MPCC Monthly Luncheon, Robin Johnson, CEO Best Medicine Brigade & Executive Director of HEAL*ARIOUS
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Date and Time
Thursday Aug 15, 2024
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
Networking: 11:30 AM
Lunch: 11:45 AM
Program begins: 12 PM
Fees/Admission
Registration Closed
Please note tickets are nonrefundable
Description
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Johnson served over twenty years in the U.S. Army before making her transition into the entertainment industry and veteran support space. Her career highlights include five deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq, commanding at the company and battalion levels, and serving as the Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
After retiring from the Army, Robin discovered her new mission to heal people, organizations and communities through humor. A strong suicide prevention advocate, Robin founded HEAL*ARIOUS, a non-profit offering therapeutic humor programming for improved psychological performance. She works in collaboration with mental health clinicians to develop customized programming for veterans, first responders, athletes, and corporate audiences worldwide.
Robin is a Level III Certified Humor Professional through the Association for Applied & Therapeutic Humor and teaches “Problem Framing Through Humor” for the Institute of Defense & Business. She is also a nationally touring stand-up comedian, voted Charleston’s Best Comic of 2022, and has been featured on USA Today, Fox, and ABC.