Dr. Trillion Small is a behavioral scientist, licensed mental health clinician, brain health leadership coach, speaker, and founder of Trillion Institute. She holds a PhD in Clinical Counseling and a Global Executive MBA from Duke University. Her work bridges mental health, emotional intelligence, student development, leadership, wellbeing, and future-of-work readiness.

Dr. Small has delivered keynotes and trainings for organizations including TEDxSMUWomen, Xerox, Dutchie, BKD Advisors, Dallas Jackals (Rugby), New Majority Capital, and the University of Texas-Dallas. She has worked with students, educators, professionals, entrepreneurs, athletes, executives, and teams to strengthen resilience, communication, emotional regulation, confidence, and leadership capacity.

Through her Human Hardware™ framework, Dr. Small helps people understand the internal systems that shape focus, identity, self-awareness, decision-making, trust, and performance. Her approach combines behavioral science, brain health, and practical leadership strategy to support healthier learning cultures and more emotionally intelligent schools, teams, and organizations.

Her work is aligned with educators and school leaders preparing students and staff to thrive emotionally, socially, and professionally in a rapidly changing world.