Speakers Bureau:
Leading Voices at APA Services, Inc.
Flourish Voices
Flourish Voices is APA's premier speaker platform delivering science-backed insights on well-being, leadership, and elite performance to help organizations strengthen culture and unlock human potential.
The Psychology of Well-Being, Leadership, and Elite Performance
Flourish Voices is APA’s premier speaker platform—where cutting-edge psychological science meets the evolving world of work.
Through keynote talks, executive briefings, and enterprise learning experiences, our speakers equip organizations to not only support employee well-being, but also unlock the highest levels of leadership, culture, and performance.
Rooted in the vision of the Flourish Summit, Voices connects science-backed insights with forward-thinking leaders across business, technology, healthcare, and government. Whether your workforce is navigating stress or pursuing mastery, Flourish Voices delivers the insight that unlocks human potential.
Topics That Drive Workplace Transformation
Our speakers address today’s most urgent and aspirational goals in the workplace. Topics include:
Building Psychological Capital for Resilient Workplaces
Work–Family Balance as a Strategic Advantage
The Psychology of Workplace Design
Culture Starts at the Top
AI at Work: Friend or Foe of Well-Being?
Respect, Belonging, and Leadership That Heals
Why Meaningful Work Is a Mental Health Imperative
Training Managers to Support Mental Health
Diversity, Inclusion & Employee Wellness
People Analytics That Care
Learning Cultures That Prevent Burnout
Why Choose Flourish Voices?
- Powered by the American Psychological Association, the global authority on human behavior and performance
- Curated for business and organizational audiences—not academic lectures, but actionable insight
- Anchored to a growth agenda—helping your people and performance reach the 0.001% level
All speaker engagements are designed to elevate learning, catalyze culture change, and align with the aspirations of modern leadership.
Meet Our Executive Speakers
Arthur C. Evans, Jr., PhD
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President
Dr. Arthur C. Evans, Jr., leads the American Psychological Association as CEO and Executive Vice President. With a clinical and public psychiatry background, he transformed Philadelphia’s $1.5B Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services prior to joining APA in 2017. Under his leadership, APA has advanced bold work in equity, justice, science-based practice, and systemic change—championing psychological science as central to improving well-being for individuals, organizations, and society.
Maysa Akbar, PhD, ABPP
Chief Diversity Officer and Chief of Psychology in the Public
Dr. Maysa Akbar is APA’s Chief Diversity Officer and Chief of Psychology in the Public Interest. She is also the founder and CEO of Integrated Wellness Group, a psychotherapy practice specializing in race-based trauma. Dr. Akbar represents the American Psychological Association at the United Nations, bringing psychology into the global conversation on equity, mental health, and social justice.
Katherine B. McGuire
Chief Advocacy Officer
Katherine B. McGuire serves as Chief Advocacy Officer for the American Psychological Association, leading APA’s government relations and external advocacy efforts. With deep experience in policy, law, and leadership, she drives initiatives to embed psychological science into public policy and empowers APA’s voice on equity, mental health, and societal well-being.
Vaile Wright, PhD
Senior Director, Healthcare Innovation
Dr. Vaile Wright is a licensed psychologist and researcher focusing on developing strategies to leverage technology and data to address issues within health care including increasing access, measuring care, and optimizing treatment delivery at both the individual and system levels. Wright has maintained an active line of research with peer-reviewed articles in journals including
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Law and Human Behavior, and the Journal of Traumatic Stress.
Jaime “Jim” L. Diaz-Granados, PhD
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Jim Diaz-Granados is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the American Psychological Association, where he works alongside the CEO to develop and implement the association’s strategy, policies, and goals, while overseeing major programmatic areas. An accomplished researcher in the developmental, behavioral, and neurochemical aspects of alcohol abuse and addiction, he previously served as a professor and chair of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor University before joining APA’s Education Directorate.
Your Path to The 0.001% Mindset
The 0.001% mindset reflects the small but powerful behaviors, decisions, and psychological skills that separate high performers from truly exceptional leaders.
Flourish Voices is the year-round engagement platform connected to the Flourish Summit (September 2026)—APA’s global convening on leadership effectiveness, workplace performance, and human well-being.
Designed for modern leaders, Flourish Voices brings psychological science into real-world leadership conversations—helping individuals strengthen decision-making, focus, and performance in complex environments.
Engage Flourish Voices to bring APA experts, applied insight, and leadership learning into your organization.
