
Research Assistant Professor
Ye Ye Luisah Teish. Iyanifa.
High Priestess and Woman Chief
Eugenio Jaramillo
FIU
Adjunct Professor
Ilona Vega Jaramillo
Miami-Dade Beacon Council (Created in Miami)
Vice President, International Economic Development
Sri Sudarshan Jyotirmayananda
SKYLIGHT YOGA School of Practical Wisdom
Founder & Preceptor
Christopher Kai
Author of "Wizard of Words: The 7 Magical Words for Your Success,"
Tia Kansara
CEO
Replenish Earth
Jessica Kizorek
Two Parrot Productions
President | Entrepreneur | Video Educator and Producer
John Kominoski
FIU
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Rob Krecak
Humans First
Founder
Laura J. Kurtzberg
FIU
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of...
Izarbe Lafuerza
Economist and Educator. Expert in Emotional Intelligence. She has...
Nadleen Laleau
FIU Business and Honor College
Student majoring in HR Management
Scarlett Lanzas
Accountable Impact (AI)
Founder
Todd Lengnick
FIU Happiness Ambassador
Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)
Arturo Leon
Florida International University
Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental...
Joseph Lichter
FIU
Director of Pre-Health Advising; Associate Teaching Professor
Felipe Lopez
SUNN
Co-Founder
Ivan R. Lopez
FIU
Assistant Teaching Professor
Meghan Hendley Lopez
SUNN
Co-Founder
Sophie Loureiro
FIU
Honors College Engagement Manager
Sarah MacMillan
Be Generation Love
Founder
Niurca Márquez
FIU
Movement Artist, Researcher & Author
Elizabeth Marsh
FIU
Associate Professor/Associate Chair at Florida International...
Nancy Martinez
LIVE 135
CEO
Valeska Martins
VM Group
Coach and Consultant
Hernan Mayol
Apprentice Worldwide
Founder
Woman Stands Shining (Pat McCabe)
Dine Elder. Radical Bridger
Campbell McGrath
FIU
Author & Professor of Creative Writing
Rajiv Mehrotra
Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH The Dalai Lama
Author & Trustee/Secretary
Geoffrey Meru
University of Florida
Assistant Professor of Vegetable Crop Genetics
Emily Messina
FIU
Associate Professor of Recreational Therapy
Marya Meyer
The Women’s Fund
Executive Director
Rafael Montilla
Rafa Montilla Art
Visual Artist
Dalismar Morales
FIU
Clinician, Office of Employee Assistance
Jessa de la Morena
U ARE THE HERO
Founder & CEO
Jenia Morrison
Student
Jeremy Narby
Anthropologist
Zoe Nikirk
Hiero Care
Founder
Liliana Nunez
Qué y Cómo
CEO
Megan Nyvold
BingX
Head of Media
Lauren Ortega
FIU
Assistant Teaching Professor/Internship Coordinator for the...
Silvia Parra
Soul Art Now
Founder & Artist Director
Latrice Payen
Police officer for the Miami Police Department
Tania Santiago Perez
FIU
Assistant teaching professor of recreational therapy
Mihaela Plugarasu
NeuroMindfulness® Institute
NeuroMinfulness Master Practitioner Coach
Tonia Porter
FIU
Faculty
Shakti Radhakishun
Co-Active Life Coach
Arathi Ramappa
Curator of the Social Justice & Social Impact Track, Executive &...
Jessica Ramella-Roman
FIU
Associate Professor
Gregory Murad Reis
FIU
Computer Scientist
Rachel Ritchie
FIU
Associate Teaching Professor with FIU's Department of Psychology
Jose Rocha
FIU College of Business
Laura Guren Rodriguez
National Council for Jewish Women
Florida State Policy Advocat Chair
Donald Roomes
FIU
Teaching Professor, Department of International Business
Chanel Rowe
Uriel Law
FIU Trustee & Managing Partner at Uriel Law
Kerry-Ann Royes
YWCA South Florida
President & CEO
Sangeeta Sahi
Unified Human Foundation
CEO
Yovanka Sanchez
La Mariposa Films
Founder
Michael Sani
Play Verto
Chief Exploration Officer
Adriana Santos
SERENTI
CEO
Arun Sardana
Karuna Foundation
Founder
Amelia D. Saul
FIU
Ph.D. in Addiction and Rehabilitation Studies
Bernardo Scheinkman
Smart Cities Americas
CEO
Charles Scott
Office of Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson
Director of Outreach
Henry Seltzer
Humanistic Astrologer
Sunita Singh Sengupta
University of Delhi
Professor at Faculty of Management Studies
Christiana Serle
FIU Center for Leadership
Faculty Fellow
Sphurti Sewak
FIU
Doctoral Candidate
Nithya Shanti
Author and Facilitator
Oren Shibi
FIU - CAPS Counseling & Psychological Services
Dr. Edith Shiro
World Happiness Foundation
Board Member, Clinical Psychologist
Gladys Simpson
FIU
Associate Teaching Professor, College of Business
Jayati Sinha
FIU Happiness Ambassador
Associate Professor of Marketing
Christine E. Sjoblom
Pillar Wealth, Inc.
Financial Advisor
Jason T. Smith
Miami-Dade County
Director of Equity and Inclusion
Rafael Soltero
FIU
Professor & Global Sales Lab Director
Dr. Ellen Campos Sousa
Godbold College of Business at Gardner-Webb University (GWU)
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Evelyn Spivey
Humanitarian
Les Standiford
FIU
Distinguished University Professor and Founding Director of the...
Lili Steiner
FIU
Instructional Design Supervisor and an Adjunct Instructor at FIU Moss...
Alexander Stevenson
FIU
Energy, Power, and Sustainability Group
Michal Strahilevitz
Saint Mary's College of California
Director of the Center for Responsible Business
Yulia Strokova
Impact.Edition
Founder & Publisher
Roberto Suarez
el Happy Coach
Founder
Stephanie Sylvestre
Avatar Buddy
Tech Equity Advisory Board Member and Co-Founder of Avatar Buddy
Becca Tarnas
Archetypal Cosmologist
Richard Tarnas
California Institute of Integral Studies
Professor & Author of The Passion of the Western Mind and Cosmos and...
Amny Acosta Then
Salutte
Directora Médica
Stephan K Thieringer
SKT Global | The Human Innovation Garage
CEO and Founder
Sonam Tobgye
Institute of Excellence and Development (I-ED), Bhutan
Visiting Faculty
Satheesh Bojja Venkatakrishnan
FIU
John L. Volakis
FIU
Dean, College of Engineering and Computing
Julie Marie Wade
FIU
Associate Professor of Creative Writing
James R. Webb
FIU
Professor of Astronomy and Physics
Amber Webber
FIU Online
Senior Director of People and Programs
Andreina Weichselbaumer
Radical Partners
Director of Culture and Strategy
Marc Weinstein
FIU Happiness Ambassador
Director, MS in Human Resource Management
Janelle Wisdom
Condition Your Soul Global
Founder/CEO
Sabrina Woods
Holistic Career & Life Coach
Heather Zoccali
Brutally Beautiful
Founder
Norberto Zylberberg
Socialisssima
Founder
