Brene Brown

Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW, is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She is the author of the #1 "New York Times" bestsellers "Daring Greatly "and "The Gifts of" "Imperfection, " and "I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't)." She is the founder and CEO of The Daring Way, an organization that brings her work on vulnerability, courage, shame, and worthiness to organizations, schools, communities, and families. Her 2010 TEDx Houston talk, The Power of Vulnerability, is one of the top five most-viewed TED talks in the world. Brown lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and two children.