Get ready to network with hundreds of other Bay Area professionals and recruiters with varied backgrounds and experience throughout the day. Networking opportunities are available right from the start – over a continental breakfast.
Bring along copies of your current resume and business cards to share with people of influence from all over the Greater Bay Area. Hiring company representatives will be available throughout the day to meet with job seekers.
Look forward to learning key strategies that can help you develop personally and professionally. Our three outstanding speakers are sure to inspire attendees with their expertise and experience.
Sheila Murray Bethel, PhD, CPAE — Leadership That Makes A Difference
An authority and best selling author on
leadership, discussing “Leadership That Makes A Difference,” Sheila holds a PhD in
Communications and has served on the adjunct faculty of Indiana Purdue University, San Francisco
State University, University of Southern California and is a currently a member of the Advisory Council
for Amsted University based in Malaysia. As a widely published author, Sheila has four books
translated into several languages, including the best seller, Making A Difference, 12 Qualities That
Make You A Leader. She is also creator and host of two National Public Television Specials, “Making A
Difference.”
Sheila has worked on projects with four U.S. Presidents and was appointed to the Board of Advisors for America's Promise — The Alliance for Youth, by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, who is the Founding Chairman. She was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame in 1986 and has been recognized as one of the “Twenty-one Top Speakers for the 21st Century,” by Successful Meetings Magazine.
Joe Pelayo (San Francisco) — Joe is a best-selling author, having written the book Work Your Network!
which has received excellent reviews from Les Brown, Brian Tracy and other industry leaders, speakers,
and trainers. He writes a monthly newsletter “The Network,” sent to 50,000 executives, and is the author
of several motivational DVD training programs.
Joe is a member of the Les Brown Speakers Network, the National Speakers Association, The Silicon Forum, and SV100, Silicon Valley’s 100 most influential individuals. He is a Past President of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization, a group of million-dollar business owners, and the Founding President of BayCFO, an organization of top CFOs in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is also a long-time member of the Pinnacle Society, an organization of the top 75 recruiters in the United States. It’s the “high-school-drop-out-to-riches” aspect of Joe’s story that makes him such an interesting speaker, full of practical tips and advice to help you “Network-Your-Way-to-Success!”
Libby Wagner (Seattle, WA) — Libby Wagner is president and founder of Professional Leadership
Results, Inc. and Influencing Options. She works with business leaders to align their people with their
visions and is known by many as “The Influencing Coach.”
Libby is a recognized expert in leadership, performance management and workplace development. She offers an ethical, respectful way to face issues, both professional and personal, and help people gain confidence and clarity while influencing with ethics, managing high performance, and effective problem solving.
Libby is a graduate of the National Institute of Leadership Development and the prestigious Million Dollar Consulting College®. Her own client groups include: Nike, ST Microelectronics, Avocent Corporation, TIGI/Tony & Guy, Coldwell Banker, Cascadia PM, Costco Wholesale Corporation, The Boeing Company as well as several colleges and universities.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts, is certified with the Society for the Advancement of Consulting and lives in Seattle where she supports the local coffee industry and rarely carries an umbrella. Her topic of “Five Strategies for Better Results” is sure to help you identify ways to enhance your effective communication skills!
For more information about the Summit, please contact Dean Tracy at 925-552-7972 or email JobConnections@CPCDanville.org