Performance Experts — Intellectual Athlete

Meet Our Team

California

Sean Tuohey

Sean spent the past two decades trying to discover the highest and best use of play. He founded PeacePlayers in 2000 on the idea that kids who play together can learn to live together. He launched and ran year-round programs in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and in the Middle East (Israel and Palestine). Today the organization is run by his brother and operates in 13 cities around the globe.
Sean transitioned his focus from divides between young people to the battles within them. In founding Intellectual Athlete, Sean aspires to deliver mental health as an advantage skill set though play.

Katherine Zhukova

Katherine, an Oxford graduate and a licensed family medicine physician in the UK, oversees Monitoring & Evaluation at Intellectual Athlete. During medical residency, she trained in inner-city Glasgow and Manchester, influencing her decision to work at the intersection of psychological resilience and sport. She believes positive youth experiences in the form of play in concert with coached healthy coping strategies will enhance kids’ mental performance allowing for increased capacity to manage stress at home, in school, and in the world. She lives in San Diego with her husband and two children.