As the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Empowered Education, Eric Neuner is committed to changing the way we approach healthcare and education. To address rapidly increasing chronic illness and mental health issues, he believes it’s time for a radical system change that prioritizes and incentivizes wellness.

For the last 15 years, Eric has been an entrepreneur and founding partner for several industry-leading companies including Trilogy Education Services, Vital Digital Group and Zeta Global. These companies now collectively employee over 1,500 people. Graduates of Trilogy-powered programs have driven more than $1 billion in economic impact. He now serves on the Board of Directors for Trilogy Education Services. Eric began his career developing winning digital marketing campaigns for CDNOW and WebMD.

Eric obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication with an emphasis in Business from Cornell University. In 2014, he left New York City where he was raised and created a purpose-driven community hub and home in San Rafael, CA where he regularly hosts thought leaders and change agents in the Bay Area. Eric learned his passion and values from his parents who were both public school teachers. He enjoys playing the piano, singing, and mountain biking. Of the many hats that he wears, his most cherished role is being father to his 9-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son.

Carey Peters is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) and a Co-Founder of Empowered Education.

She’s founded and co-founded three coach training businesses,taking them from startup to multiple-six-figure and multi-million dollar revenues, including Health Coach Institute, Holistic MBA, and CoachToolsToGo.com.

Along with Empowered Education Co-Founder Stacey Morgenstern, Carey co-created Health Coach Institute’s flagship programs Become A Health Coach and Holistic MBA™: Mastering The Business & The Art Of Coaching, which teach students Health Coach Institute’s proprietary habit change coaching skills and how to use those skills to create lucrative and sustainable money-making coaching businesses.

Since becoming a coach 12 years ago, she has trained and inspired over 21,000 health and personal development coaches from over 30 countries.

Carey guest starred in 25 episodes of the Yahoo web series “Reluctantly Healthy,” hosted by Carey’s health coaching client actress Judy Greer. Carey has been featured in Forbes Magazine, New York Magazine, Fitness Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post, and more. Carey and co-founder Stacey Morgenstern are the authors of the book The Definitive Guide To Health Coaching.

Currently based in Chicago, Carey holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from DePaul University. She lives with her husband and her beautiful daughter. Outside of work, Carey enjoys theater, music, art, and stand-up comedy.

Stacey Morgenstern is a Board Certified Health Coach, Master NLP Practitioner, international public speaker, and Co-Founder of Empowered Education.

Stacey has founded and co-founded three coach training businesses, taking them from startup to multi-million dollar revenues, including Health Coach Institute, Holistic MBA, and Five Point Wellness.

Along with Empowered Education Co-Founder Carey Peters, Stacey co-created Health Coach Institute’s flagship programs, co-created Health Coach Institute’s flagship programs, “Become A Health Coach” and “Holistic MBA™: Mastering The Business & The Art Of Coaching”, which teach students Health Coach Institute’s proprietary habit change coaching skills and how to use those skills to create lucrative and sustainable money-making coaching businesses.

Since becoming a coach 12 years ago, Stacey has educated and inspired more than 21,000 health and personal development coaches from 30 countries to create truly sustainable money-making businesses they love while deeply serving themselves and the world. Stacey lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her inspirational daughter. Outside of work Stacey is an MC, spoken word performer, author, playful instigator, and community builder.

Keri Glassman, MS, RD, CDN, is a renowned celebrity nutritionist, healthy cooking expert, and wellness thought-leader. She is the founder of Nutritious Life, a lifestyle and media company devoted to helping individuals discover and live their most nutritious (and happiest!) lives, and a 2018 Webby Award honoree for Best Health Website. She is also the founder and lead instructor of The Nutritious Life Studio, an online nutrition, coaching, and business program that provides unparalleled, forward-thinking education to passionate health and wellness students around the globe.

Upon receiving her BS from Tufts University in 1995 and her masters in clinical nutrition in 1999 from New York University, she swiftly built a successful private practice as a dietitian in NYC. Her business expertise led her to exponential success, and in February 2016, Keri launched a line of supplements that she created in partnership with Life’s Abundance, and was also the first registered dietitian to create a real food-based snack bar, KeriBar. Keri now has 20 years of experience in counseling clients, building businesses, and mentoring up and coming wellness professionals. Her approach to providing accessible, science-backed healthy living advice that extends beyond food and diet—to areas like sleep, stress, and exercise—steers millions of people towards well-rounded wellness strategies that work for them.

