Activate 2024 Speakers

  • Ashley Newton

    CEO, Centerstone

  • Barbara Mulvee

    Interim Chief Executive Officer, Impact Collaborative

  • Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

    Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine | President, Trauma Research Foundation | #1 NYT Best Seller, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma

  • Bill Smith

    Founder & CEO, Inseparable

  • Bonnie Hardage

    Executive Director, Jesse Parker Williams Foundation

  • Brandon Staglin

    Co-Founder and Chief Advocacy & Engagement Officer, One Mind

  • Ché Anderson

    Assistant Vice Chancellor for City & Community Relations, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

  • Dr. Cynthia Ambres, MD, MS

    Innovator | Physician Executive | Health Equity & Nutrition Advocate | Board Member, Mindful Philanthropy

  • David & Michele Hirsch

    Founders, Hirsch Legacy Fund

  • Deb Mahan

    Executive Director, Gazette Charities Foundation

  • Dr. Eve Ekman

    Lead Teacher, Cultivating Emotional Balance | Senior Fellow, Greater Good Science Center UC Berkeley | Fellow, Mind and Life Institute 

  • Jay Chaudhary

    Senior Fellow for Mental Health & Wellness, Sagamore Institute

  • Joe Pyle

    President, Scattergood Foundation | Board Member, Mindful Philanthropy

  • Dr. Kil Huh

    Senior Vice President of Government Performance, Pew Charitable Trusts

  • Linda Rosenberg, MSW

    Executive Director for External Relations, Columbia University Department of Psychiatry | Advisor, Mindful Philanthropy

  • Dr. Lisa Damour

    Author | Creator, Untangling 10to20 | Senior Advisor, Schubert Center for Child Studies @ Case Western Reserve University

  • Louise Langheier

    Co-Founder & CEO, Luminary Impact Fund

  • Margaret Laws, MPP

    President & CEO, HopeLab

  • Max de Vere

    Co-Founder & Partner, re.Mind Capital

  • Mina Lu

    CEO, Victoria’s Voice Foundation

  • Dr. Richard J Davidson

    William James & Vilas Research Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry | Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, UWisconsin Madison | Founder & Chief Visionary for Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc.

  • Richard Johnson

    Chief Executive, Healthy Brains Global Initiative (HBGI)

  • Ross Szabo

    CEO, Human Power Project | Wellness Director, Geffen Academy @ UCLA

  • Dr. Sará King

    Post-Doctorate Fellow in Public Health, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Longevity Science @ UC San Diego | Founder & CEO, MindHeart AI

  • Dr. Sarah Vinson

    Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program, Morehouse School of Medicine

  • Sean Mayberry

    Founder & CEO, StrongMinds | TIME100 Healthcare Innovator

  • Taryn Bird

    Executive Director of Social Impact, kate spade new york

  • Thuy Vu

    Emcee | Entrepreneur

  • Tracie Jade Jenkins

    Executive Director, Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation

  • More Speakers TBA

    Stay tuned for more announcements.

WHY MENTAL HEALTH?

Over 20% of the population lives with a mental health or substance use disorder.

From academic achievement to economic mobility and overall equality, mental health and addiction play a central role in every major social issue.

Mindful Philanthropy envisions a world in which all funders are 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.

ABOUT

Mindful Philanthropy was founded in 2020 with the mission to catalyze impactful funding in mental health, addiction, and well-being. We envision a world in which all funders are 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.