Heather Wood Ion
She specializes in turning around troubled organizations and communities. Her doctoral research on social and cultural recovery from disasters has been applied to assist communities and corporations in trouble all over the world. She has helped communities locked in adversarial paralysis, social service agencies, corporations that have lost their mission, and start-ups unable to cope with growth. For the last seven years of his life, Jonas Salk, MD, relied on Heather Ion as his editor, sounding board and collaborator on issues of international health policy, and in establishing the science of hope.
Her first book, Third-class Ticket has been translated into Italian, Hindi, Japanese and Chinese, and is currently being made into a feature film. Another book, with Saul Levine MD, Against Terrible Odds, applies her knowledge of social and cultural recovery to the profound issues of individual resilience. Most recently a biography of a father/daughter physician tradition, Making Doctors, portrays what makes a great healer, and what we can learn from our pioneering traditions. She has published over 270 articles and has been keynote speaker for the World Literacy Council, the MacArthur Foundation, the Visiting Nurse Associations of America, the National Association of School Psychologists and the National Association of Women's Health Professionals. Winning her first major award at age 13, Heather Ion holds the Gold Medal from McGill University, and international awards for community service, writing and innovation.
She specializes in turning around troubled organizations and communities. Her doctoral research on social and cultural recovery from disasters has been applied to assist communities and corporations in trouble all over the world. She has helped communities locked in adversarial paralysis, social service agencies, corporations that have lost their mission, and start-ups unable to cope with growth. For the last seven years of his life, Jonas Salk, MD, relied on Heather Ion as his editor, sounding board and collaborator on issues of international health policy, and in establishing the science of hope.
Her first book, Third-class Ticket has been translated into Italian, Hindi, Japanese and Chinese, and is currently being made into a feature film. Another book, with Saul Levine MD, Against Terrible Odds, applies her knowledge of social and cultural recovery to the profound issues of individual resilience. Most recently a biography of a father/daughter physician tradition, Making Doctors, portrays what makes a great healer, and what we can learn from our pioneering traditions. She has published over 270 articles and has been keynote speaker for the World Literacy Council, the MacArthur Foundation, the Visiting Nurse Associations of America, the National Association of School Psychologists and the National Association of Women's Health Professionals. Winning her first major award at age 13, Heather Ion holds the Gold Medal from McGill University, and international awards for community service, writing and innovation.
