Meet our CEO, Dr. Adam Saenz

Dr. Adam Saenz, CEO of Applied EQ, leads a diverse team of lifelong learners who believe in the powerful benefits of emotional intelligence, and we come to work each day committed to creating and supporting healthy cultures in every school, business, and team we work with.


Adam Sáenz, Ph.D., D. Min. is a licensed psychologist, ordained minister, author, and emotional intelligence expert who has worked in education, corporate, and non-profit sectors for over twenty years.  He has delivered state and national keynote addresses based on his research, which focuses on stress management, the dynamics of effective relationship building, personality assessment, and emotional intelligence.

Among his publications are the best-selling The Power of a Teacher, Relationships That Work, and his most recent release, The EQ Intervention: Shaping a Self-Aware Generation Through Social and Emotional Learning

He currently serves as a supervising psychologist for the Texas A&M Medical School and for the Texas A&M Department of Athletics. Adam and Kim have been married 28 years. They have four children and two grandchildren.