
Louis Alloro
Our first speaker is Louis Alloro. Louis is a change-agent whose background and training places him at the intersection of Education (teaching & learning) and Positive Psychology (the science of optimal functioning success and happiness). As one of the first hundred people in the world to earn a degree in Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania Louis had the privilege of working with Dr. Martin Seligman former president of the American Psychological Association known for his landmark research first in learned helplessness and then learned optimism. He is a Fellow of George Mason University?s Center for Consciousness and Transformation. Louis delivers SOMO Labs in partnership with the Center for Consciousness & Transformation in and around northeast Ohio as a regional wide initiative to help people learn to think differently by empowering people to empower people. Louis works with individuals and organizations of all kinds in facilitating positive growth. He is frequently invited to speak at organizational community academic or trade events on topics pertaining to Positive Psychology wellness success happiness and leadership. He runs the NYC Positive Psychology Forum and partners with George Mason University’s Center for Consciousness and Transformation on a community change initiative in Cleveland Ohio.
Other Members

Debra Wein
James F. Sallis

Nicole Fallowfield
Kevin R. Strauss
Thais Reis-Henrie
Laura Torchio

Nathan Taylor
Jane Ellery
Dexter Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH
Stephan Herzog
Margaret Moore
Michael V. Pantalon
Dr. Pamela Allweiss
Sharon Weinstein, MS, CRNI-R, RN, FACW, FAAN, CSP
Dr. Elizabeth Ablah, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Philip DiRusso
Dr. Roger Jahnke, OMD
Gary Sams
Joel Christner
Michael J. Hodges, MS CHES
Julie Luht, MPH, MCHES
Katherine Bishop
Jennifer Wallinger
Joel Kimmons
Vikram Khanna

Alfred Lewis
Jennifer Hall, EdD, MCHES
Dede Montgomery, MS, CIH
Jack Dennerlein, PhD
Nicole Champagne
LCDR Heidi Hudson
Wolf Kirsten
Wendy D. Lynch Ph.D
Victor Strecher
Tommy Hutchinson
Tom Baranowski Ph.D.
Suzanne L. Harrington, DNP, RN, MCHES
Steve Finikiotis
Sayer Ji
Ryan Niemiec
Ron Goetzel
Rich Hamburg

Miguel A. Perez

Melissa Rehrig
Melicia C. Whitt-Glover, Ph.D. FACSM
Maryam J. Tabrizi, M.S. C.H.E.S.

Lindsay Simone
Larry Chapman
Krisna Lee Hanks
Karen Mastroianni
Jon Comola
Joel Bennett

Joanne M. Gallivan M.S. R.D.
Joan Sotkin
Jessie Gordon
Jennifer Pitts, Ph.D.
Jennifer Cronin
Jennifer Childress
Erica Bohm, M.S.

Elizabeth H. Chaney Ph.D. MCHES
Dr. Samantha Harden
Rosie Ward, Ph.D., MPH, MCHES, BCC, CIC®, CVS-FR
Dr. Raffy R. Luquis
Jon Robison, Ph.D., MS, MA, CIC®
Dr. David L. Katz
Doug Hensch

Dixie Dennis

Diane Tuncer
Dee Edington
Dean Witherspoon
David Straker
David Chenoweth, Ph.D., FAWHP

Constance Boehm
Claire Herring
Caroline Adams Miller
Carol Zimmerman
Captain Tina Lankford
Captain Heidi Blanck, PhD
Brian Berchtold

Blake Marble
Ann Marie Snell
