Aimee C. Kimball PhD

Dr. Aimee C. Kimball has a PhD specializing in Sport Psychology and has been a Mental Training Consultant for almost 20 years. Dr. Kimball works with professional, collegiate, and high school athletes in a variety of sports. She is the Director of Player and Team Development for the New Jersey and Binghamton Devils, helping the players develop a successful mentality and the teams develop a championship culture. She works closely with the coaches as well as the development and scouting staffs. Dr. Kimball was the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Mental Training Consultant for a decade and was part of both the 2009 and 2016 Stanley Cup championships. She has also served as the mental training consultant for Duquesne University, Saint Francis University, and Sewickley Academy and has previously assisted the Pittsburgh Steelers in analyzing potential draft picks. Since 2004, Dr. Kimball has worked with over 50 high schools, 11 colleges, and 7 professional sports teams.

Dr. Kimball has worked with large and small corporations to help develop a culture of success, transition through mergers, and identify a plan for accomplishing company goals. She has worked with the pharmaceutical industry, investment banking firms, construction companies, banks, and several executive groups such as YPO. She also has inside knowledge of family businesses and the challenges faced in this unique environment.

Before founding KPEX Consulting, Aimee spent 9 years as the Director of Mental Training at UPMC Center for Sports Medicine. She received a PhD from the University of Tennessee where she specialized in sport psychology, a Masters in Sports Behavior and Performance from Miami University (Ohio) and an undergraduate psychology degree from the Pennsylvania State University. She worked in the athletic departments at both Tennessee and Miami where she assisted with life skills development of student-athletes. She was an Association of Applied Sport Psychology Certified Consultant (CMPC), and is a member of the American Psychological Association, the United States Olympic Committee’s Sport Psychology Registry, and the USA Swimming Sports Medicine Network.