Ruth Gotian Ed.D., M.S.

Ruth Gotian, Ed.D., Chief Learning Officer and Associate Professor of Education in Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, is an expert in mentorship and leadership development. She was named a top 20 mentor worldwide. Thinkers50 ranked her as the #1 emerging management thinker in 2021, and LinkedIn recognized her as a top voice in mentoring in 2023. A semi-finalist for Forbes 50 Over 50, Dr. Gotian is a contributor to Harvard Business Review and Forbes as well as Psychology Today who writes about optimizing success., focusing on the mindset and skill set of peak performers, including Nobel Prize winners, astronauts, Olympic and NBA champions. She is also an award-winning author of The Success Factor and the Financial Times Guide to Mentoring. She is also the only author who had her work turned into a theme-song, titled “I’m Possible”.