NNS 2025

Candace Gantt

Categories: NNS 2025 Speakers

Session Date & Time: Monday, June 16, 2025, from 08:30 – 09:30
Session Title: Glasgow Coma Scale

Candace, is a tireless advocate for the Traumatic Brain Injury community. She is a TBI survivor and a beacon of hope. As the Founder of the Mind Your Brain Foundation (MYBF) and Co-Director of MYB at Penn Medicine conferences, she’s revolutionizing brain injury awareness and support. Candace’s community service includes her role as an executive board member of the Brain Injury Coalition of Pennsylvania, Brain Injury Coalition of Florida, and board member of the Patient and Family Advisory Council at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital . Her unwavering dedication has earned her recognition as a Philadelphia Magazine Health Hero, Main Line Today Health Care Hero, Main Line Power Woman and Council on Brain Injury award recipient. As featured in Wounded Brains and Second Wind: The Resilience of Women, “Candace’s story is an inspiration to countless individuals. Beyond her advocacy work, Candace’s impressive career in the hospitality industry, including her role as Corporate Director of Reservations Operations Worldwide with the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company, showcases her leadership and entrepreneurial spirit”.