Kaira Sturdivant Rouda is a nationally recognized branding professional with more than twenty years of experience in marketing, brand building, and entrepreneurship. She is co-owner of Real Living, one of the nation's fastest-growing real estate firms, where she created and continues to manage the company's brand and culture. She is also a newspaper columnist, fiction writer, and frequent speaker on the topics of marketing and the power of women in business. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Harley, and their four children.