Preeti is a nurturer; her passion for kids and ensuring their success in life makes her a formidable voice. She is a familiar face at the local school district as an Executive PTO board member. Preeti has spent the majority of her life leading individuals and teams across the globe to succeed in whatever they chose to do. With over two decades of providing strategic leadership to organizations and leading tactical teams in the functional areas of Human Resources, Public Relations, leadership development and Customer Service, she continues to provide Human Resource expertise as a Board member (HR Committee) of the Arc Middlesex County, NJ. With a Masters in Psychology and an SHRM certification, she has been coaching, mentoring, and training senior leaders and staff in a variety of organizational settings. Her academic background has equipped her to recognize and develop our curriculum, mentoring program and content that promotes talent areas that require nourishments at younger ages. Preeti is the Co-Author of the "Leadership Persona Model".

Rishi is a global thought leader and a master strategist; he bridges leadership theories & academic research to the needs of people and organizations. He has spent over two decades of his life with large & complex Fortune 100/500 organizations, leading program/project teams, and mentoring/coaching senior leaders and individuals across the globe to attain higher organizational performance, quality, and customer satisfaction levels during turbulent changes. Rishi holds a degree 'Organizational Leadership’ and is a Project Management, Emotional Intelligence, Change Management and Service Management Expert. His Organizational Leadership academic background, research, and real-life experiences enable him to use commonsensical approaches to improve lives of others. Rishi is passionate about nurturing and developing positivity and character in children and strongly believes that authentic leadership occurs by enhancing and leveraging the leadership knowledge and perspectives internalized during early years of one’s life. He affirms that this positive attitude towards situations, things, and people can help in creating positive outcomes for our kids and the world that surrounds us. Rishi is the Co-Author of the "Leadership Persona Model".

Dr. Diane Hamilton is the MBA Program Chair at the Forbes School of Business, a Doctoral Chair for University of Phoenix, Associate Faculty for several online universities, Speaker, Syndicated Radio Show host of “Take the Lead” and a C-Suite Advisor. She holds a PhD in Business Management from Northcentral University, and has over three decades’ of Organizational leadership experience in software, computers, corporate training, pharmaceuticals, real estate, mortgage lending, social media, and publishing. Diane is an author of several books, "The Online Student’s User Manual", "How to Reinvent Your Career", and "It’s Not You It’s Your Personality". Her research has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and her studies on emotional intelligence have reinforced her passion for developing soft skills and leadership abilities in children.

Dr. Renu Kishore is an accomplished academic with specialization in Child development and Counseling Psychology. She is currently the Head of the Department of Psychology, and Associate Professor with the University of Delhi (Daulat Ram College). Dr. Kishore’s research and published accomplishments include "Children in adoption & mental health concerns", "Uses of appraisal data in Counseling and Child guidance and mental health". She is a member of several academic organizations, such as National Academy of Psychologists ( NAOP) and Indian Association for Family Therapy. She has been associated with renowned institutions such as National Council for Educational research and Training (NCERT), National Institute for Social Defense, National Institute of Criminology and with the Coordinating Voluntary Adoption Resource Agency at Delhi. Dr. Kishore has been passionate about kids and their mental growth, she now volunteers with LeaderKid Academy to guide with content development and to further the cause of kids and their mental health.

Matt Abrahams is an Organizational Behavior educator with the Stanford Graduate School of Business. With a degree in psychology from Stanford and Masters in communication studies from UC Davis Matt is a passionate, collaborative and innovative educator and coach. Prior to teaching, he held several senior corporate leadership positions where he developed and led global training and development organizations. Matt has published several research articles on cognitive planning, persuasion, and interpersonal communication. He recently published the second edition of his book ”Speaking Up Without Freaking Out”. Matt is also the Co-Founder and Principal at Bold Echo Communications Solutions, a presentation and communication skills company based in Silicon Valley that helps people improve their presentation skills. He has worked with executives to help prepare and present keynote addresses and IPO road shows, conduct media interviews, and deliver TED talks. Matt recognizes that leadership, social and communication skills are learned and internalized best when kids learn these critical skills at Pre-K and Elementary school ages. To support the cause he authored B.L.A.S.T. a simple yet engaging strategy to help kids learn presentation skills better.

Ms. Lynne Scaglia is an accomplished educator working passionately as a Student Assistance Counselor with the South Brunswick Public Schools (Monmouth Junction Elementary School - SBSD), NJ, a “Blue Ribbon School District”. With a Masters in Social work from Columbia University, and as a ‘Licensed Clinical Social Worker’, Lynne has spent years providing psychotherapy to kids and families at one of New York’s largest Teaching Hospitals. She also served as a Child Study team social worker and has provided counseling to students in the NYC school system. She continues to develop and deliver a comprehensive character education program to support the academic and social/emotional growth for the elementary kids. She is an Anti-Bullying Specialist and an active member of 'NJ School Counselor Association’. Lynne now works with LeaderKid Academy as an 'Advisor & Lead Mentor’.

Preeti is a nurturer; her passion for kids and ensuring their success in life makes her a formidable voice. She is a familiar face at the local school district as an Executive PTO board member. Preeti has spent the majority of her life leading individuals and teams across the globe to succeed in whatever they chose to do. With over two decades of providing strategic leadership to organizations and leading tactical teams in the functional areas of Human Resources, Public Relations, leadership development and Customer Service, she continues to provide Human Resource expertise as a Board member (HR Committee) of the Arc Middlesex County, NJ. With a Masters in Psychology and an SHRM certification, she has been coaching, mentoring, and training senior leaders and staff in a variety of organizational settings. Her academic background has equipped her to recognize and develop our curriculum, mentoring program and content that promotes talent areas that require nourishments at younger ages. Preeti is the Co-Author of the "Leadership Persona Model".

Ms. Cindy Patrych is a Boston University graduate in Psychology with a Masters in Social Work from Rutgers and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She currently works with South Brunswick School District as a Student Assistance Counselor, Cindy provides instruction in CARES, South Brunswick Public School’s Character Education Program and implements classroom-based lessons throughout the school year that teaches effective communication, self-regulation, and social responsibility. She wants to make a bigger impact on children’s lives through early intervention with children and their families. LeaderKid Academy’s ten Key Focus areas align well with the core tenets she teaches her students and she believes these values are essential for kids to integrate into their lives to become productive, happy, and socially conscious members of society. She works with LeaderKid Academy as a Lead Mentor.