Activate 2026 Speakers

  • Chris Appleton

    Founder & CEO, SocialRx

  • Liz Blake

    Founder,
    Liz Blake Giving Fund

  • Dr. Dustin Brown

    Regional Director,
    Ortus Foundation

  • Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

    Chief Impact Officer,
    ACE Resource Network

  • Dr. Ann Chu

    Director, Child Trauma Research Program @ UCSF

  • Michelle Culver

    Founder,
    The Rithm Project

  • Dr. Alissa Fogg

    Chief of Staff, American Psychological Association (APA)

  • Julia Freeland Fisher

    Director of Education Research, Clayton Christensen Institute | Author, Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations that Expand Students’ Networks

  • Elizabeth Gaines

    Founder & CEO,
    Children’s Funding Project (CFP)

  • Dr. James Gordon

    Founder & CEO, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine | Author, Transforming Trauma: The Path to Hope & Healing

  • Yoelle Gulko

    Documentary Filmmaker |
    Director, Our Subscription to Addiction

  • Dr. Sidney Hankerson

    Associate Professor & Vice Chair of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai | Second Opinion Physician, NBA | Member, NFL Behavioral Wellness Committee

  • Dr. Michael Heinz

    Co-Lead, Evergreen | Co-Founder, Therabot Labs | Asst. Professor of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine @ Dartmouth | Physician, Dartmouth Health | Faculty Affiliate, Center for Technology & Behavioral Health

  • Rick Kellar

    President, Peg’s Foundation |
    Founding Board Member, Mindful Philanthropy

  • Susan Magsamen

    Founder & Executive Director, International Arts + Mind Lab Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics (IAM Lab) | Author, Your Brain on Art

  • Deb Mahan

    Vice President of Collaboration & Advocacy, Mindful Philanthropy

  • Joanne Maislin

    Executive Director,
    Office of Systems Catalyst

  • Dr. Lisa Mennet

    Founder,
    Perigee Fund

  • Dr. Melissa Merrick

    President & CEO,
    Prevent Child Abuse America

  • Dr. Lisa Miller

    Founder, Spirituality Mind Body Institute | Professor of Clinical Psychology, Columbia University Teachers College | Author, The Spiritual Child; The Awakened Brain

  • Dr. Rob Morris

    Co-Founder,
    Koko

  • Dr. Uma Naidoo

    Founding Director of Nutritional Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital | Author, This is Your Brain on Food; Calm Your Mind with Food

  • Alyson Niemann

    CEO,
    Mindful Philanthropy

  • Tyler Norris

    Chair,
    Investing in Flourishing

  • Dr. Kathy Pike

    CEO, One Mind | Founder & Director, Columbia University-WHO Center for Global Mental Health & Mental Health + Work Design Lab

  • Joe Pyle

    President, Scattergood Foundation |
    Founding Board Member, Mindful Philanthropy

  • Sheila Sarma

    President, SRS Family Foundation |
    Board Member, Mindful Philanthropy

  • Annika Sten Pärson

    Founding Partner & Executive Chair, The Inner Foundation | Co-Founder, 1825 Therapy Center for Young Adults Stockholm

  • Amy Taylor

    Chief of Development & Partnerships, Truth Initiative

  • Julie Veldman Harris

    Executive Director,
    Valinhos Foundation

  • Thuy Vu

    Activate Emcee

    7-Time Emmy Award Winner |
    Edward R Murrow Award Recipient

  • Jennifer Wallace

    Founder, The Mattering Institute | Author, Never Enough and Mattering

  • Dr. Sarah Wood

    Division Chief of Adolescent Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine | Director, Mt Sinai Adolescent Health Center

  • More to be announced!

About

Mindful Philanthropy was founded in 2020 with the mission to catalyze impactful funding in mental health, addiction, and well-being.

We are building a community of funders invested in solutions that integrate mental health and well-being so that all people have equitable access to the tools and resources they need to be well.