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Marissa Pei
Dr. Marissa Pei is a sought after OD/HR consulting psychologist with an extensive 30+years of successful experience with Fortune 500 companies and public agencies like AT&T, BofA, Toyota, Amgen, Mattel, LA County, Wells Fargo, Johnson &Johnson, Cedars Sinai, Coopers & Lybrand, Scott Paper Co., Inland Empire Utility Agency, Kaiser Permanente and Mastercard to name a few, throughout US, Europe and Asia helping with improvements in organizational change and strategy, reorganization, valuing diversity, and leadership effectiveness. Her Learning Organization work helps clients with More Productivity/Efficiency Less Stress and More Joy at Work. Dr. Marissa has taught as a professor at Boston University in Brussels, UCLA in the Anderson School of Management, European Business School, Claremont and just returned from lecturing at the Shanghai University of Engineering Science and the China Europe International Business School. Dr. Marissa is also a media personality on NBC News Radio as a Celebrity Host and Talk Show Producer, her syndicated and award-winning show "Take My Advice, I'm Not Using It: Get Balanced with Dr. Marissa now in it's 12th year. As a TV Commentator on ABC Discovery and Fox specials, and as a seasoned Motivational/Inspirational Speaker, Dr. Marissa "Edu-tains" Worldwide on How to be Happy 88% of the time!
Dr. Marissa’s book “8 Ways to Happiness from Wherever You Are” is a #1 Amazon and National Bestseller, led to national media coverage with interviews on NBC CBS and Fox Morning News in Seattle, Atlanta, Las Vegas, was spotlighted for the Women’s History Month Special on Fox 5 DC and continues to sell out on tour in the US, Europe, Australia and now Asia! Dr. Marissa also co-authored a business text with Dr. Fred Massarik UCLA Emeritus called Organization Development and Consulting: Perspectives and Foundations, Pfeiffer 2002 and has articles in Inc, Forbes and a spread in Marie Claire China
Winner of the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award Gestalt OSD, 2020 Media Excellence AMWA Award, 2018 COVR Award, 2017 Iconic Women Creating a Better World for All Award in New Delhi India, 2016 OC 500, 2014 Asian Heritage Award, 2014 AWE Lotus Business Person of the Year, 2012 Asian Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2007 Remarkable Woman of the Year and 2005 Role Model of the Year in Business and Media, Dr. Marissa Pei is known as a Global Thought Leader and Influencer on stage, on camera, in media and in social media, and was introduced to Oprah as the 'Asian Oprah'. Her life motto for the past is “no regrets” and for the future “don’t die wondering!” Her 2 daughters who just graduated (Cornell & UC Davis) live in NorCal and visit their mom in SoCal on the beach often!
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