Greg Graber serves as the Mental Performance Coach for the Siena Men's Basketball program.
A renowned mental performance coach and educational leader, Graber teaches mindfulness-based mental skills to sports teams, schools, and various organizations around the world. He is the author of Slow Your Roll - Mindfulness for Fast Times, which topped the Amazon charts upon its release. In addition, he is a popular keynote speaker.
Graber has worked with many top sports programs in addition to the Siena Men's Basketball program, including the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, LSU, VCU, Rice University, Marquette University, The University of Memphis, The University of Alabama, The University of Texas, The George Washington University, and many others. His extensive work with elite athletes includes Ironman triathlon finishers, Leadville 100 endurance athletes, Major League Soccer goalkeepers, NFL players, and even an Olympic bobsledder.
Graber often does corporate trainings and presentations, and he has worked with many organizations such as Hilton Worldwide Hotels, Shamrock Foods, The National Association Of Disability Representatives, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, The Germantown Police Department, and the Virginia Department of Corrections.
Graber's work has been featured in the New York Times and on ESPN, and he has presented at Harvard University Graduate School of Education.
A former long-time principal at Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tennessee, Greg now serves as the Director of SEL & Mindfulness, where he developed the Unplugged Mindfulness Program and the Daily Focus SEL Program for students and teachers. He consults with other schools on developing similar programs. These collaborations have included top schools such as: Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA), Episcopal High School (Alexandria, VA), The Graded School (Sao Paulo, Brazil), and public school systems including Germantown (TN) Municipal School District.
Graber volunteers in his hometown of Memphis by teaching a weekly mindfulness class at Church Health and frequent workshops at Temple Israel. He also leads retreats at Flowering Lotus Meditation Center.
