Lexi Breitz, Ph.D.

Director of Research, Headway

Lexi Breitz is director of research at Headway, where she leads a team focused on building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. She holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from Ohio State University, with a research background in social cognition motivation and health behavior. Before joining Headway, Lexi served as director of research and data science at Workday, where she oversaw a team of 80+ researchers, data scientists and engineers. Her career spans research leadership roles at Meta, Instagram and Nielsen, and she serves as faculty at USC's Master of Science in Applied Psychology program. Across her work, Lexi brings a deep focus on understanding users' attitudes, motivations and behaviors to build product experiences that meet real human needs.