Rob is Empowered Education’s (EE) Chief Operating Officer. He is dedicated to working with the EE team to transform lives by changing the approach to healthcare through a focus on wellness and sustainable habit change.

Throughout his career, Rob has worked in businesses that that have made a difference in people’s lives. Most recently, as CEO Rob and his team transformed a leading online college, career school and high school educating 75,000 under-served students. His prior work history includes leading several other well-known consumer businesses.

Rob serves as an advisor to entrepreneurs and boards in education, youth development, wellness, and technology fields. He lives in San Francisco and enjoys spending time with his family, running, biking, and traveling, as well as reading historical fiction.

Prior to studying to be a Health Coach, Rob earned his MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School and his BA from Franklin & Marshall College.

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.

Andrea Nakayama is the Chief Executive Officer of the Functional Nutrition Alliance, LLC. 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.

Bill Baren is the Chief Executive Officer of The Big Shift LLC and the Chief Product Officer of Empowered Education. Bill is a world-renowned business coach, educator, and a serial entrepreneur. He has started and grown four different multi-million dollar businesses and has mentored hundreds of 7-figure CEOs.

Over 50,000 people from 22 countries have participated in Bill’s online and live trainings. He has a particular passion for helping mission-driven coaches step into their true genius and make their impact known in the world.

Bill holds a Bachelor of Science. in values in technology with an emphasis on computer science and a Bachelor of Arts in Russian literature from Stanford University. He is a huge sports fan (Go Warriors and Stanford Football!) and loves hosting dinner parties with his wife, Gia. In his past lives, he’s participated in the World Series of Poker, has produced hit songs, and has DJ’d in five different countries in front of packed crowds.

Jason is an accomplished marketing professional with sixteen years of experience with a focus on understanding the customer’s journey and what truly drives them. After years of hands-on experience within all digital marketing channels, he shifted his focus to creating, leading, and nurturing data-driven marketing teams that have consistently driven double and triple digit year-over-year growth.

His background in network engineering has given him a unique perspective that allows him to bridge the gap between the marketing and development worlds in order to find better ways to streamline processes effectively. His ability to discover unique, technology-backed marketing solutions that would have otherwise been missed is what sets him apart from traditional marketers.

Jason is excited to return to his roots in the education vertical and knows that by joining Empowered Education he will be able to contribute to making a positive impact on people’s lives.

During his personal time, Jason loves traveling, bike rides with his family, historical and cultural enrichment, and enjoying the sunny South Florida beaches.

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!

Matt has been a part of Empowered Education since the inception of Health Coach Institute and the launch of its flagship Become A Health Coach program in early 2015. Along the way, he has played many roles in the organization, collaborating with every function.

Today, Matt is primarily responsible for Business Operations, Planning, and Finance, which involves everything from business partnerships and acquisitions to financial forecasting to providing overall support of Empowered Education’s brands and thousands of students and clients.

Matt loves the opportunity to work with the incredibly talented team of people at Empowered Education, helping to further our mission of improving the quality of life for individuals impacted by chronic disease through precision-based diet and lifestyle modification and sustainable habit change. He also relishes the opportunity to help Empowered Education and its global team become a top company in location-independent workplace culture.

Matt lives in Seattle with his wife, son, and daughter. Outside of his role at Empowered Education, he is an avid sports fan (Go Mets, Giants, and Stanford football!) with passions for fitness, adventure, and travel.

Libby has been part of Empowered Education since she joined the sales team in October of 2015. She then had the opportunity to be the first person in the Human Resources Department, where she serves as a “culture evangelist,” managing hiring, onboarding, training, employee engagement, performance management, and compensation and benefits for Empowered Education’s 100% remote workforce.

Prior to joining Empowered Education, Libby served as the Director of HR and Employee Development for a multi-site healthcare company with 2,600 employees.

Libby believes that our team members are the heart of Empowered Education. As a certified strengths coach, Libby loves helping others discover what they do best and works to ensure they have the opportunity to leverage it regularly in their work. Libby’s goal is to create passionate advocates of our company and create the world’s best remote team. She lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her family.

Lucas Seipp-Williams is the Vice President of Academics & Student Success at Empowered Education. Additionally, he trains and coaches students of the Become A Health Coach and HMBA Mastery programs.

Prior to joining Empowered Education, Lucas built a successful Health Coaching business, coaching over 1,000 clients for over 8,000 coaching hours through his business and training programs. Lucas also worked as a Certified Youth Food Educator, Certified Yoga Teacher, and a Licensed Massage Therapist.

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 marketing career, Clare has kept a consistent focus on results, revenue, and marketing 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 marketing goals and to 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.

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 first love is marketing and communications, and 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.

James has been a part of Empowered Education since October of 2015. Since then, he has built a highly effective and supportive team of like-minded creatives who play a critical role in maintaining the highest standards of quality when it comes to visual communications throughout the organization.

Prior to joining Empowered Education, James spent a number of years in the design and development world, working coast-to-coast with agencies, as well as serving as an independent freelancer. He is entirely self-taught in a multitude of mediums, and while he has had a passion for the arts since his earliest memories, his professional career began in the public education system, molding young minds as both a teacher and a coach. His role today at Empowered Education is the culmination of transformative experiences where a desire to be creative, educate and influence healthy lifestyles have finally aligned.

In his personal time, James loves to write music and has even had experience on stage and in the studio as a singer for a few bands. He is an avid long distance runner, having once competed on the collegiate and post-collegiate levels, (and is proud of his one mile personal best of 4:15.) Most of all, James is most grateful for his family and lives to make the most out of every moment he gets with them.

In his role as Director of Sales Operations & Analytics, Om is responsible for sales operations, data management, and analytics. He is a pro at wearing many hats and has been an integral part of the company for more than four years. Before joining Empowered Education, Om worked extensively in the digital marketing space.

Om earned his master’s in information management from Syracuse University, and currently resides in San Francisco, CA with his family. He loves superhero movies and cricket.

Sandi works at Empowered Education as the SVP of Student Engagement. She manages the learning, content creation, customer support and success coach operations teams. Sandi is passionate about the student experience and providing our students with cutting edge, evidence based content and tools while they have a fabulous time in our courses! This allows our students to positively impact others and the world in powerful ways.

Sandi’s background is in nutrition, lifestyle and behavior change. She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who graduated from Bastyr University with her Masters in Nutritional Science in 2000. Before coming to Empowered Education, Sandi spent a decade in private practice, worked as the Clinical Director at Alere (now Optum) and headed up Member Operations at Arivale, a scientific wellness company. She is so happy to be able to bring her many years of experience to her current role.

Sandi believes that anything is possible when the right team is committed to making it happen. She’s an action oriented, collaborative leader and loves feedback all along the way. She lives in Cleveland with her husband and two teenagers. When she’s not working, she’s reading, dancing, out on long walks and hanging out with her family.

Hi, my name is Vimal (rhyme’s with Jimmy Kimmel’s last name). I live in New York City with my wife Ellen (a functional psychiatrist) and my 3 year old daughter Jaya (our overlord). I’m passionate about community, music, and good conversation.

Over the years, I’ve witnessed my wife transform lives by using nutrition and behavioral coaching to support her patients’ mental and physical health. I’m inspired by this, and so excited to be part of a company that scales this important work to reach so many more people.

I have a background in strategy, operations, product management and general management at large companies and startups. My goal is to help the company leverage data to accelerate growth through service to the sales, product, finance, marketing and HR organizations. If you have ideas on how we can better leverage data, please reach out to me!