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Malaika Simmons

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Technical Advisory Board Member at SDOH Place Project
📍 McLean, Virginia, United States

Malaika Simmons is a human-centered design strategist, TEDx speaker, and founder of Momentology Media. Drawing on her Ph.D. in International Psychology, she advises organizations and helps high-performing women leaders realign their work to prevent burnout. Colleagues describe her as insightful, creative, and a facilitator with strong, positive energy.

Originally from South Philadelphia and part of a family of teachers, she is a passionate advocate for others. She volunteers for the Wounded Warrior Project and St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital and considers her daughter her proudest accomplishment.

She is the creator of the Momentology Method™, an intentional framework for living based on awareness, gratitude, and expectance.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Technical Advisory Board Member
Job Level
Leadership
Location
McLean, Virginia, United States
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Priorities

Topics Malaika cares about

Supporting Women Leaders
Her professional mission is to help high-performing women succeed without self-sacrifice and to empower women globally.
Preventing Burnout
She addresses leadership strain and the concept of "extraction fatigue"—the cost of constantly giving without replenishment.
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Career

Work history

5-2023
Technical Advisory Board Member
SDOH Place Project
1-2020 - 5-2021
Human-Centered Design Strategist
Tantus Technologies, Inc.
1-2019
COO
National Accelerator of Discovery in Precision Health
6-2017 - 1-2020
Program Manager, Design Thinking Practitioner
Cognosante
2-2017
Founder and CEO (Experience Design)
Momentology Media
In the press

Media appearances

Advisory | SDOH & Place Project. Featured in SDOH Place Project
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Introducing our Advisory Boards | SDOH & Place Project. Featured in SDOH Place Project
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Education
Ph.D.
The Chicago School
2008 - 2010
MS
Western Governors University
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