Robyn Hussa Farrell

Robyn Hussa Farrell, MFA, E-RYT, co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer for Sharpen has been working for nearly two decades building collaborative relationships between state agencies, educational systems, public health, and researchers across the U.S. to increase connectedness and primary prevention in mental health for communities.

Hussa’s tiered model for teaching mental health, population health and prevention in schools has been published in peer-reviewed medical journals. She has built mindfulness-stress reduction initiatives that incorporate trauma-informed / suicide prevention frameworks in the state of South Carolina. Robyn served as advisory committee member for Way to Wellville/Rethink Health Community Engagement and Listening Campaign and served as SC Youth Suicide Prevention Spartanburg County coordinator through the SC Department of Mental Health Office of Suicide Prevention. She is founder of four companies, first an award-winning NYC theatre company, Transport Group, which earned the prestigious Drama Desk award its first 7 years of operation and celebrates its 20th anniversary. Robyn and Tim met as award-winning artists in NYC almost 30 years ago and have directed over 3,000 films, live events and educational programs that are now featured through the Sharpen service.