Ruby Brown-Herring, MEd, BSW

Mental Health & Wellbeing

Professional Consultants: Ruby Brown-Herring

Ruby Brown-Herring, MEd, BSW is a distinguished national corporate well-being speaker and
consultant with a rich background spanning over 20 years. Throughout her career,
she has collaborated with organizational leadership to establish the framework
for fostering healthier workplaces. Ruby’s expertise lies in community mental
health education, where she empowers corporate leaders and employees alike to
prioritize mental well-being. Her impactful interventions have led to enhanced
belonging and engagement within organizations, resulting in tens of thousands of
dollars in savings through improved retention.

Ruby holds a Bachelor of Social Work from UNC Wilmington and a Master of
Education in Student Personnel Services from the University of South Carolina.
She served as North Carolina’s first MHFA state coordinator, where she
coordinated the state’s initiative to disseminate MHFA across the state. She
began contracting with the NC Division of Child and Family Wellbeing and UNC
Behavioral Health Springboard in February 2023 to develop and implement a
statewide initiative for youth and teen MHFA in schools and youth serving
organizations across North Carolina. This initiative has trained almost 3,000
school and youth serving organization staff and over 800 teens since August 2023.

She also provides consulting and technical assistance to other organization
implementing mental health awareness programming and serves as a member of
the National Trainers Corps for the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, where
she trains Mental Health First Aid instructors across the US.
Ruby lives in Raleigh with her husband and is the proud mother of college-age
twin daughters, both of whom have navigated their own mental health
challenges.