Lululemon Athletica Inc. announced the creation of a Mental Wellbeing Global Advisory Board to help the company develop best practices and influence a global conversation to improve mental wellbeing outcomes for both employees and communities around the world. The Advisory Board is comprised of 11 leaders representing lululemon?s key global markets in the wellbeing space and chaired by two members of lululemon?s global senior leadership team, Susan Gelinas, Chief People & Culture Officer, and Nikki Neuburger, Chief Brand Officer. These members will provide a platform to voice opinions and raise awareness to help lululemon destigmatize the need for wellbeing assistance and provide additional tools and resources to help employees in their individualized mental wellbeing journeys.

In partnership with lululemon?s leadership, the key areas the lululemonMental Wellbeing Global Advisory Board will initially focus on include: The Annual Global Wellbeing Report: Support the development, implementation, and analysis of lululemon?s Annual Global Wellbeing Report. Employee Mental Wellbeing Offerings: Provide guidance on mental wellbeing offerings and support for lululemon employees. Centre for Social Impact Initiatives: Offer counsel on lululemon?s Centre for Social Impact practices and initiatives, which focus on disrupting inequity in wellbeing, globally.

Mental Wellbeing Programming: Advise on guest, community, and industry programming and convenings that promote mental wellbeing. Members of the inaugural lululemonMental Wellbeing Global Advisory Board span across the globe and include leaders who have been in long-term collaboration with lululemon on advancing wellbeing through lululemon?s global Ambassador program and previous partnerships such as the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI). The inaugural Advisory Board includes: Dr. Alfiee M Breland-Noble, a pioneering psychologist, scientist, author, mental health correspondent and founder of the innovative BIPOC mental health nonprofit, The AAKOMA Project Inc. Stephanie Brill, a thought leader in the field of gender diversity and children and the founder and Board Chair of Gender Spectrum as well as the founder and Board Chair of Reimagine Gender.

P. Murali Doraiswamy, a Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at Duke University who has led global efforts to promote mental health and wellbeing solutions. Daniel H. Gillison, Jr., Chief Executive Officer at the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and leader in the creation of the CEO Alliance for Mental Health. Sarah Kline, Co-Founder and CEO of United for Global Mental Health, a global mental health charity that exists to advocate, campaign, and fundraise for greater political and financial support for mental health around the world and to uphold the right of everyone to good mental health.

Yvette Kong, Hong Kong former Olympic swimmer and founding Board Member of Mind HK, a leading mental health charity focused on improving awareness and understanding of mental health in Hong Kong. Stephanie Labbé, retired Canadian professional soccer player, Olympic Champion, and advocate for women?s sports and mental health. Zhen Li, author and advocate of mental well-being.

Founder and CEO of MyTherapist, a leading psychotherapy service provider. Elena V. Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP, President & CEO of the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), representing 50,000 Hispanic physicians in the United States. Shayla Stonechild, Cree-Métis storyteller, yoga instructor, entrepreneur and founder of a non-profit, podcast and online platform the "Matriarch Movement", dedicated to amplifying Indigenous voices within wellness.

Paul Villanti, Executive Director of Programs for Movember, a leading global charity focused on men?s health and working to address mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer.