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Andrew Johns

Co-Executive Director at Integrative Mental Health University (IMHU)

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About

I'm Andrew Johns, currently serving as the Co-Executive Director at Integrative Mental Health University (IMHU) and a Board Member at Heroic Hearts Project. My career began in the trenches of Silicon Valley, where I was an early growth employee at Facebook, Twitter, and Quora, eventually serving as President of Wealthfront and a Founding Partner at Unusual Ventures. After a 17-year run with ten multi-billion-dollar startups, I navigated a profound personal transformation—a 'dark night of the soul'—that led me to reorient my life toward mental health reform. Today, I bridge the gap between high-level executive strategy and deep spiritual psychology. I am passionate about moving toward wholeness and advocating for a healthcare system that recognizes spiritual emergencies rather than just pathologizing them. Whether I’m coaching high performers through midlife transitions or training clinicians in spiritual competency, my goal is to integrate ancient wisdom with modern diagnostics to foster genuine healing.

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What I can offer

  • ›Bridge between Silicon Valley executive experience and spiritual expertise
  • ›Midlife transformation coaching for high performers
  • ›Training in spiritual competency for clinicians
  • ›Growth and scaling advice for mission-driven startups

Looking for

  • ›Clinicians and therapists for spiritual competency training
  • ›High performers seeking deeper meaning
  • ›Partners for mental health reform advocacy
  • ›expanding my professional network

Best fit for

Healthcare professionalsTech executivesVeteransStartup founders

Current Interests

Carl Jung and archetypesNon-ordinary states of consciousnessBiohacking and AI-driven health analysisConsciousness evolutionMicro-universities

Background

Career

Early growth employee at Facebook, Twitter, and Quora; President of Wealthfront; Founding Partner at Unusual Ventures; transitioned to mental health advocacy and spiritual coaching.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations, UCLA (2001 – 2005); Certified Spiritual Emergence Coach.

Achievements

  • ›Worked with ten multi-billion-dollar startups over a 17-year career.
  • ›Early investor/advisor in Robinhood, Opendoor, and Poshmark.
  • ›Helped scale Wealthfront from an early 15-person team to its public listing.
  • ›Successfully navigated a 5-year 'dark night of the soul' and recovery from workaholism.

Opinions

  • Spiritual crises are often misdiagnosed as psychotic disorders or clinical depression.
  • The current healthcare system is 'sick care' rather than 'health care'.
  • Introspection is vital for healing trauma, contrary to some VC philosophies.
  • AI-powered personalized medicine will outperform traditional clinical protocols.