Jessica H. Maurer is a keynote speaker, author, and wellness consultant who helps people move from exhausted to energized. She spent more than twenty years in the fitness industry, which is where she learned to be very good at the wrong things. Then systemic organ damage left her unable to walk to her own mailbox, and she had to rebuild her life out of what was already around her. That rebuild became her life’s work.

Named the 2026 IDEA Fitness Leader of the Year, Jessica brings that hard-won perspective to international stages, corporate workshops, and consulting engagements. She believes happiness is not something you earn after the work is done. It is something you build, one small and intentional choice at a time. Her work helps organizations reduce burnout, retain the people they cannot afford to lose, and create cultures where employees feel genuinely supported and truly alive.

She is the author of The Happiness Handbook: A Guide to Designing Joy, serves as Director of Education for the Mental Wellbeing Association, and co-hosts the Fit & Flustered podcast. Her approach blends real science with a warm, human belief that a life and career worth having are built on purpose, not by accident.

Jessica lives in Florida with her husband, teenage son, and a very fluffy cat. You can usually find her roller-skating around her neighborhood, leading music bingo, deep in her grandma hobbies, or talking to her plants.