our team

lisa keefauver, msw | workshop + meditation lead | since sep 2019 | san diego, CA

Lisa is a former social worker and therapist, turned mental health educator, TEDx speaker, and adjunct professor who is especially passionate about empathy and grief. Lisa delivers warmth, vulnerability, curiosity, humor and therapeutic skills in her work as a speaker, writer, podcast host, educator and organizational consultant.  In addition to her work as a Lead Advisor at Recalibrate, Lisa is an Adjunct Professor of Loss and Grief at the University of Texas at Austin, top-rated podcast host, and organizational consultant. Prior to Recalibrate, Lisa was the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Austin social impact organization Mission Capital and co-founded the CareBOX Program, a nonprofit providing free care supplies to cancer patients in need in Central Texas. Lisa’s formal training & education include:

• Master’s Degree of Social Work from the University of Vermont

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts in Sociology from Boston University

• Beyond Diversity™ Training on Deinstitutionalizing Racism & Eliminating Racial Achievement Disparities