PAST EVENTS

JUNE 2025

Menopause Panel at MoCo's Founding Farmers

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MAY 2025

National Restaurant Association

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APRIL 2025

TED x Foggy Bottom

Dan delivered a presentation on why we need to not leave our problems at the door in the workplace.

FEB 2025

Foodie & The Beast Podcast

Dan talked about the Alexandria opening and how he’s prioritizing topics like mental health and menopause in the workplace. Listen here.

FEB 2025

The M Factor Panel

Dan joins an impressive panel to talk about how we need to break the stigma and taboo-ness of discussing menopause in the workplace.

DEC 2024

Disrupt HR

In this 5-minute presentation, Dan gives an overview of his MH playbook to a room full of HR professionals. He urges them to move MH out of the HR silo and into operations, and ultimately, he hopes to get the ball rolling on de-stigmatizing MH. Listen Here.

DEC 2024

YPO Presents: Building a Wellness Culture within Organizations

Dan and Bershan discuss how they’ve built their company cultures around mental health and well-being. Dan talks about everything from him and MV’s relationship to his MH playbook, and more. Listen Here.

AUG 2024

The One Away Show Podcast - One Childhood Hardship Away from Empathy and Impact

Dan talks about sustainability and MH and how FFRG is working to help make a better world for both their people and the environment. Dan also talks about the supply chain and how it’s our job to disrupt it to protect a competitive free market. Listen Here.

AUG 2024

Health Action Alliance National Employer Summit: The Aging Workforce

Dan joins a panel to discuss why we need to start talking about menopause in the workplace. Watch Here.

MAY 2024

Conscious Conversations: Prioritizing MH in the Workplace

Dan gives his now signature MH talk about how prioritizing MH in the workplace is the right and most profitable thing to do. He delivers this speech to a room full of conscious capitalists. Watch Here.

APRIL 2024

Meez Podcast

Dan talks about a variety of topics of interest to him as a restaurateur including sustainability, mental health, restaurant operations & more. Listen Here.

APRIL 2024

Hospitality Mavericks Podcast

Dan talks about how FFRG has evolved over the years, specifically highlighting mental health in the workplace and how prioritizing MH has impacted the workplace. Watch Here.

FEB 2024

When Leaders Talk Podcast – Episode 37

Dan talks about the trials and tribulations of his career as a restaurateur. Watch Here.

DEC 2023

Ovation Up Podcast: Exploring Mental Health and Leadership in the Workplace with Dan Simons

Dan talks about the benefits of implementing a MH playbook in the workplace and how all leaders should do this not only for the betterment of their people but also to increase productivity/profit. Listen Here.

DEC 2023

The Anxious Achiever Podcast: “Want to run a good company? You can’t ignore menopause anymore.”

Dan chats with Morra Aarons-Mele and Amy Gallo on why we need to start talking about menopause in the workplace and why it shouldn’t be a taboo topic. Listen Here.

NOV 2023

Speaking to GWU Alpha Kappa Psi – Beta Mu Chapter (a Coed Professional Business Fraternity)

Dan talked to the students (future business leaders) about creating successful businesses that support the mental health of its employees.

SEPT 2023

HBCU Rocket Pitch Program

Dan was a guest judge for a pitch competition for HBCU students. As a guest judge, he highlighted the importance of taking care of yourself and your mental health as an entrepreneur.

AUG 2023

Prosper Forum Keynote

Dan gives his usual MH playbook/MH in the workplace talk to the crowd at Prosper Forum.

JUNE 2023

National Association of Broadcasters – Creating a Mental Health Informed Workplace 

Dan discussed leadership and what being a good, effective leader means to him.

MAY 2023

Tangible & Tactical: Mental Health in the Workplace. Dan Simons, Founder and Co-Owner at Farmers Restaurant Group 

This event was put on by the JED Foundation and The School Superintendents Association. Dan gave his usual mental health in the workplace playbook presentation.

APR 2023

National Restaurant Association’s Order Up Podcast – Reducing Food Waste 

Dan talked about a variety of topics ranging from Our Last Straw to daily sustainability initiatives at FFRG. Listen Here.

MAR 2023

Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Fellowship Class (guest speaker) at FFDC

Dan discussed the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, including how you have to keep going and lift yourself up when you inevitably stumble.

FEB 2023

LAZ Parking – Creating a Mental Health Informed Workplace

Dan gave his mental health in the workplace playbook keynote here. I believe this is the first time he brings up menopause in his usual MH talk.

JAN 2023

The National Society of Black Wedding & Event Professionals 

Dan met with the board of The National Society of Black Wedding & Event Professionals to chat about leadership and his playbook for a mental health informed workplace.

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