Melina Palmer

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Melina Palmer
Founder and CEO
The Brainy Business

Melina Palmer is a globally celebrated keynote speaker with a mission to help great brands and the people within them do greater things by leveraging the power of behavioral economics. She is CEO of The Brainy Business, which provides behavioral economics training and consulting to businesses of all sizes from around the world. Her podcast, The Brainy Business: Understanding the Psychology of Why People Buy, has nearly a million downloads from over 170 countries and is used as a resource for teaching applied behavioral economics for many universities and businesses. Melina teaches applied behavioral economics through the Texas A&M Human Behavior Lab and obtained her master’s in behavioral economics from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. A proud member of the Global Association of Applied Behavioral Scientists, Melina has contributed research to the Association for Consumer Research, Filene Research Institute, and writes on Behavioral Economics & Business for Inc Magazine. Her first book, What Your Customer Wants and Can’t Tell You (2021), was a finalist in two categories of the International Book Awards and won first place in the Chanticleer International Book Awards. Her second book, What Your Employees Need and Can’t Tell You (2022), was a finalist in the Chanticleer International Book Awards. Her much anticipated third book, The Truth About Pricing, is set to publish January 9, 2024.