Elizabeth Pyjov, J.D., M.T.S. is a law school and business school professor, renowned meditation teacher, facilitator, scholar, theologian, lawyer, and published poet who holds three Harvard degrees, speaks five languages, has lived in seven countries, and has designed over 100 programs for happiness and fulfillment through her organization Happiness Sangha.

Elizabeth's past professional experience includes being an Investment Funds Associate at Sidley Austin, human rights work at the United Nations, legal investigations for the New York Attorney General's Office, and managing Compassion Journal for the Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. She is currently Business School Faculty at Quinlan School of Business Loyola University Chicago where she lectures on leadership of self and a law school professor at Chicago Loyola where she teaches a class on compassion in the law.

She has taught at Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Mt. Sinai, Rutgers, Loyola Chicago, University of Alaska, the Library of Congress, The Carlyle Group, Deutsche Bank, the New York Appellate Court, Public Defenders Offices, and top law firms worldwide such as Weil, Skadden, Ropes and Perks.

Her signature approach combines science of the mind, philosophy, world theology, and meditation practices to help people find happiness, increase their energy levels, and meet any situation with true resilience. She works with lawyers one-on-one and organizes a leadership retreat in Italy for lawyers every year.

Her goal is to help create a more compassionate legal profession which leads to a more compassionate world. This work is the greatest privilege of her life.