Lorrie Thomas Ross, M.A., The Marketing Therapist^®, is a marketing strategist, educator and author of The 36-Hour Course to Online Marketing (McGraw Hill). She is the Founder and CEO of a marketing agency called Web Marketing Therapy^®, a firm specializing in strategic advisory, training and marketing management. Her "wild web woman" (and men!) team serves small businesses, entrepreneurs and marketers - the common theme is all clients are passionate professionals committed to work that has significance. Web Marketing Therapy's work ensures marketing treats the cause (vs band-aiding symptoms) so all marketing pieces click.

She teaches custom web marketing workshops for corporate and small businesses and also teaches web marketing courses through UC Berkeley Extension. Her course on http://lynda.com/ called Fundamentals of Online Marketing is a top-viewed course. Ms. Ross was on the founding team at ValueClick Media. Her company is a member of 1% for the Planet, a growing global movement of companies that donate 1% of their gross annual sales environmental non-profits.

"Working hard does not mean working all the time" is one of Lorrie's beliefs. She values time with her husband, daughter, grumpy cat and being with friends and family...preferably outside...unplugged...to recharge.