Ronna Lichtenberg is author, lecturer, and president of Clear Peak, a management-consulting firm whose client list includes Merrill Lynch, UBS Paine Weber, Pfizer, The MONY Group, Jones New York, and Fleet Financial Services as well as major non-profits. She founded the business in 1997 after a highly successful corporate career, where, as director of marketing for Prudential Securities, she was the first woman named to the firm's Operating Council.

As author of WORK WOULD BE GREAT IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE PEOPLE, IT'S NOT BUSINESS, IT'S PERSONAL, and PITCH LIKE A GIRL, Ronna has appeared as a career and business expert on CNN, NPR, Lifetime Live, and on shows like CBS's Early Morning Show, NBC Weekend Today, Good Morning America, and Fox News.

She been a contributing editor to O, The Oprah Magazine, and a frequent contributor to Redbook, More, and other periodicals; she is also often quoted in major print media, including business and women's magazines. Ronna is a graduate of Harvard Business School's prestigious Advanced Management Program, and lives in New York City with her husband James.