October 27, 2023

Geralyn Ritter – A Conversation on Recovering “Bone by Bone: A Memoir of Trauma and Healing”

42 minutes

Oh, how my heart (and face) smiled throughout this empowering and enlightening conversation with Geralyn Ritter, executive, author, advocate, speaker, wife and mother. Please join us as we discuss:

the compelling story behind her memoir, Bone by Bone: A Memoir of Trauma and Healing

her insights on traumatic injuries

mindset strategies for surviving and thriving after trauma

her philosophies on post-traumatic growth

and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunes, Blubrry, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch our insightful interview on YouTube.

Bio:

Geralyn Ritter is an executive, an author, an advocate, a speaker, a wife

and a mother.

An expert in healthcare policy, Geralyn currently serves as Executive Vice

President for Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Organon & Co., a new

women’s health company. Her responsibilities include leading the global

communications, public policy, government affairs, ESG and corporate

responsibility functions at the company.

Prior to joining Organon, Geralyn served as SVP and Corporate Secretary

at Merck & Co., Inc. She served as President of the Merck Foundation for

many years and led the creation of Merck for Mothers, a $500M global

initiative to end preventable maternal deaths. Earlier in her career,

Geralyn worked at PhRMA, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and

at the law firm of Covington & Burling.

A survivor of traumatic injury, Geralyn is a passionate patient advocate, frequent

speaker and an author on resilience and recovery. Her book on trauma and

healing is titled Bone by Bone and was published in June 2022. She has been

featured on numerous podcasts and other media focusing on resilience and

recovery. She donates 100% of her proceeds from the book to non-profit

organizations that support trauma survivors and trauma medicine.

Geralyn received a bachelor’s degree from Duke University. She received her

master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International

Studies and her J.D. from Stanford Law School.

Geralyn serves on the Board of Visitors of the Duke Sanford School of Public

Policy. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Power to Decide, and the

Board of Directors of Business for Social Responsibility. She is Chair of the

Patient Family Advisory Committee of Penn Presbyterian Hospital and

serves as a Deacon of her church.

Geralyn and her husband Jonathan have been married for 25 years and

have three sons.

Website: https://www.geralynritter.com/

Peace,

Teri

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