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Annual Fundraiser Keynote Speaker:
Glenda Wrenn Gordon, MD, MSHP, DFAPA
A board-certified psychiatrist, mental health equity leader, and Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Wrenn Gordon serves as Chief of Clinical Strategy at Mindoula Health, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Morehouse School of Medicine, chairs the APA Council on Quality, and has spent over two decades training clinicians, shaping health policy, and advancing integrated care for underserved communities.
But the most important thing to know about Dr. Wrenn Gordon may be this: expertise does not make you immune.
Despite her encyclopedic knowledge of mental illness, systems of care, and evidence-based treatment, she has navigated the profound humbling experience of watching her own family struggle — and discovering that knowledge alone is not enough. Her son's journey through bipolar disorder and substance use recovery taught her what no textbook could: that even the most informed among us can feel lost, inadequate, and afraid. That stigma does not stop at the clinician's front door. And that the path forward requires more than clinical skill — it requires vulnerability, community, and the kind of resilience that is actively built, not simply inherited.
In this fireside chat, Dr. Wrenn Gordon opens an honest conversation about the gap between what we know and what we can actually do when it hits close to home — and why closing that gap, for clinicians and caregivers alike, depends on our willingness to be human first.
Special Guest:
Maj. Gen. Gregg F. Martin, PhD, USA (Ret.)
General Martin served on active duty for thirty-six years and commanded an engineer company, battalion, and the 130th Engineer Brigade in combat during the first year of the Iraq War. General Martin served multiple overseas tours, commanded the Corps of Engineers Northwest Division, was Commandant of the Army Engineer School, commanded Fort Leonard Wood, was Deputy Commanding General of Third U.S. Army/Army Central in the Middle East, Commandant of the Army War College, President of the National Defense University, and Special Assistant to the Chief of Engineers. Martin holds a PhD and two master's degrees from MIT, master's degrees in national security strategy from both the Army and Naval war colleges, and a bachelor's degree from West Point (class of 1979).
Last year, General Martin joined us as our Keynote speaker addressing stigma, sharing his story and answering questions from interviewer, Greg Stikeleather, and the audience. As one of the only top level military leaders in the world to speak openly and vulnerably about his illness and journey back to living a purposeful and powerful life, General Martin continues to show us what true leadership looks like. We welcome him back to share some remarks on his journey and how Dragonfly’s Comprehensive Framework maps onto it - pointing out critical points when the five pillars of excellent mental health (Wellness Committees, Mental Health Literacy, Peer Networks, Skills Workshops, and Fighting Stigma) would have helped him or those he served with and possibly have averted catastrophe and unnecessary suffering.
Following Dr. Wrenn Gordon’s Fireside Chat, General Martin will join her for an intimate discussion with the audience.
Dragonfly Mental Health
There is a growing mental illness epidemic in higher education where graduate students have 8 times higher rates of severe depression and anxiety, far too often resulting in suicide.
Our team of academic volunteers is combatting this epidemic by delivering evidence-based workshops, programs, and consulting to academic communities around the world. This, in combination with rigorous research and community building efforts, will change the world as we know it by supporting and sustaining the incredible minds and talent ready to make the world a better place.
By tending the mental health of our academics, professionals, and visionaries, their wellbeing will permeate every aspect of our world: science, medicine, law, politics, art, history, film, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, business, government and education.
Our MissionCultivating Excellent Mental Health in Academics Worldwide
Read about our global efforts in Nature!
“Not only are there evidence-based tactics that work, but they are being deployed, and everyone can take advantage of them,” says Ingram, the founder and chief executive of Dragonfly Mental Health, a global non-profit advocacy group based in Bradenton, Florida.
Dragonfly Mental Health develops, deploys, and evaluates evidence-based strategies to produce sustainable mental health culture in higher education.Wendy Ingram PhD, Founder and CEO
Watch real stories of successful and prominent faculty who have struggled with their mental health.
Together we are breaking the stigma and busting the myth that mental health struggles preclude one from being successful.
"Recognize that it's not uncommon and people can deal with it. There are solutions."