Ken Dolan-Del Vecchio is an award-winning leader in the field of workplace mental health, keynote speaker, author, and family therapist with 30 years experience in the arena of personal, organizational, and community empowerment. In 2017, Ken retired from his role as Vice President, Health and Wellness, at Prudential Financial and founded GreenGate Leadership, the firm for which he now provides coaching and consultation for organizational leaders, as well as keynotes on topics within his areas of expertise. Ken speaks regularly at corporations, professional conferences, universities, government agencies, and community events.

During his 19 years at Prudential, Ken held responsibility for behavioral health services, consultation for leaders, leadership of Prudential’s cross-functional Violence and the Workplace Incident Oversight Team, and development/delivery of events and communications promoting healthy workplaces.

Ken is a nationally recognized expert on mental health and the workplace and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Fast Money, Fox Business News, Inc., Entrepreneur, and other print media. He shares his expertise on leadership, relationships, and parenting during monthly appearances on NBC TV affiliate WWLP’s Mass Appeal show.

Ken is the author of four books and numerous publications in the family therapy literature.

At Prudential, Ken’s team led the company to receive the American Psychological Association’s 2017 Award for Organizational Excellence. The Employee Assistance Society of North America (EASNA) selected Ken as the organization’s 2017 Leadership Award honoree.  He was named Corporate Leader of the Year in 2016 by the National Alliance on Mental Illness’ NYC-Metro Chapter.

Ken brings passion for extraordinary leadership, inclusion, and social justice to his speaking engagements at corporations, universities, government offices, professional associations, and community forums.  In addition to mental health and the workplace, his areas of expertise include leadership skills, performance management; diversity, power, and inclusion; intimate partner violence, workplace violence prevention, constructive approaches to conflict, and bereavement.

Ken has delivered keynotes at Prudential, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase, Novartis, Edward Jones, The City of New York, and other places of business. He has spoken at Cornell University, Rutgers University, University of Denver, and other educational institutions. He has made presentations at professional conferences across the United States and in Canada, including The Annual Psychotherapy Networker Symposium (Washington, DC), The Medical College Of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University’s “Masters of Family Therapy Conference Series” (Philadelphia, PA), The Annual Culture Conference of The Multicultural Family Institute and Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ), The Annual Conference of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (Toronto, ON), and The Annual Conference of The American Family Therapy Academy (Vancouver, BC).

Ken earned his bachelor’s degree in biopsychology at Cornell University and his master’s degree in social work at Hunter College of the City University of New York. He completed a three year intensive post-graduate program in family therapy at The Multicultural Family Institute in Highland Park, New Jersey, where he later served on the board of directors. Ken has also served on the board of directors of the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAEPV).