HERE ARE OUR OUT OF THIS WORLD SPEAKERS!
Suzanne Agasi
Suzanne was raised on the east coast and holds her Asian Studies degree from Mount Holyoke College. Raised on hand-me-downs and forever fashionable, Suzanne soon realized that anyone can look like a million bucks with creativity and little cash. Named the"It-Girl of Clothing Swaps", she has organized and hosted over 120 Clothing Swaps in the San Francisco Bay Area and NYC for over a decade, resulting in (literally) tons of clothing and shoes donated directly to abused women's shelters, homeless shelters and hurricane relief. Inspiring and empowering others motivates her. Infusing creativity, elegance and style into her events is key.
Michelle Lapinski
Michelle Lapinski recently founded the SustainBiz consultancy to advise Fortune 500 companies on more sustainable business strategies. Previously at Business for Social Responsibility she served as Director of the consulting teams for Food & Agriculture, Consumer Products, and Transportation. She also was the Global Environmental Health and Safety Manager at Gap Inc. Michelle holds an M.S. in Environmental Management from the University of San Francisco – where she has served as an Adjunct Professor – and a B.A. from Johns Hopkins. Michelle co-founded Young Women Social Entrepreneurs and continues as its National Co-Director. She has been nationally recognized as an Environmental Leadership Program fellow.
Pat Obuchowski
In addition to running her own coaching business, inVisionaria, for five years, Pat Obuchowski is an internal Leadership Coach at PG&E. She is a certified professional co-active coach and is credentialed by the International Coaching Federation where she currently serves a Chair of the Membership committee for the 11,000 member association. She has had various leadership roles in numerous companies including Visa U.S.A., Otis Spunkmeyer and General Electric. She is a certification and workshop leader for The Bigger Game Company. She is passionate about helping women step into leadership roles in the world and is a Bigger Game Player herself.
Rachel Robasciotti
Rachel Robasciotti is the founder of Robasciotti & Associates, Inc. – financial planning firm based in San Francisco, CA that specializes in helping women make smart choices with their money. Having initially embarked upon her career inside of both large insurance and investment-focused firms (Prudential Securities and MetLife), she understands that clients want more than just advice on which investment or insurance products to buy. As a result, Rachel practices Comprehensive Financial Planning, assisting her clients with everything from budget creation and investment advising to planning for a comfortable retirement.
Rob Rosiello
Rob has been with Life Moxie! since our inception. Rob is passionate about women’s rights and a proud feminist! Rob has 18 years of sales management experience in high tech startups and large corporations. Rob has successfully built sales teams that have grown sales from $0 to $180MM in annual revenues and has been responsible for new market entry strategies/business development throughout his career. In 2002, Rob launched a consulting firm and has worked with software startups, Systems Integrators, education companies, a medical supply company, and family owned businesses. Rob has been an Entrepreneurial coach at the Girl’s Middle School and has taught programs in San Francisco’s Women of Vision group and the Women’s Technology Cluster.
Kristine Schaefer
Kristine Schaefer, principal of Loma Communications, Inc. develops communicationscoaching and training programs for major corporations, start-ups, and public affairs firms. For the past 20 years, she has coached hundreds of executives and professional spokespersons in the technology, financial services, pharmaceutical, biotech and consumer industries.
Kristine served as a spokesperson for major corporations, start-ups and government agencies. As vice president at The Weber Group (now Weber Shandwick), she was a senior communications counselor to an $8 billion dollar division of IBM, to Internet and software companies, and to top trade and government officials in Asia. She has lectured at San Francisco State University’s New Media Program, the Software Developers’ Forum conference, and at Bulldog Reporter’s PR University conference.
Starla Sireno
Starla Sireno helps people get paid for doing what they love. After 15 years in financial services, Starla grappled with her own fear of scarcity before escaping cubicle land to create The Fearless Entrepreneur. Starla is dedicated to helping aspiring entrepreneurs and existing business owners create wildly successful and personally fulfilling businesses.
April Stensgard
April’s mission is to lead others to take the next bold step in their lives. As a powerful career/life coach, she created and is now the Director of the LifeMoxie! Community, an on-line network that connects people motivated for more in their lives and provides them with powerful resources to create and take those next bold steps. She has a BA in speech communications and public relations and is a graduate of Coaches Training Institute. April has been married for fifteen years with two girls, and she recently led a team to Kenya to teach women business skills.
Ann Tardy
Ann Tardy is the Founder and CEO of LifeMoxie! Enterprises, the creator of the LifeMoxie! Power Day and the LifeMoxie! Girls’ Power Day, and the author of LifeMoxie! 9 Strategies for Taking Life by the Horns. Prior to LifeMoxie!, Ann co-directed the Entrepreneurial Education program at an all-girls’ middle school for 5 years training 12-year-old girls how to start and run businesses. Ann was also a corporate attorney in Silicon Valley for 11 years representing entrepreneurs in their business adventures. Ann earned an accounting degree from the University of Illinois , a law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law, a CPA from the State of Illinois , and a license to practice law in Illinois and California . Ann was honored as an Outstanding Business Woman of the Year in 2005 by the American Business Women’s Association.
Cameron Tuttle
Cameron Tuttle is the author of the best-selling series The Bad Girl’s Guides, published by Chronicle Books. In 2001, she founded Bad Girl Swirl, Inc. and launched Badgirlswirl.com, which was nominated for a 2003 Webby Award and continues to be a thriving online community. She has appeared on Oprah and been featured in a variety of publications, including Fast Company, USA Today, cnn.com, and The New York Times Magazine. Recently, she served as Co-Creator and Co-Executive Producer of the UPN sitcom based on her books. Cameron is currently writing an empowering fictional series for teen and tween girls.
Wren Withers
Wren Withers founded Salary Negotiation Consulting in 2002 to help people earn higher salary and benefits at all career stages. She teaches people how to articulate the value they bring to an organization to be appropriately compensated for their skills and experience.
Blending business and negotiation best practices with a deep knowledge of the complex relationship between money and worth, Wren has developed unique tools and methods to help her clients communicate effectively.
In March 2007, Wren was a guest expert on Sacramento’s “Good Morning Weekends” TV show. In October 2006, Wren's negotiation advice was featured in Newsweek Magazine.
Jenny Ward
Renowned speaker and play activist Jenny Ward began her journey on stage. She has appeared in "Sex in the City," "As the World Turns," "Law and Order," and numerous Off Broadway productions.
Jenny received her Masters from NYU, is a licensed Dream Coach, and creator of PlaYoga- yoga with a twist of PLAY. She has brought PLAY to the forefront of corporations such as: Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, Telik, and has written two books "Who Said So?" and "101 Ways to Play." More importantly, Jenny laughs quite often and hugs her daughter Leela more and more. She is passionate about empowering adults to truly appreciate the GIFT that life is. www.playward.com jenny@playward.com
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