David J. Pollay

 David J. Pollay is the author of the internet phenomenon Beware of Garbage Trucks!™ - The Law of the Garbage Truck™ (www.bewareofgarbagetrucks.com).  His book, The Law of the Garbage Truck™, is due out this fall, and you can read his blog each week.  People from more than 100 countries have already taken The No Garbage Trucks! Pledge. 

Mr. Pollay is a syndicated columnist with the North Star Writers Group, and creator and host of The Happiness Answer™ television program and DVD.  He is an internationally sought after speaker and seminar leader. 

Mr. Pollay was an early leader at Yahoo!, holding pioneering roles as the first Senior Director of Customer Care, and the first Director of Learning and Development.  Prior to Yahoo!, he held leadership positions at MasterCard, Global Payments, and AIESEC (the world’s largest university-based leadership organization).  And in 2006 Mr. Pollay was inducted into AIESEC’s International Alumni Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Agra, India, home of the Taj Mahal. 

Mr Pollay is President of The Momentum Project, LLC.  The Momentum Project focuses on the application of the Science of Positive Psychology to business.   His company produces increased employee productivity and retention for its clients through its REAL Strengths™ Leadership and The Happiness Answer™ for Business Seminars.    

Mr. Pollay is also a founding Associate Executive Director of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). He holds a Master’s Degree of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from the University of Pennsylvania, and an Economics Degree from Yale University. Mr. Pollay is a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, and is the founding president of the first Master’s Degree Alumni Association in Positive Psychology. He presented his Strengths Profiles of Leaders research at the 2006 International Positive Psychology Summit in Washington, D.C. Mr. Pollay was recently spotlighted in a nationally broadcast prime-time television news program, “The Mystery of Happiness,” on the Univision Television Network. 

Mr. Pollay lives in Ocean Ridge, Florida with his wife and two daughters.