Graham Wiseman
BeingwellCA CEO - Cofounder
Lafayette, California
Graham Wiseman has touched thousands of students, educators and parents in California and beyond in his presentations on youth mental health. Graham is a much sought-after speaker regarding adolescent anxiety, depression and suicide ideation bringing lived experience and compasion to a difficult topic. Graham left corporate world and founded a non-profit to provide students, parents and education professionals with strategies and solutions to address the increasing mental health issues in our communities. After losing his young son Colin, he co-founded BeingwellCA to champion a mental health license plate that will raise awareness, reduce stigma and "Bring the mental health into the light...even if its just a traffic light". Funds raised by the License Plate go to the CDE to support youth mental health.
Graham is active serving our community:
Cal Dept Edu – State Suicide Postvention Response TeamCA Student Mental Health Policy Workgroup - PublicNAMI California —Youth Suicide Prevention SpecialistContra Costa County Mental Health Commission - ChairContra Costa County Suicide Prevention CommitteeAcalanes Union High School District Wellness Advisory CouncilSan Ramon Valley Mental Health Advisory CouncilMember American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)