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Meet the Team at Empathable

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Empathable isn't just a platform.

We’re a squad of world-class experts on a relentless mission to revolutionize how adults master the hardest parts of soft skills. In a world where most professional development feels sterile and forgettable, we’re building something that genuinely transforms people.

This isn’t a linear journey. It demands ongoing, deep collaboration with the most brilliant minds in behavioral science, healthcare innovation, corporate leadership, and human psychology. Some are core team members. Others are luminaries who could consult anywhere, but choose to invest hundreds of hours with us because they believe this work will fundamentally change how people connect, lead, and thrive at work.

Together, we’re not just teaching soft skills—we’re making the hardest interpersonal challenges irresistible to tackle and master. Here’s how each of these extraordinary people makes that possible.”

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Micah J Kessel

CEO

Operationalizing Empathy for Leaders, Organizations and Healthcare through Social Science Design

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Chris Branin

Chief Financial Officer

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Carroll Ann Friedmann

Business Manager

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Hee So

Lead Illustrator

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Bob Warwick

Lead Developer

Board of Advisors

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Margarita Barrios Ponce

Cultural Training

Professor | Northeastern University

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Taher Bohra

Developer

Crescentic

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Ben Cerveny

Purpose Driven Technoloy

President | The Foundation for Public Code

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Yoon Chun

Program Management & Culture

Principal Technical Program Manager | Procore Technologies

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Dallas Ducar

Gender Affirming Care

Healthcare & Policy Leader

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Joseph Fridman

Science Communication

Director, Sociotechnical Studio | Gingko Bioworks

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Mike Gaston

Immersive Media Designer

CEO | cut.com

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Gabriel Grant

Organizational Consulting

Strategy Advisor & Impact Coach | TheImPact

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Jasmine Hamilton

Policy and Management

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Ben-Saba Hasan

DEI & Culture

SVP Chief Culture Diversity Equity & Inclusion Officer | Walmart

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Sa-kiera T. J. Hudson, PhD

Empathy and Bias

Assistant Professor | Haas School of Business, University of Berkeley

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Paul Jaglowski

Organizational Consulting

Solutions Partner | Relias

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Nathan Knight

Learning and Development Strategy

Head of People Solutions | Morning Consult

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Eugene Korsunskiy

Systems Design

Associate Professor | Dartmouth College

Alyssa Lapointe

product design - web strategy | ux/ui | copy

Product Designer | Freelance

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Grin Lord

AI and Empathy Innovation

Founder & CEO | mpathic

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Joel Mier

Marketing & Business Development

Lecturer | University of Richmond

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Thor Muller

Marketing & Business Development

Venture Executive | Mach49

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Rosie Nieves

SEO Specialist

Product Designer | Binvue Creative Agency

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Aparna Rae

Organizational DEI

Founder | Moving Beyond

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Lindsay Seamans

UX Designer

Senior Designer | Foundation Partners Group

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Maxwell Snyder

Venture Strategy

Vice President, Alternative Investments | NewEdge Wealth

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Haroon (Harry) Syed

Artificial Intelligence

Senior Agency Lead | Amazon Web Services

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Michael Ventura

Organizational Empathy

Empathic Leadership | Author, Speaker, Advisor, & Entrepreneur

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Matt Wallaert

Organizational Psychology

Founder | BeSci.io

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Arthur Woods

DEI Hiring & Retention

Partner | Plenty Search

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