how our happy place was born
tackling the worry monster
We have so many friends and family members who have navigated anxiety and other mental health challenges during their lives. When our family was directly impacted, we started doing research in a flailing attempt to determine what to do next. We couldn’t locate much that helped but were lucky to find a network of people who supported our family and showed us the way forward.
Our Happy Place was born out of the desire to help other families navigating the same challenges — to make it easier to find supportive tools and hopefully a little less chaotic to steer through the storm.
Founded by my ten year old son and me in 2019, Our Happy Place is a non-profit dedicated to supporting children, families and educators who are navigating the escalating wave of childhood anxiety. We put tools in the right hands, elevating the best resources, and are hopeful that as a society, we can re-frame the way we think about mental health.
With love,
Stacey
MEET OUR BOARD MEMBERS
Stacey M. Tank
In addition to co-founding Our Happy Place, Stacey Tank is currently CEO for Bespoke Beauty Brands, a growth-phase color cosmetics and skincare company. Prior to this role, Tank was the global chief transformation officer for HEINEKEN (AMS: HEIA) based in Amsterdam. Tank also previously ran the Home Depot Interiors, Home Depot Exteriors and Home Depot Measurement Services businesses for The Home Depot (NYSE: HD), the world’s largest home improvement retailer. Dedicated to the intersection of business and positive impact on society, Tank has repeatedly authored large-scale movements across global enterprises including launching HEINEKEN’s net zero carbon strategy, a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar commitment to veteran housing and a $50 million shop class program infusing 20,000 skilled tradespeople into the U.S. economy. Tank is an experienced board director, a 2020 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a 2019 Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow. She graduated summa cum laude with a degree in business and communications from Syracuse University.
Dr. Susan Kalt Moreau
From the diverse learning environments of New York, Texas and Connecticut, Dr. Moreau brings 42 years of experience as an educator. Beginning as a teacher, her later roles included principal and superintendent of schools for an 8,000-student urban school district in Connecticut. Her experience includes the role of Section 504 Officer for her district, supporting students who are protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act. She has served for decades on boards that include the Main Street Community Foundation Women & Girls Fund, the Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut and the United Way. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Albany, her Master of Science degree from the State University of New York at Oswego, her Sixth Year Certificate of Advanced Study in Education Leadership from Central Connecticut State University and her PhD from the University of Connecticut.
Jackson Sherwood Tank
In addition to co-founding Our Happy Place many years ago in Atlanta, Georgia, following a move back to the States from Europe in 2022, Jackson is currently a high school student in upstate New York. He plays competitive ice hockey as part of the two-time defending state championship Skaneateles Lakers ice hockey team as well as with his Central New York AAA team. Jack has always loved music including singing and playing the guitar. He has also more recently developed a love of design and building things including a tree house on his family’s old homestead from 1854. You can find him most days pushing his brother’s buttons and wrestling his bernadoodle, Tom.
Dr. Jacqueline Kemp
Dr. Kemp is an adult and pediatric dermatologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute. She is also a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School. Kemp completed her dermatology residency at Harvard and her medical school training in the prestigious Clinical Scientist Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh. During her time in Pittsburgh, she also served as a Doris Duke Clinical Research fellow and received full scholarships to earn a Masters in Clinical Research and "mini-MBA” for physicians at the University of Pittsburgh. She earned her undergraduate degree summa cum laude in public health from Boston University, and before matriculating at medical school, helped establish a new division of Nature for high school students called Nature Education. She has authored or co-authored over 20 manuscripts published in peer reviewed journals.
Trevor W. Tank
Trevor Tank is a global business development executive with over 20 years of experience at companies like ESPN, Walt Disney and Comcast. His diverse media background (technology solutions, cable network distribution and syndication sales) and strong understanding of the global media landscape have turned his passion for sports, technology and people into a dynamic career most recently leading application strategy for Comcast X1 Syndication. Trevor is an avid ice hockey player and is passionate about supporting children and families that are navigating childhood anxiety. Trevor studied at Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, England and holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
The Our Happy Place board of directors is most appreciative of pro bono legal services provided by the Paul Hastings Law Firm.