Jenny Woo, MBA, PhD, is a Harvard-trained educator and Emotional Intelligence researcher. She teaches at the University of California-Irvine and is the founder/CEO of Mind Brain Emotion.

Incubated out of Harvard Innovation Lab, Dr. Woo created a series of award-winning card games and mental health tools to help kids and adults build essential human skills, such as emotional intelligence, social skills, empathy, and communication skills. Her product line has been used in workplaces, schools, and homes in more than 50 countries.

In addition to her MEd from Harvard, MBA from UC Berkeley, and PhD from UC Irvine, she also spent several years as a Human Capital Consultant at Deloitte, Executive Coach and HR professional at Cisco in Talent Strategy & Succession Planning, Director at a network of Montessori Schools, and Cognitive Science researcher on memory training & intervention for aging adults.

Dr. Woo is a two-time TEDx speaker (“How to Be Self-ish Without Feeling Selfish”), author, and has been featured in CNBC, Fast Company, Forbes, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, FORTUNE, Parents, and The Harvard Gazette.

She speaks on the future of work, emotional intelligence (and soft skills) in the age of AI, supporting kids' social and emotional development, and mental health in the epidemic of loneliness & isolation. For her expertise and media appearances: https://mindbrainemotion.com/pages/speaking

She is known for offering relatable real-world insights and practical, bite-size, actionable tips to help people become happier, calmer, and wiser.

She lives in Southern California with her husband and three kids.