The mission of thrive8O8 is to contribute to our local community by helping organizations thrive.
When individuals and teams within an organization are healthy, happy, and strong, the organization will be too. thrive8O8 builds organizational resilience from the ground up, using the science of positive psychology to empower individual change.
Dr. Dana Arakawa is an organizational psychologist who takes a research-guided approach to creating organizational resilience.
She has worked with Federal and State government agencies, technology startups, private industry and small businesses to create meaningful change.
Dana began consulting in 2013, after completing a postdoctorate fellowship with the VA National Center for Organization Development. This role was her introduction to offering assessment, facilitation, training, and coaching throughout the VA’s nationwide system of hospitals and program offices.
Her consultation skills have been most developed and tested as a teacher, having taught online and in-person at the University of Hawai‘i since 2011.
Born and raised in Honolulu, Dana has a PhD in psychology from the University of Hawai'i, a Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University
When she’s not consulting or teaching, she loves practicing Ashtanga yoga, swimming, and meditation.