Gabrielle Kelly – Director, Wellbeing and Resilience Centre, SAHMRI – “South Australia – The State of Wellbeing”

Gabrielle Kelly is the founding Director of the SAHMRI Wellbeing and Resilience Centre.

After a film-making career, Gabrielle was an early leader in the digital industry in Australia and New York, as well as founding Board Member ofScreen Australia, Australia’s national film investment fund.  Gabrielle was Senior Vice President of the New York based Health Accord, where she developed digital health and wellbeing products.  In 2000, Gabrielle was appointed Director of the ground-breaking Adelaide Thinkers in Residenceprogram, a position she held from 2009 – 2014.  Her work in this role laid the groundwork for what was to become the SAHMRI Wellbeing and Resilience Centre.  An unfunded start up company within SAHMRI, the Wellbeing and Resilience Centre has attracted well over $8m in funding from public, private and philanthropic investment.

Gabrielle is a global speaker about the practical application of wellbeing and the ever-expanding body of research knowledge that supports wellbeing and resilience in people across the course of their lives.