Cortney McDermott is an award-winning writer, speaker, and business-life strategist who advises Fortune 500 executives and entrepreneurial leaders on compelling communications, sustainable innovation, and business-life harmony. She has served as an executive at Vanity Fair Corporation; as Vice President for Sustainability Partners, BeCause Global Associate; and as a professor of graduate studies for a consortium of Big Ten U.S. universities. Cortney is a graduate of the London School of Economics and a certified cultural mediator in multiple languages. She lives with her husband and daughter in Northern Italy.