US President & Chief Behavioral Science Officer
MindGym
Janet Ahn, PhD, is an expert academic researcher, professor, and consultant. She leads MindGym’s product innovation and R&D, serving as primary subject matter expert translating academic models into scalable and actionable insights to solve organizational problems. She is also President of Americas, leading MindGym’s US team and bringing the power of behavioral science to transform the performance of companies and the lives of the people who work with them. She is a trained psychologist from Barnard College, Columbia University (bachelor’s degree in psychology), New York University (PhD in social psychology), and Teachers College, Columbia University (postdoctoral fellowship). Prior to joining Mind Gym, she was a tenure-track professor of psychology at a large public university in New Jersey, where she created tools and interventions to increase persistence and retention for underrepresented groups (women and persons of color) in STEM (science, tech, engineering, math) fields. She published in high-impact, peer-reviewed academic journals topics related to motivation, goal pursuit, cognitive biases. She is a sought-after speaker in academic and industry conferences and is also a skilled statistician. Her research has been featured in several media sources—Business Insider, NPR, Times Higher Education, CBS, Women’s Health Magazine, and others. She consulted for various Fortune 500 organizations, educational institutions, and nonprofit agencies.
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