Keri has authored four books; including The New You and Improved Diet (Rodale, Dec 2012) gives readers the 8 rules they need to lose weight and change their life forever. Slim Calm Sexy Diet (Rodale, March 2012), helps readers lose weight, conquer stress, and feel and look their best every day. The O2 Diet (Rodale, Dec 2009), translates complex scientific research on antioxidants into useful and useable tools that empower people to live a more Nutritious Life. The Snack Factor Diet (Crown, 2007) illustrates that snacking helps readers become energetic, feel younger, and lose weight.  Keri also contributed to Editor-In-Chief of Women’s Health Magazine, Michele Promaulayko’s books, Look Better Naked (Rodale, April 2010) and 20 Pounds Younger (Rodale, December 2014).

Keri also helps millions as a trusted nutrition and health expert in the media. She is dedicated to her field and to the broader goal of educating the public, and her expertise is frequently featured on several national television programs including The Today Show, Good Morning America, Access Hollywood Live, The View, The Talk, The Chew, The Doctors, The Rachael Ray Show, The Wendy Williams Show, The Steve Harvey Show, MSNBC, CNN and HLN. Keri is a Today Show Tastemaker and a contributing editor and advisory board member for Women’s Health Magazine, and is a prolific contributor and commentator for countless other top media outlets. Keri hosted an original series called “A Little Bit Better” which is featured on Youtube’s Livestrong Woman channel. She is a spokesperson for national brands that align with the Nutritious Life mission.

Keri resides in New York City with her children, Rex and Maizy. If she’s not watching her kids play soccer you’ll probably find her trying out a new fitness class, running in central park, planning her next travel adventure, chatting it up at a farmer’s market or satisfying her inner foodie at a new restaurant.  You could take away potato chips forever, but don’t think about removing chocolate chip cookies, her spiral notebook or her sneaker collection.

Andrea Nakayama is the founder of the Functional Nutrition Alliance. Andrea is an internationally known Functional Medicine Nutritionist, educator, and speaker who is leading a movement to transform the health industry into a system that WORKS, empowering patients and practitioners alike with the systems and tools of Functional Nutrition.

Her passion for this nutrition revolution came as a result of a personal family tragedy. Her young husband, Isamu, was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor while she was just seven weeks pregnant with their only child. It was in overcoming his prognosis of six months and prolonging his life for another two years that Andrea’s expanding interest in food as personalized medicine became her full-time passion and purpose.

With a background as both a published author and a celebrated Production Director in the publishing houses of San Francisco and New York, Andrea’s skill and passion for the dissemination of knowledge matches her zeal for nutrition as an instrument of healing. Her signature has become delivering profound, high-level, yet entirely accessible experiences to both patients and practitioners, communicating and inspiring in a way that sets her apart from others in her field. Andrea is celebrated as a leader in the field of Functional Nutrition because of her unique ability to teach and inspire practitioners and patients alike. Andrea synthesizes art and science, empathy and physiology, intuition and problem solving, into a system that truly helps people get to the root cause of their illness, create a path towards wellness, and find their way back to life.

As the Director of Human Resources, Lisa leads the team in fostering a positive and mission-driven culture that is prevalent throughout and across all Empowered Education brands. With nearly a decade of people operations experience, it is her aim to develop and ignite the passion within each member of the team to excel in our mission of creating a world where people are the healthiest and most empowered versions of themselves. Through diversity, inclusion, and genuine care she leads a passionate HR team that embraces the human element in human resources.

Lisa recognizes her achievements have been strongly linked to recognizing and cultivating the desire and drive that exists within all of us. The yearning to be our best selves and bring about the best in others. Collaboration, out of the box thinking, and bringing your whole self to the table are some of the initiatives she encourages most strongly. With 13+ years of experience in the health and wellness space, she has developed HR programs recognized for being one of the best places to work, created the culture and HR departments for multiple start-ups, and is never afraid to learn something new.

Lisa obtained her degree from the University of Central Florida with a Cum Laude distinction in Organizational Psychology and enjoys gardening, reading, listening to oldies and is heavily involved with environmental advocacy.

As Chief Revenue Officer, Burt is responsible for all Marketing, the Enrollment Experience, Forecasting, as well as Data and Analytics for Empowered Education.

Burt is beyond passionate about the role that Empowered Education currently plays and could play in the world. With extensive marketing experience in the health care (HealthSparq), education (KinderCare) and hospitality (Starwood Hotels) industries, he has a strong focus on what people need and helping companies to better meet those needs. Helping people to become the best versions of themselves is Burt’s passion!

All of his experiences have had a strong focus on storytelling, brand development, and using the brand to acquire more customers (whether they are the weary business traveler, parents and kids, or health plan members). He has led all facets of Marketing and Sales including performance and digital marketing, traditional marketing, PR, brand development, social media, internal communications, etc.

Burt understands the role that health coaches and nutrition can play in rebuilding a very broken health care system and is passionate about the role that individuals can play in helping themselves and others. Burt is a big fan of democratizing health care and is excited about how Empowered Education contributes to that goal.

