President

Ryan Craig, B.A., J.D., is thePresident of Wellspring and a leader in education. He served as the first Executive Director of Wellspring Academy of California and is Executive Director of Wellspring Hawaii. Ryan has been a Director of four education companies and advised the U.S. Department of Education. He received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude and his law degree from Yale University.

E-mail: rcraig@wellspringweightloss.com

Clinical Director

Daniel S. Kirschenbaum, Ph.D., is Clinical Director and Chief Program Officer of Wellspring. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in Illinois and California, was Director of the Eating Disorders Program at Northwestern University Medical School, where he is Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Kirschenbaum is a Fellow and Diplomate in Clinical Health Psychology of the American Psychological Association and former president of its Division of Exercise and Sport Psychology. He has served as a consultant to the United States Olympic Committee, the National Basketball Association, the Ladies Professional Golf Association, the Chicago Bears, numerous professional journals, and several major corporations. Dr. Kirschenbaum has provided invited addresses at many professional conferences world-wide, received numerous grants for research, and published 9 books and 125 journal articles on weight loss, sport psychology, and related topics. His books include: Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity (1987); Weight Loss Through Persistence (1994); The 9 Truths About Weight Loss (2000); The Healthy Obsession Program: Smart Weight Loss Instead of Low-Carb Lunacy (2006); and The Sierras Weight-Loss Solution for Teens and Kids (2007). In 2000, the American Council on Exercise and its Board of Directors unanimously endorsed The 9 Truths About Weight Loss as “the best book ever written for the public on how to lose weight and keep it off.”

E-mail: dkirschenbaum@wellspringweightloss.com