Ep 98: Ruth Browne - In 15

"The Believer".

A 15 minute edited highlight of our full-length conversation.

Ruth Browne is the CEO of the Ronald McDonald House in New York. And she is surrounded by death. This Ronald McDonald House on the upper east side of Manhattan, is built to accommodate 95 families living there at any one time. And the reason that the overwhelming majority of those families are there? They have a child who is being treated for cancer.

As Ruth describes it, “our primary mission is cancer.”

Leading this kind of organization, in which the outcome of the work is life and death, it would be easy to be afraid. Of your own judgement. Of the consequences of decisions. Of the accuracy of the information on which you based the decisions. And the talent of the staff on whom you depend to carry out those decisions.

And yet, Ruth Browne is not afraid. She makes decisions quickly. And laughs easily.

This episode is called, “The Believer”.