On a personal note, Burt is a huge family guy and loves his family. He has two kids in college and a wife who is as excited about his working at EE as he is! He also loves hiking, mountain climbing, squash, living healthy, and the Pacific Northwest.

Dr. Christine Jax is the Chief Academic Officer of Empowered Education. Christine has worked in education for almost 40 years. She started her career as an early childhood educator and continued as a teacher, professor, and administrator. She founded and ran a school for homeless children and later served as the Commissioner of Education for Minnesota. She is committed to helping others find their passion and voice through education and personal development.

Christine’s education consists of a PhD in Education Policy and Administration, an MA in Public Administration, a BA in Child Psychology, and extensive studies in Shamanism. She has written dozens of mainstream articles, several peer reviewed articles, and two books: The Seven Stages of an Enlightened Teacher (2011) and Who’s Building the Ark: How to Manage Through Hell and High Water (2020).

She is married to Cuban-born Jesus Castillo who is a paramedic in Miami. They have six children and six grandchildren. For fun and balance Christine plays the piano, paints, ballroom dances with her husband (primarily salsa and Argentine tango), downhill skis, and SCUBA dives. She is an avid traveler constantly seeking to better understand people and appreciate both their commonalities and differences. She calls Delray Beach, Florida home but will always consider herself a Minnesotan.

As the Vice President of Enrollment, Josh heads up the day-to-day operations of the sales department across all Empowered Education brands. Josh has over 15 years of experience in sales leadership roles in higher education and the entertainment industry. He is a results-driven sales executive with a significant record of accomplishment in business development, operations management, and team building with some of the nation’s most profitable accredited higher education institutions. Over his tenure, Josh has planned and executed strategies across sales departments that generated strong gains in financial performance and operational efficiency.

Josh credits his success to a servant leadership style that focuses on developing and empowering people to reach their highest potential. Continually encouraging innovation, initiative, and teamwork, he drives success by providing his teams with the tools, training, and support needed to meet challenging goals.

Josh grew up in Vermont and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Cincinnati. Before entering the higher education industry, Josh worked in the Hollywood music and film industry as a voiceover agent and promotions manager. When he is not working, Josh is busy spending time with his wife and four young children. He enjoys tennis, skiing, hiking, running, and traveling. He’s a fan of all sports, but especially football and basketball!

In his roles as General Counsel and VP of Corporate Development, and as part of the senior executive team at Empowered Education, Nick is responsible for legal, corporate governance, compliance, and risk, along with the planning and execution of corporate strategies, including corporate finance, product, and M&A.

Nick has spent his career advising hyper-growth companies on team building, change management, and legal and business strategy. His legal experience includes being part of the leadership teams of LifeLock and Cash4Gold. Prior to joining Empowered Education, Nick built and launched Giantgood, an app for both iOS and Android in the mindfulness space.

He is very active in the entrepreneur and startup communities, frequently speaking and advising on a range of subjects from venture investing, technology, and learning from failure. He is also on the advisory board of the Institute for Digital Progress in Phoenix.

He enjoys getting outside with his family hiking, biking, and exploring, and when indoors, he enjoys listening to vinyl.

Throughout her career, Clare has kept a consistent focus on results, revenue, and ROI. She has gained experience in all aspects of traditional and digital marketing, but no matter the industry or strategy, she believes it is vital to set clear goals, communicate them early and often, and measure performance through established metrics. She was drawn to Empowered Education after hearing the CEO and founders discuss the vision and mission of the company. After three years as head of marketing, she became Chief of Staff and is now responsible for facilitating effective decision-making, team-building, corporate communications and strategic initiatives across the organization.

Prior to joining Empowered Education, Clare spent over a decade in the education industry. She has experience across multiple functions (customer support, operations, etc.) but her main expertise is in marketing, communications, and change management. She most recently served as Head of Web Marketing at Pearson Online & Blended Learning.

Outside of the office, Clare enjoys hiking the beautiful Virginia mountains, visiting wineries, reading, swimming, and traveling. She lives in Virginia with her husband and two children.

As the Vice President of Data and Analytics, Vimal Vora is responsible for leading a team to develop long-term roadmaps and information platforms in Data Management and Business Intelligence. Vimal’s background in strategy, operations, and product management provides him the ability to leverage data to accelerate growth through service to sales, product, finance, marketing, and HR.

Vimal is inspired and excited to be a part of Empowered Education after witnessing his wife’s work as a functional psychiatrist, as she transforms lives by using nutrition and behavioral coaching to support her patient’s mental and physical health. Vimal is passionate about community, music, and good conversation, and lives in NYC with his wife and daughter.