meet our team
myra sack
FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Myra Sack is the author of "Fifty-Seven Fridays: Losing Our Daughter Finding Our Way," and founder of E-Motion, a nonprofit organization created to support community, movement and ritual to enhance coping and resilience. Myra's life changed when her older daughter, Havi, was diagnosed with a fatal neurodegenerative disease in December 2019. Havi died on January 20, 2021 of Tay-Sachs disease. E-Motion evolved out of a new way of living with the most difficult reality, blending Myra's lived experience and knowledge as a Certified Compassionate Bereavement Care provider with her lifelong identity as an athlete and career in social impact. Myra holds an MBA in Social Impact from Boston University, and graduated with a B.A. cum laude from Dartmouth College, where she captained the women's soccer team and earned All-America honors. She has devoted over a dozen years to youth serving nonprofits, including serving as Chief Program and Strategy Officer at Squashbusters, Inc. and leading program development across Latin America for Soccer Without Borders. A writer, speaker, and activist, Myra serves on the Board of the Courageous Parents Network and lives in Boston, MA with her husband Matt, their second daughter, Kaia, and son Ezra. Her writing has appeared in numerous national outlets including the Boston Globe Spotlight, Today.com, and Upworthy.
sally rowland
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Sally received her B.S. in Finance and a minor in Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise from Wake Forest University in 2015. Following graduation, she received the Fulbright Scholarship in South Africa to work at a high school where she focused on managing community partnerships, implementing technology into the classroom, and measuring impact. While in South Africa, she also worked at a local social impact consulting firm in Cape Town where she focused on supporting non-profits and government agencies to measure, report, and enhance their social impact. After South Africa, she moved to Boston, where she was first introduced to Myra and began working alongside her at SquashBusters, a sports-based youth development organization. While at SquashBusters, she was responsible for building the Post-Secondary and Career Program to support students in achieving their post-secondary and career goals. Sally has completed certificates in User Experience Design and Data Analytics and graduated from USC Marshall School of Business in 2022 with
a master’s in Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability. She is currently living in San Diego.
michal kenny
CLINICAL ADVISOR; MA, LHMC
Michal began her career as a vocational counselor with Community Health and Alternative Opportunities in Lynn, Massachusetts, where she later became a program director. She was a stay-at-home mom when her three daughters were young, and then continued her work at a group practice while growing a private practice in Winchester, MA, where she has been working with individuals, couples, and groups, for the past twenty years.
In 2018 her oldest daughter, Deane, died by homicide. In response, she has immersed herself in the grief community where she met and joined Myra Sack and Sally Rowland.
Michal brings her work experience, and understanding of loss, to the E-Motion Movement Community as a clinical advisor.
