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Alden Lai serves as Executive Advisor to the Wellbeing for Planet Earth (WPE) Foundation, and the WPE lead for the Global Wellbeing Initiative. He is also Assistant Professor of Public Health Policy and Management at the School of Global Public Health and affiliated faculty at the Stern School of Business, New York University. As a health care management scholar, some of his research interests center on how health care workers experience work as meaningful, and how health care organizations and leaders can better address issues related to burnout, work engagement, and wellbeing for employees. He has consulted for universities, federal and state governments, health systems, and philanthropic foundations internationally since 2013. Alden completed his PhD in Health Policy and Management (Organizational Behavior) at Johns Hopkins University, Master of Public Health at the University of Tokyo, and BA in Psychology at the National University of Singapore.

Jon Mehanna is a Senior Quantitative Researcher at Gallup working on the design and implementation of global surveys alongside partners in the private and public sectors. Prior to joining Gallup, he spent time in Tech working as a Data Scientist at Facebook/Meta working at the intersection of Data x Gender with the Demography & Survey Sciences x Social Impact Partnership teams. He has over 8 years of experience in survey sciences & have conducted extensive field work in the Sub-Saharan African region with Doctors Without Borders. He has designed & implemented several cross-regional datasets on gender & development in Africa & other developing regions under NSF grants with the World Bank, Trading Economics & the CCP. Jonathan-Georges received his PhD in Political Science with a focus in Quantitative Methods from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2020, with further post-doctoral training in Quantitative Methods from the National University of Singapore & the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Dr. Pablo Diego-Rosell is an experienced computational social scientist with over 20 years of international research and evaluation experience. Dr. Diego-Rosell specializes in the design and implementation of advanced quantitative and qualitative research solutions, with a focus in advanced analytics and statistical analysis. He trains and leads teams of researchers and data scientists to tackle some of the world’s hardest research problems, such as estimating the prevalence of modern slavery, designing computational cognitive models for AI agents embedded with human teams, or revolutionizing social science research through massive multiplayer online gaming platforms for multi-factorial experiments.

Dr. Telli Davoodi is a cognitive developmental psychologist and a Senior Social Science Consulting Researcher at Gallup. Her research focuses on cross-cultural variability in children’s learning and the role of religion and spirituality in children and adults’ lives. At Gallup, she is a researcher and advisor on public sector projects focusing on a wide range of topics including social connections and subjective wellbeing. Prior to joining Gallup, Dr. Davoodi was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University’s psychology department with a joint appointment as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education. Her research focused on religious cognition, where she took a developmental and cross-cultural approach.

Hui Nemeth is a Senior Consultant and Account Leader at Gallup, where she manages client partnerships and architects data-driven consulting projects tailored to clients’ needs. Leading project teams, she delivers profound insights on global issues such as wellbeing, food security and enjoyment, gender equality, land rights, and worldwide attitudes towards religions. This strategic analysis enables companies and organizations to make informed decisions, leading to substantial social impact. Prior to Gallup, Hui advised on leadership transitions for social impact organizations at Russell Reynolds Associates. She also held advisory and business development roles at Oxford University, focusing on strategic business development and income solicitation. Hui holds a master’s degree in development studies and a bachelor’s degree in Economics.