Ginny Gilder

Author of Course Correction (Beacon Press)

Olympic Silver-Medalist, Owner of WNBA’s Seattle Storm

Ginny Gilder paved the way for women and rowing at large during the Title IX era. She holds a silver medal from the 1984 Olympics in LA and a bronze medal from the 1983 World Championships. During her freshman year at Yale, she participated in the now-famous Women’s Crew “Strip-in” to protest the lack of equal facilities for female athletes. Gilder currently serves as the CEO of boutique investment advisory, Gilder Office for Growth, and is an owner of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm.

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Praise for Course Correction

“Beautiful and important on many levels, Course Correction is about rowing and so much more…. Ultimately it is about the transforming power of love, and, dammit all, it made me cry.”