In the second episode of Thrive Dispatches Podcast, Matt Biel chats with Jason Lehmbeck, who heads the Innovation Hub @Thrive. The two discuss what it takes to create a space for innovations in the world of mental health and well being for children and families. They dive into Jason’s career in startups and how that merges with his own personal motivation for creating a space for innovators.

In this first episode of Thrive Dispatches, a new podcast from Georgetown University’s Thrive Center for Children, Families, and Communities, our host and Thrive Center director, Dr. Matt Biel, chats with Thrive faculty member Tawara Goode about what it means, exactly, to thrive in the context of their work with child and family mental health and well-being.

Tawara Goode is an Associate Professor and the director of Georgetown University's National Center for Cultural Competence and the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. A primary area of focus for Professor Goode is national level efforts to advance and sustain cultural and linguistic competence within an array of settings including but not limited to institutions of higher education, health, mental health, disability, education, and other human service systems.

To read interview highlights or access the transcript, visit Thrive Center’s website: https://thrivecenter.georgetown.edu/announcements/episode-1-tawara-goode-on-what-does-it-mean-to-thrive/

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