Maria Rodale

Maria Rodale is the chairman and CEO of Rodale, Inc., a major family-owned publisher of health and lifestyle books and magazines. She also runs an advice blog called Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen, and has authored several books on organic cooking and gardening. Maria has been awarded the Rachel Carson Award by the National Audubon Society, the Award for the Health and Dignity of Women by the United Nations Population Fund, and the International Quality of Life Award by Auburn University. When she’s not attending to her numerous business and charity ventures, Maria enjoys romance novels and yoga.