An executive coach and trainer who's served in leadership positions across a spectrum of organizations,
Gail Rudolph has spent years maneuvering the power dynamics that occur in all interpersonal and business interactions.
Using a strategic human-centric approach, Gail advises individuals, teams, and organizations, helping them grow and move beyond what they've previously achieved. Her expertise in mindset, interpersonal power, and inclusion and diversity are foundational in supporting others to become positive "agents of change" by solving problems from the inside out.
Gail is a Cialdini Method Certified Trainer, teaching Dr. Robert Cialdini's universal Principles of Persuasion. She is one of only thirteen people globally— and the only woman in the United States—to hold this distinction.
Gail holds a master's degree in Human Services Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and a Leadership Certification from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is the CEO and founder of Gail Rudolph Collaborative. She enjoys cycling in sunny Palo Alto, California.
Karen Anderson (1932–2018) is both a science fiction fan and a founder of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. She graduated from high school in Maryland and worked as a military cartographer to pay for both her attendance at the 1952 World Science Fiction Convention and the academic year 1952–53, which she spent as a drama major. Correspondence with Poul Anderson convinced her that the life she wanted was in science fiction, not on the stage, and she and Anderson later married.
Karen Anderson’s solo work comprises verse and short fiction. She brought many skills to assist Poul Anderson in writing his novels: proofreading, research, languages, mapping, story planning, and collecting material for future works. Discussions led to early shared bylines; after visiting Hadrian’s Wall, Karen put a year’s research and plotting—plus verses of her own—into his hands for
The King of Ys.
