ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Valerie M. Grubb is the principal of Val Grubb & Associates Ltd., which she founded after holding a succession of leadership roles within major corporations, including NBC Universal, Oxygen Media, InterActiveCorp, and Rolls‐Royce. She is an innovative and visionary operations leader with an exceptional ability to zero in on the systems, processes, and human capital issues that can hamper a company's growth. Grubb graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from Kettering University and obtained her MBA from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. She remains highly involved with the Kelley School as a member of the Dean's Advisory Council. She also serves as president of the New York Chapter of Women in Cable Telecommunications and is a board member of the New Orleans Film Society. Valerie recently published a book about her experiences traveling around the world with her mom, entitled Planes, Canes, and Automobiles: Connecting with Your Aging Parents through Travel (Greenleaf Book Group, 2015).

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