This year’s Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) Summit was a meaningful one, and we are proud to have supported it as an official sponsor.

Each year, the Summit brings together Penn alumni and current students through learning, collaboration, and community. In 2025, that gathering carried even more significance as the program celebrated its 20th anniversary. Two decades of research, teaching, and practice have shaped how we understand thriving, resilience, and what it takes to build a good life. We felt honored to help fuel that moment.

Sponsoring the Summit was not just a logo decision for us. It was a values decision. Positive psychology has long influenced how we think about belonging in organizations. The research is clear: social connection is foundational to wellbeing, engagement, and the ability to thrive. That is why this community matters to us, and why we wanted to show up in a bigger way this year.

The Summit itself was filled with the kind of learning and inspiration we care about most. We loved hearing from:

• Tyler VanderWeele, whose work on human flourishing continues to shape the field
• Julianne Holt Lunstad, who has deepened the global understanding of social connection
• Angela Duckworth, who brought both insight and energy to the conversation

We are also grateful to James Pawelski and Suzie Pileggi Pawelski for the invitation, their leadership, and the care they put into building a community that makes science feel human and usable.

One of the highlights for our team was meeting Dr. Marty Seligman, whose work laid the foundation for so much of what positive psychology is today. Moments like that remind us why this field matters, and why the future of work has to include belonging as a real, measurable priority for organizations.

We left the Summit feeling energized and deeply aligned. Thank you to the entire MAPP community for welcoming us into this milestone year. We are proud to support this work, and even more excited for what is next.