Krystal Sexton, PhD, is a globally recognized leader in health and well-being. She helps organizations create cultures that support employee mental, brain, and social health as the Founder and CEO of Cognitive Capital Group, also serving in roles as the Chief Science Officer for Compassion 2.0, Scientific Advisor to the UTDallas Center for Brain Health, and Global Program Director for the Brain Capital Academy at AETHEON. She was most recently the Global Health Analytics Manager at Shell. Krystal has been an invited speaker at the United Nations General Assembly, G7, Davos World Economic Forum, and many international and US-based symposia, an author of numerous publications and book chapters, and an advisor and Board of Directors member for scientific non-profit and government organizations. Over the past two decades, Krystal has held positions in academia and industry, with her work spanning across health disparities and inequities and workplace mental, physical, and brain health.
Krystal was faculty at Baylor College of Medicine with a research focus on breast cancer disparities in diagnosis and survival of minority women. At Shell, she helped develop the holistic approach to health that covers physical, mental, and social health and led the well-being team for North and South Americas for several years. Krystal led the global team of epidemiologists and health analysts who supported cross-discipline and cross-functional work across Shell with a primary focus on (1) brain health and its impact on business performance metrics and (2) innovative approaches to addressing well-being and health inequities in the workplace and the community.
Krystal obtained an MS in Biostatistics and PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Texas School of Public Health and completed postdoctoral fellowships at both MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine. In her spare time, she loves cooking, traveling, all outdoor activities, and spending time with her husband, son, and their rescue dog and cats.
