Dr. Richmond

Dr. Richmond is a practicing veterinarian and the Founder/Chief Consultant of Flourishing Phoenix Veterinary Consultants, LLC. He advocates for positive culture and individual, team, and organizational psychological health, safety, and well-being in veterinary workplaces. Dr. Richmond leads and is involved in state, national, and international projects for advancing workplace well-being and culture in veterinary medicine. He has served as Chief Medical and Wellbeing Officer for Veterinary United and currently serves as the Florida Veterinary Medical Association’s Professional Well-being Committee Chair. He is also a member/advisor for several national committees and boards for workplace suicide prevention, psychological health and safety, and veterinary well-being, including those sponsored by the CDC/NIOSH, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Veterinary Hope Foundation, Veterinary Visionaries, MentorVet, and Appalachian State University. Dr. Richmond is a speaker and published writer, a frequent veterinary podcast guest, and holds multiple certifications in applied positive psychology, appreciative inquiry, workplace well-being, psychological health and safety, trauma-informed workplaces, resilience training, behavior change, and suicide prevention. He was awarded the FVMA Gold Star for service in 2019, FVMA Veterinarian of the Year in 2021, and the Uncharted Veterinary Community Founder’s Award in 2023.