Dr. Christine B. Whelan is the Purpose Professor at Emory University and a fellow at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She teaches classes on happiness and well-being, guides corporations, non-profits and start-ups as they build purpose-focused tools and co-creates internal metrics of meaningful success with executives and their teams.

Dr. Whelan is passionate about translating research into evidence-based strategies for daily thriving. She knows purpose and happiness aren’t just for those in the C-suite and works to close the “purpose gap” between front-line workers and executive leadership. She is the author of five books from Simon & Schuster and Templeton Press and the bestselling Audible Original lecture series, Finding Your Purpose. She’s been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The New York Times, among other national outlets, and serves on the board of several non-profits.

Dr. Whelan earned a master’s and doctorate from the University of Oxford and graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University. She does her best to practice what she preaches, embracing Seneca’s motto, “Not for school, but for life we learn.” She lives in Madison with her husband, their five children, and their bernadoodle, juggling the chaos (most days) with a sense of humor… on purpose.