Jason Corder, born in San Francisco in 1969, is a TEDx speaker, keynote speaker, author, and coach whose work focuses on mental health and wellness in the workplace. A graduate of Swarthmore College, he enjoyed a 20-year career as a visual artist, in which he was awarded a Ballinglen Fellowship and was a Sovereign European Art Prize Nominee. He created Kenya's first comedy-drama series, as well as reality show, and spent a decade as a successful producer/writer/actor exploring issues that affected Africans. Corder has concurrently enjoyed a career as a cultural envoy doing impactful projects for U.S. embassies around the world, focusing on issues that affect developing nations. In over 20 years abroad in Kenya and France, he has worked with Anthony Bourdain, Wangari Maathai, and Tony Kaye (American History X), as well as clients, Swarthmore College, Unicef, The Brookings Institute, Nokia, the University of Nairobi and Intel, working as a visual artist, a singer/songwriter/composer for film, actor, producer, scriptwriter, as well as cultural envoy, creating projects for US embassies, working with over 10,000 young people across the African continent. He lives with his three sons in Arizona.