About

Alto Group, LLC was founded by longtime collaborators Jennifer Freyd, PhD and Alec Smidt, PhD.

Freyd & Smidt partner and empower organizations with research-based solutions to reduce institutional betrayal and replace it with institutional courage.

Freyd and Smidt are experts on how employees relate and interact with their companies and organizations. They combine expertise from academic research and consulting for some of the world’s most prestigious organizations – including Fortune 100 technology companies, The White House and members of the United States Congress, Lean In, and Ivy League universities – to build more effective and successful organizations.