About The Authors
Dr. Randy Brazie MD, SEP®
Dr. Randy Brazie, a licensed Psychiatrist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), specializes in trauma, depression, and stress treatments. He has held leadership positions in behavioral health clinics as a Chief Medical Officer. He currently serves as a Medical Director with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, and is Co-Author of the Steadfast Leader book and Co-Founder of NeuroConsulting Group. He is fondly referred to as the 'Brain Whisperer'.
Dr. Geoffrey Vanderpal DBA, MBA, CFP®, CLU, CTP, PMP, SHRM-SCP, CSCP
His many students refer to him as Dr. V., Co-Author of the Steadfast Leadership book and Co-Founder of NeuroConsulting Group. A serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of professional business experience and an academic focus in finance, leadership, and strategy. He is also known as the man with many letters.
Endorsement
In The Steadfast Leader, Brazie and Vanderpal brilliantly introduce Polyvagal Theory into the pragmatic world of leadership. Their book focuses on resolving the historic problem that leaders have faced in making decisions – the conflict between intuitions (i.e., gut feelings) and empirical metrics of performance.
Dr. Stephen Porges - Inventor of Polyvagal Theory