Ryan Wolfington

Ryan Wolfington is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and mental health lived experience expert. Prior to entering the nonprofit world, Ryan was an entrepreneur who created and restructured public companies. Since the early 90's, Wolfington has been a conscious capitalist and early adopter of the importance of a strong corporate culture, using physical, emotional and mental health to invest in human capital. Wolfington was honored by the invitation to continue his mission by collaborating with 4-time Grammy Nominated singer-songwriter and New York Times bestselling author, JEWEL, as President of Jewel Inc. Wolfingron is also a co-creator of their best in class mental health curriculum and co-founder of Jewel’s Inspiring Children Foundation.

Jewel founded Jewel Inc., which is a holding company for all her entrepreneurial endeavors around music, TV, film and wellness. Jewel’s wellness curriculum is now being scaled by partnering with existing delivery systems, including schools, corporations, government agencies and online platforms. Jewel Inc. has helped corporations like Zappos and Saks Fifth Avenue with wellness programming and operates Jewel’s annual music & wellness festival with Kroger.

Wolfington's curriculum and collaboration with Jewel and their "Inspiring Children Foundation" has helped thousands of youth and adults to find peace of mind, joy and meaningful success through their mental health programs.

Ryan's philanthropic efforts were recognized in 2007 by The President Of The United States with the "President's Service Award.” Wolfington was also given the “Human of the Year Award” by the co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, and The Human Project.

Wolfington also works with the United States Tennis Association, and served as President of the WTT professional tennis team in Las Vegas. He was one of the award-winning Producers for “Bella” @ Toronto Film Festival, and documentaries “Lost in America” and “The Mindfulness Movement.”