Jenara Nerenberg

Jenara Nerenberg is a journalist, bestselling author, speaker and producer, hosting bestselling authors in the arts and sciences who push for innovation in research and media. Based in San Francisco, Nerenberg is a SF native who returned to the area after six years of international reporting from Asia and interdisciplinary graduate training from the Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Harvard Business School. Her recent events include sold-out evenings with Gabor Mate, Pico Iyer, Dr. Joel Salinas of Harvard Neurology, author Maya Dusenbery, Angel Kyodo Williams, Lissa Rankin, New York Times bestselling author Bill Hayes, designer Scott Belsky of 99U and numerous others. Nerenberg continues to write and curate author initiatives for the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center, Susan Cain's Quiet Revolution, Garrison Institute in New York, Elaine Aron's HSP site, and elsewhere. She is also know for her books, "Trust Your Mind: Embracing Nuance in a World of Self-Silencing" and "Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World that Wasn't Designed for You." Nerenberg is known for her warm and personal style, not shying away from delivering fierce and vulnerable insights from not only scientific research but also lived experience. Her clients and previous speaking engagements include the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Tahirih Justice Center, Park Day School, OZY Media, the Aspen Ideas Festival, and others.