Workplace Well-Being: Healthy People. Healthy Workplaces

Eric Brown, PhD is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine Program here at Boston University’s School of Medicine. Most recently, he was an Assistant Professor in the Counseling and Special Education department at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. For the past 12 years, he has worked in various clinical settings such as a level one trauma hospital, a community mental health counseling center, and a private practice. He is currently a member of the American Counseling Association, International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling, and the Association for Counselor Education & Supervision. His service to the community has been focused on consultation and training in areas related to the mental health development of marginalized populations. He routinely presents to schools, adolescent community development organizations, and churches on topics related to trauma and trauma-informed care.

Laurie Marie Craigen, PhD, is currently an Assistant Professor in the Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine Program at Boston University. Most recently, she was an Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. For the past ten years, she has worked in a private practice setting. Her client base consisted largely of adolescents and young adults presenting with a variety of mental health concerns, particularly self-injurious behavior. Her research interests include self-injurious behavior, suicide, trauma, secondary traumatic stress, and the unique needs of military-connected children and their families. In addition to her research endeavors, she is committed to international learning experiences. She recently co-developed an international service-learning program in San Jose, Costa Rica, assisted a colleague in a study abroad program in Dublin, Ireland and participated in a trauma- healing program for children in South Africa. In addition to international programming, she is also developed online courses in human methods and family guidance.

She received her B.A. in psychology from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Additionally, she attained my Ed.S. in School Psychology and her Ph.D. in Counselor Education at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Having worked in both global and start-up entities, Sarah's experience includes senior-level roles in HR, marketing, and operations. Before starting her coaching practice, Sarah was a member of the leadership team at Automatic Data Processing (ADP), where she partnered with executives to align talent strategies to business objectives and coached her executive teams through significant organizational restructures and cultural transformations.

Prior to ADP, Sarah was a key member of the leadership team at AMP, a youth marketing agency, where she held leadership roles in client services, research services, and operations, and led national promotions for clients including, Converse, Timberland, and Gillette. She collaborated closely with the founding partners to establish systems, structure, and processes and played an integral role in building the early-stage start-up to a robust $45M entity.
A life-long and constant learner, Sarah has immersed herself in neuroscience theory and application. She brings a suite of neuro coaching tools to her clients, enabling them to build their neuroagility and accelerate their results.

Sarah creates a “no-judgment” space for clients to learn and has a knack for distilling information to help clients quickly get to the root of issues. Her communication style is direct and compassionate, balancing straight talk with empathy and humor.

With a reputation as a “connector,” Sarah forges strong relationships with her clients and helps them engage more intentionally with stakeholders to build social capital and increase their impact.

Aligned with her passion for developing female leaders, Sarah was a key member of the design team for the Executive Women in Leadership Program for the Northeast Human Resources Association. She previously served as Program Director and currently serves as faculty. She is also a past Co-Chair of the Coaches Corner at the Massachusetts Conference for Women, through the International Coach Federation (ICF) New England chapter. She currently serves as a Master Coach Supervisor for William James College.

Sarah holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She received her coach training through Coach-U and is an ICF credentialed coach.

Sarah is an avid skier, an impulsive baker, and a lousy gardener. Her favorite food group is butter.

Throughout her thirty-year career in Business and Human Resources, Cynthia has served as a trusted visionary, coach/mentor and thought partner to the executive team.  Whether she is serving as an EVP and Chief People Officer or Executive Coach, she is focused on connections and delivering business results. She is passionate about building highly engaged and values-focused organizations and is recognized as a motivational leader committed to collaboration, customer solutions and empowering others to achieve business results. Helping clients through successful business turnarounds, managing through growth & change and achieving a collaborative, results-driven culture is her specialty. Under her leadership, Harvard Pilgrim celebrated seven straight years of achieving a 100% rating on the Human Rights Campaign and Corporate Equity Index; ‘Best Places to Work’ designation, and was one of the first organizations in MA to sign onto the Wage Compact; an entity focused on transparency in wage equity. 

Cynthia holds a BA from Framingham State University and an MBA from Bryant University. She is the recipient of the Bob Gatti Mentor of the year award and the HR Leadership Excellence Award. She is a national leader in her practice and currently serves on the Board of NEHRA.