Ardath Rodale

writer

Ardath Harter Rodale, chairman of the board of Rodale, Inc., is the author of *Climbing Toward the Light* (1989) and *Gifts of the Spirit *(1997). Ardie also writes "Reflections," a monthly column for Rodale's *Prevention* magazine, the world's largest-circulation health magazine. Chosen as one of the top 50 women business owners in the United States by *Working Woman* magazine and one of the 50 leading women entrepreneurs in the world by The Star Group, Ardie is the mother of five children and the grandmother of ten. She lives in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, on her family's organic farm.