ABOUT BrainSMART®

BrainSMART® exists to empower teams and organizations with frameworks and strategies for realizing more of their brains’ unique potential for attaining goals, building resilience, and achieving profitable growth for all.

Since 1998, team leaders Dr. Marcus Conyers and Dr. Donna Wilson have been researching, developing, and implementing their pioneering BrainSMART® programs in the contexts of education and business. They have worked with more than 160,000 leaders, trainers, and educators, reaching millions of participants around the world.

The team has partnered with institutions such as Nova Southeastern University to research, develop, and grow the world’s first doctoral minor in Brain-Based Leadership and the first Master of Science, and Educational Specialist degrees focused on applied Mind, Brain, and Education science (BrainSMART® Programs).

Studies of impact have been presented at leading research conferences such as AERA, AACTE, IACEP, and the Implementation Science Conference at Cambridge University.

The BrainsMART team has authored 20 books and shared key elements of their BrainSMART® programs at thousands of live events across the United States and Canada as well as in a growing number of locations throughout the world, including, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Australasia.

Our TeamBrainSMART® Team Leaders

Marcus Conyers, Ph.D.
CEO and Co-Founder of BrainSMART®
Dr. Marcus Conyers, Founder and CEO of BrainSMART and developer of the BrainSMART® AI program is an author of 20 books, including the Wiley #1 Bestseller in Cognitive Psychology, Positively Smarter co-authored by Dr. Donna Wilson. His upcoming titles in 2025 include BrainSMART AI, as well as Always be Innovating, The BrainSMART Executive, and BrainSMART Executive Coaching with Dr. Marshall Goldsmith.
Donna Wilson, Ph.D.
President and Head of Academic Affairs of BrainSMART®
Dr. Donna Wilson, psychologist, and former chair of education, is co-developer of the world’s first doctoral minor, Master of Science, and Educational Specialist degrees in applied Mind, Brain, and Education science (BrainSMART® Programs). She is an author of 20 books and an international consultant who has worked in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Canada, the Caribbean, and across the United States. She is faculty with ASCD.