About
Robin
Robin is a powerful motivational speaker who can truly move an audience
ROBIN TELLS UNFORGETTABLE STORIES THAT INSPIRE LEADERSHIP
Robin Gerber is a powerful speaker, best-selling author and historian. She will be on the upcoming CNN documentary series “American First Ladies,” speaking about Eleanor Roosevelt, in late 2020. She has appeared on the History Channel and Biography Channel, as well as The PBS Newshour, CBS and FOX.
Her articles have appeared in USAToday, the Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer and numerous other newspapers and magazines. Robin has been Senior Faculty for the Institute for Management Studies where she taught her popular course on Authentic Leadership. She is a former Senior Fellow at the Gallup Organization, and at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland
Robin is the author of the bestseller, Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage (Penguin/Portfolio).
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Her book about the founder of Mattel, Ruth Handler, shown in the Barbie movie is being made into a television production! Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her (Harper/Collins).
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Robin’s book Katharine Graham: The Leadership Journey of an American Icon with a foreword by Jim Collins, author of Good to Great (Penguin/Portfolio), explores the life of the legendary publisher of The Washington Post newspaper, and has been made into a play about domestic abuse: www.theshotonstage.com.
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Robin’s alternative history novel, Eleanor VS. Ike (Harper/Avon), imagines Eleanor Roosevelt as a candidate for President in 1952.
“Eight-hundred attendees at the AAUW National Convention in New Orleans gave Robin Gerber a standing ovation!”
“When Robin Gerber spoke as part of our Voices of Experience speakers series she became a catalyst, exciting our women MBA students to search out and find other voices who might speak to professional women in search of their leadership style. She was exactly what we hoped for and hope to have her return in the near future.”
“Robin is a compelling, authoritative storyteller. Her message and delivery are highly engaging. A wonderful, targeted presentation."
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