As Chief Wellness Officer, Dr. Romie Mushtaq, MD’s role is to lead a culture of wellness for Pack members so they can reach their full potential as individuals and as teams. Her approach to work is simultaneously disruptive while building cultures, always for the greater good. As a mindful leader, her plans are based on careful data collection, research, & strategic thinking while working to bring together stakeholders across all divisions of the organization. Her career-defining moment was when burnout led to life-saving surgery and sent her on a global journey to heal and learn about mindfulness and global healing traditions.
Dr. Romie was raised with a Midwestern ethic of hard work and academic excellence. Her first pack was the afternoon tea parties with her maternal grandmother, mother, & her aunties. Under their watchful eyes, she learned to listen with heart-centered compassion and storytelling- all while fostering a sassy attitude. Today, she is on a mission to advocate for women and girls from Kindergarten to the C-Suite, especially in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine (STEM).
In her free time, Dr. Romie savors quiet connection—whether sharing cups of chai with her elders, traveling the globe to share comfort food with family and friends, reading the latest brain science articles, or going away to meditation retreats. She lives in Florida, where she is a proud human catering to her senior dog, Rahja.
EXPERIENCE:
Dr. Romie is a triple-board certified physician, award-winning speaker, author, and proud STEMinist. Her education was completed at the Medical University of South Carolina, The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and the University of Michigan, and she is board certified in Integrative Medicine. In addition to complex patient care, she was involved in cutting-edge research for women’s brain health—all while winning numerous teaching and research awards.
In 2018, she was named Chief Wellness Officer at Evolution Hospitality, where she helped to scale a customized mindfulness and wellness program to over 7000 employees—a unique model that has led her to be a sought-after speaker and expert on workplace wellness. In 2020, Dr. Romie won Orlando’s Woman of The Year award for leadership and philanthropy. She also serves on the National Board of Directors for the Girl Scouts USA. Her book, The Busy Brain Cure, features her research on the workplace mental health and burnout crisis and was released globally in January 2024 (Harper Collins).
