Peter's Background
About Peter Brill
Peter Brill received his M.D. from U.C.L.A. and became a board certified psychiatrist after his residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He also attended the Wharton School of Business where he became a Senior Fellow. He founded and directed the Center for the Study of Adult Development affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He consulted to over 150 organizations, founded and ran two national companies, while carrying out a private practice. He is a best-selling author who has appeared numerous times on radio and television, and has also lectured internationally.
Peter was the Director of the Third Age Foundation where he lectured and led groups and workshops. His latest publication is Finding Your J Spot, Joy in Midlife and Beyond. He also hosted a radio show titled The Third Age. Additionally he has served on several boards in Santa Barbara and was a member of Social Venture Partners where he served on the executive committee for 3 years. He then founded the Sustainable Change Alliance, an impact investing membership organization. Read More>
Peter has accomplished leading edge change in the following areas:
Medical, Psychiatry and Mental Health
Peter had a residency at University of Pennsylvania culminating in a faculty position and board certification. He underwent further training in marriage and family at the Marriage Council of Philadelphia. His practice and teaching included individual, group, couples’ groups, family therapy, weekend workshop and medication. The basis of much of his work was developmental and positive psychology, which at the time was newly emerging in the field. He also founded and ran the Center for the Study of Adult Development at the University of Pennsylvania.
Wharton School of Business
Peter attended and joined the faculty at Wharton School of Business. He was one of the early pioneers who taught organizational behavior and development.
CEO and Entrepreneur
Peter started two national companies, one of which covered the mental health and substance abuse care for 1,000,000 people. The other specialized in organizational development, cultural change, management development and assessment for hire. That company worked with over 60 corporations, often from the CEO down, with the goal of furthering organizational performance while increasing employee satisfaction. He also, founded 4 non-profit organizations.
Personal Development and Coaching
Peter has extensive experience in both teaching, and providing, coaching for individuals on their personal development. The Center for the Study of Adult Development at University of Pennsylvania, a forerunner in the area of developmental models, had two different departments that worked in these areas: one for individuals and one for business executives. An example of this work included conducting over 100 weekend workshops designed to provide development for individuals and managers.
Spiritual
At a time when aging and the latter stages of life were beginning to enter the public discourse more widely, Peter started and ran a nonprofit called the Third Age Foundation. Its focus was centered around people 50 and over who were facing the third stage of life (1st Age: childhood, 2nd Age: career and family, 3rd Age: everything after). In the third age, time left to live becomes the backdrop of experience. This work brought to light that beyond a certain age there was a huge need for spiritual development in this population. Peter, started a radio show called the “Third Age” which interviewed in depth several hundred individuals and national experts. The revelations from the show resulted in workshops for over 1000 people about their spirituality and how to best cope with this new stage of life. Wrote a book Finding Your J Spot: Joy in Midlife and Beyond which addressed the spiritual and developmental needs of this stage of life.
End of Life
Peter ran the psychiatric consult service at University of Pennsylvania which was called in to deal with emotional problems of both individuals and departments. A significant amount of the work involved helping both individuals and families, as well as the staff, in dealing with issues of death.