Effective Solutions for Student and Staff Wellness

Meet your hosts

As an experienced entrepreneur and CEO, Jay Goyal loves bringing innovation to solve large, thorny problems. He founded Alongside to combat the youth mental health crisis, with the goal of providing every adolescent with research-based support that they like and trust.

Prior to this, Jay founded and scaled Actively Learn to millions of students, empowering them to engage in deeper learning across subjects. Jay has taken on startup roles within the private, nonprofit, and public sectors, including helping launch Bing at Microsoft, providing microfinance to rural women in Honduras, and determining manpower and security requirements as one of the first 15 employees of the Transportation Security Administration.

Jay also enjoys being part of the Seattle community, coaching youth baseball and serving on school and nonprofit boards. He graduated from Duke University and completed his MBA from Harvard Business School.