Morra Aarons-Mele

Morra Aarons-Mele is an expert in helping people turn hard things into leadership excellence. When leaders, teams, and organizations work with Morra, they find the freedom to unlock hidden parts of themselves and become better leaders.

An anxious achiever herself, Morra knows that taking your mental health seriously is a leadership strength. She’s passionate about strengthening workplace culture by integrating positive mental health into leadership, helping organizations build resilient, high-performing teams that thrive in today’s fast-changing world.

Morra founded, scaled, and sold Women Online/The Mission List, a marketing and advocacy agency, delivering campaigns for organizations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CDC, P&G, and the United Nations. In her decades-long career as a political, public health, and issue advocacy strategist she has helped the world’s largest organizations change minds, hearts, and behaviors. 

Morra is the host of The Anxious Achiever (LinkedIn Presents), a top 50 business podcast and Webby Award honoree, and her most recent book, The Anxious Achiever (Harvard Business Review Press), was named a Top 10 Management Book of 2024 and won the Axiom Award for Best Leadership Book. Her toolkit, book, podcast and training materials are used by leading organizations and business schools around the world. Recognized as a LinkedIn Top 10 Voice in Mental Health and shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement in Leadership Award, Morra is passionate about helping leaders find their hidden superpowers. Her ongoing work has been recognized by Mental Health America with their Media Award (2023). 

Morra has degrees from Brown University and the Harvard Kennedy School, and lives in Boston with her family and menagerie.