Renae M. Dupuis

Renae M. Dupuis, M.Div., is the Founder and CEO of TraumaWise and the founder of Renae M. Dupuis, LLC. For more than a decade, she has helped caregivers, helping professionals, educators, and workplace leaders understand trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue, and build the capacity to keep caring without losing themselves. She has delivered more than 350 presentations and trainings for organizations including CASA of Orange County, Olive Crest, Five Acres, East Los Angeles College, and the Diocese of Orange, and for corporate and public-sector employers through Employee Assistance Programs, including teams of police, firefighters, and first responders.

Renae is a former Regional Training Specialist for the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development at TCU, and the former Director of Trauma and Whole-Person Care at OC United, where she created the RESPITE Program. She served as a chaplain on the trauma response team at CHOC Children’s Hospital. She holds a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary. She is the author of We’re Not Keeping Score: A Trauma-Informed Pocket Reflection Guide for Parents and Caregivers (TraumaWise, 2026).

Her work rests on a simple conviction: it doesn’t have to be this way. When people restore their capacity, they can shape safer, more connected families, workplaces, and communities.