Rowena Crosbie is President of Tero International and co-author of Your Invisible Toolbox. Since 1993, Tero International has earned a distinguished reputation as a premier research and corporate training company. Tero was once again named the Best Training Company in 2021 and has been included on the Best Of List by The Des Moines Business Record in their annual Reader's Poll every year since the category was introduced in 2007. Thousands of professionals are graduates of Tero's proprietary workshops. Courses addressing relevant business topics such as presentation skills, professional image, business etiquette, negotiation skills, leadership, and intercultural competence have been delivered in 12 countries and business professionals from over 40 countries are numbered among Tero's graduates.

Ro's commitment to help people challenge the way they think combined with her strong communication skills ignites a passion in her listeners which endures long after her presentations are over. Her ability to inspire audiences has consistently earned her reviews as a top-rated speaker and trainer. The design of her programs takes the wisdom of many years of research from the philosophical to the practical for her listeners. People who leave her sessions, leave with useful tools to become the very best they can be in both their personal and professional lives.

In addition to writing Your Invisible Toolbox and numerous training manuals, Ro has authored several articles, many published in International Journals and Magazines. Her article, Learning the Soft Skills of Leadership published in the UK Journal, Industrial and Commercial Training was among the top 20 downloaded articles.

She serves on the Boards of Directors for Hubbell Realty Company and for Delta Dental of Iowa where she is Chair. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for Grand View University. Ro is Past-Chair of The Greater Des Moines Partnership serving on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Prairie Meadows. She is a past Advisory Board member for Hertz Farm Management, Past-Chair of Iowa State University's Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) Advisory Council and Past President of the Central Iowa Chapter of ATD (Association of Talent Development). Ro served on the Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Advisory Committee at Drake University and was appointed by the Governor of the State of Iowa to the Regional Workforce Investment Board where she served through 2014. She is a member of the Canadian Institute of Management, the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), the Association of Talent Development (ATD) and the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). She is a Past President of the Rotary Club of Des Moines, Past-President of the Civic Music Association and Past-Learning Chair of EO Iowa (Entrepreneurs Organization).

Ro received the Immigrant Spirit Award at the International Entrepreneurs Summit in 2018. She was honored as the NAWBO Iowa 2017 Legacy Hall of Fame Award Inductee. In 2017 she was inducted into the Wallace Winkie Foundation Lifelong Learner Hall of Fame. She was named the Woman of Influence Business Owner of the Year by the Des Moines Business Record in 2009 and was Executive of the Year by Executive Women International, Iowa Chapter, in 2004.

She is certified to administer the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality assessment inventory and the FIRO-B. Ro graduated from the University of Manitoba with an emphasis in management and is a graduate of the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute.