Josh Roman is the co-founder and CEO of College Journey, where he combines his expertise in AI, education, and mental health to transform how families navigate the college admissions process. As a Princeton graduate and alumni interviewer for over a decade, Josh has unique insight into what makes students stand out in the admissions process—experience that drives his commitment to democratizing access to high-quality college guidance.

Having experienced firsthand the challenges of college fit and preparation as an undergraduate at Princeton, Josh is passionate about helping students not just get into college, but thrive once they’re there.

Before College Journey, Josh co-founded MindSciences, a digital mental health company (acquired by public healthcare company Sharecare) that helped hundreds of thousands manage stress and anxiety. He also helped create pioneering 529 college savings plans at Upromise, gaining deep insight into the financial challenges families face in planning for college.

A father of a high school student himself and co-founder of Mindshift Recovery, a nonprofit supporting people affected by addiction, Josh brings both professional expertise and personal understanding to helping families navigate the path to college with confidence and clarity.

He lives with his wife, son, two dogs, and two cats on the south shore of Massachusetts.

Jud Brewer, MD, PhD (“Dr. Jud”), is a New York Times best-selling author and a leading authority on habit change and the science of self-mastery. With over 25 years of mindfulness training combined with scientific research, he serves as the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and as a professor at Brown University. An internationally recognized psychiatrist specializing in mindfulness for addiction, Dr. Jud has developed innovative mindfulness programs—both in-person and app-based—for smoking cessation, emotional eating, and anxiety.

He has investigated the neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI and EEG neurofeedback. He has trained U.S. Olympic athletes, coaches, and foreign government ministers. His work has been featured on “60 Minutes,” TED (one of the most-viewed talks with over 20 million views), The New York Times, Time magazine, Forbes, BBC, NPR, Al Jazeera, Businessweek, and more. Dr. Jud founded MindSciences—now part of Sharecare—to bring his discoveries directly to consumers.

In addition to College Journey, he also co-founded Mindshift Recovery, a nonprofit aiding those suffering from addiction.

He is the author of The Craving Mind (Yale University Press, 2017), the New York Times bestseller Unwinding Anxiety (Avery/Penguin Random House, 2021), and The Hunger Habit (Avery/Penguin Random House, 2024). For more information, visit www.drjud.com.

He lives with his wife and two cats in central Massachusetts.

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