SUMMIT 2025, presented by Becoming Jackson Whole and St. John’s Health, features a public presentation on community flourishing and an exclusive workshop, “The Neuroscience of Wellbeing: Building a Mindful Community,” led by researcher Dr. Richard Davidson.

SUMMIT 2025 is in partnership with:

Richard J. Davidson, PhD

William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founder & Chief Visionary for Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc.

Richard “Richie” Davidson received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in Psychology in 1976. His research is broadly focused on the neural bases of emotion and emotional style and methods to promote human flourishing including meditation and related contemplative practices.

He has published more than 600 papers, numerous chapters and reviews, and edited 20 books. He is the author (with Sharon Begley) of The Emotional Life of Your Brain published in 2012 and co-author with Daniel Goleman of Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body, published in 2017.

He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2006 and elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017. Since 2018, he has served on the Governing Board of UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP).

In 2014, Davidson founded the non-profit, Healthy Minds Innovations, which translates science into tools (including a brilliant app) to cultivate and measure well-being. This free resource is widely promoted by Becoming Jackson Hole.