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gloria chan packer | principal advisor | since may 2018 | austin, tx

Gloria is an international mental wellness educator, keynote speaker, featured TED speaker, and experienced corporate leader. She is the founder of Recalibrate, a workplace mental wellness provider that takes a uniquely modern, science-backed, and realistic approach to mental wellness learning for client organizations all over the world. Her TED Talk was one of the most viewed talks of 2022, garnering over 2 million views. Gloria has been featured as a guest expert at SXSW, Business Insider, the TED Business podcast, the How to Be a Better Human podcast, the Sunday Scaries podcast, and more.

Prior to Recalibrate, Gloria led an established career in management consulting as a senior leader specializing in technology strategy and implementation for various Fortune 500 clients in cable, healthcare, financial services, energy, and nonprofit industries. Gloria founded Recalibrate in 2018 after an unexpected medical battle led her to re-examine her relationship with stress, inspiring her to improve mental health education for fellow busy professionals by promoting science over stigma.

Gloria’s work has been recognized with an Austin Under 40 award in 2022 and an Austin Young Chamber’s FAVE Business of the Year award in 2020. Her training includes various continuing education psychology and psychotherapy trainings with Deep Eddy Psychotherapy, Mindfulness Teacher Training from The Mindfulness Center; Executive Education in Corporate Strategy from Columbia Business School; and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration with dual majors in Corporate Finance and the Business Honors Program from the University of Texas at Austin.

Gloria enjoys gardening, good food with good friends, spending time outdoors, playing with design, and living life in Austin, Texas with her husband, son, and two pups.