Rosalind Joffe, founder and president of cicoach.com.

Rosalind Joffe built on her own experience of living with chronic illnesses for 30 years, including multiple sclerosis and ulcerative colitis, when she founded cicoach.com. This career coaching firm is dedicated to helping professionals with chronic illness develop the skills they need to succeed in their careers. Rosalind believes firmly that living with chronic illness does not preclude living a full and successful life.

Rosalind Joffe is a recognized national expert on chronic illness and its impact on career. She is the co-author of Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend!, Demos Medical Publications. As a leading chronic illness career coach, Rosalind has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, msnbc.com, ABC Radio, as well as numerous regional and national media outlets. She has published in dozens of disease organization and health journals. She is a sought-after speaker and workshop leader for organizations that include the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, BiogenIdec, State Street Corporation, New Directions, Association of Career Professionals, HealthTalk.com, New England Arthritis Foundation, NENMMS, and the Scleroderma Association.

Rosalind is passionate about giving people the tools they need to thrive in their work while living with chronic illness. Her website, http://www.cicoach.com, and her widely read blog, http://WorkingWithChronicIllness.com feature the resources and services a person needs to be successful at work – while living with a chronic illness. And she can be found on twitter http://www.twitter.com/workwithillness.

Rosalind holds a B.S. in Communications and an M.Ed. from Boston University, is a certified mediator and a Corporate Coach University graduate.