Consultant Profile

Dr. Metzler is Senior Director of Human Performance for Magellan Federal, a subsidiary of Magellan Health. In this role, Dr. Metzler provides strategic thought leadership on systems, resources, and processes that help organizations optimize performance, enhance resilience, and sustain readiness in their leaders and teams. He focuses primarily on coaching innovations and people development. He served 10 years in direct sport psychology support of the United States Army via the Army Center for Enhanced Performance, Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness, and Army Resilience Directorate contracts. He introduced several performance psychology principles that have been implemented across the Army via “performance experts” through 2.7 million training and coaching engagements in just the past 5 years. He is a Past President and Fellow of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and currently serves on the Certification Council for Certified Mental Performance Consultant® (CMPC). He has served on the American Psychological Association’s Advocacy Coordinating Committee, Coalition for the Psychology of High Performance, and Committee for the Advancement of General Applied Psychology. Dr. Metzler’s breadth of expertise and experience across military, sport, and corporate domains afforded him the unique opportunity to provide feedback on the Surgeon General’s Workplace Mental Health & Wellbeing framework prior to its launch in October 2022. As a CMPC, Jon has extensive experience providing direct performance psychology consultation to teams and athletes representing many different sports of various competitive levels including intercollegiate athletes, Olympians, Paralympians, and professional athletes. He holds three bachelor’s degrees from Concordia University – Portland, a MA in Sport Psychology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a PhD in Kinesiology from The Pennsylvania State University.