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Dana Arakawa

 

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First name
Dana
Last name
Arakawa
 

My Story

Books That Greatly Influenced My Life
Authentic Happiness, and the Positive Psychology of Buddhism & Yoga
 

Personal information

Bio
Dana is an organizatioal development consultant at her own company, thrive808 where she helps organizations successfully navigate change. She works with leadership, management, teams, and employees to build strong and flexible organizations.

Dana is also a senior managerial consultant at Kaiser Permanente, where she

• Drives business strategy, organizational alignment, and prioritization of business initiatives.

• Manages complex, cross-functional projects/programs by proactively monitoring for risk, facilitating decision-making and accountability, and ensuring alignment among diverse stakeholders.

• Makes formal presentations and provides reports and recommendations to executive level audiences.

Finally she serves as an advisor to Eudaimonic by Design, an organization started by other MAPP graduates.

Earlier, she served as an instructor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she taught several courses in psychology
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Professional Information

Employer
Thrive808
Job title
Organizational Development Consultant
Active Professional Interests
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Human Resources
  • Humanities
  • Sexuality
  • Technology
  • Yoga
Professional Skills
  • Coaching
  • Consulting
  • Facilitating groups
  • HR specialist
  • Leadership development
  • Personnel management
  • Project Management
  • Research design
  • Writing
Fluent in Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
 

Education

Degrees After MAPP
PhD in social psychology at the University of Hawaii; dissertation on emotional contagion, working with advisor Elaine Hatfield
Degrees Before MAPP
B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University; major in International Economics, concentration in Finance and Commerce.
 

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Publications

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Contact data

Province/State
HI
Country
USA
MAPP Geography
  • USA - Hawaii
 

MAPP Information

MAPP Graduation Year
2006
Class Rep
No
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