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Powerful Women International Presents
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Pursuing Your
Passion
Creating Your
Legacy
Connecting Women.
Igniting Passions.
Creating Breakthroughs. |
Valeri
Bocage
CEO & Founder, PWI |
Honorary Host
U.S.
Senator
Mary Landrieu |
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Keynote Speakers |
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Valeri Bocage -
San Francisco |
CONNECT WITH US
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Valeri
Bocage is the founder of Powerful Women International and
has been assisting people in living their dreams for over 15
years. She has inspired hundreds of people to fulfill on their
life's mission. She has coached authors, entrepreneurs, parents,
families, public speakers and artists to expand their vision for
what is possible in their professional and personal lives. |
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MORE ABOUT
THE CONFERENCE
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Sharon Hooper -
Sedona, AZ |
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 Sharon
Hooper, CEO of Vision Journeys LLC, and President of
Sanctuary Publications, is a proven master of Vision Mapping
Strategies © brilliantly stepping her clients through an unusual
process, turning goals and visions into realistic strategies.
For more than 25 years, Sharon has been passionate about working
with individuals and groups to create the success they desire.
From directing and creating a model child development center for
350 children daily, to being president of her own highly
successful international record label, Sharon’s experience has
resulted in a unique blend of coaching, spirituality and
inspiration to help people identify their true passions and
dreams and then to create exciting plans of action for immediate
or long-term solutions. Sharon is a Professional Certified Coach
(ICF), author, publisher, speaker and retreat leader
internationally, and especially loves creating venues in Sedona,
AZ, where she lives with her author husband, Richard. |
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Elinor Stutz -
San Francisco |
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 Elinor
Stutz, CEO of Smooth Sale, LLC and Author, has motivated and
inspired audiences to their own success through her speaking,
training and private coaching. Men and Women alike exclaim her
system is natural and easy to implement, and most importantly,
greatly increased their revenue stream! She is viewed as an
insightful business growth strategist. Elinor's book, “Nice
Girls DO Get the Sale” was featured in TIME Magazine, translated
into multiple languages and sells worldwide. Her second book,
“HIRED! How to Sell Yourself on Interviews” was written to help
those out of work secure their job of choice. |
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Tina van
Leuven, Ph.D. - The Netherlands |
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 Tina
van Leuven, Ph.D founded her company, InnerDelight, with the
vision of being a catalyst for global transformation by
empowering as many people as possible to experience the joy from
awakening their inner light. She has a Ph.D. in Healing Science
and is also qualified and experienced in many energy releasing
techniques. Tina is a trainer in TAT ®(Tapas Acupressure
Technique), Zpoint, and Assemblage Point Correction, as well as
a life coach, and an aromatherapist. The work of InnerDelight is
expressed in the motto: “Experience the connection that changes
everything.” |
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Senator Cynthia
Willard-Lewis - District 2 Louisiana |
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 Cynthia
Willard-Lewis was elected as a Louisiana State Senator for
District 2 for the 2008-2012 term. Previously, Senator
Willard-Lewis served as a Councilmember for the residents of
District E and the people of the City of New Orleans. She was
Louisiana State Representative for District 100 since 1993,
prior to her election to the Council in October 2000. Then, as
now, she is recognized as an aggressive legislator for children
and for the rights of the elderly, and for her passionate and
effective voice for women and the disadvantaged. In addition to
her duties as a dedicated Councilmember, she was a Public
Relations Consultant for Lakeland Hospital, as well as host of
the "Stars Over the East" television program. A recipient of
many awards, Councilmember Willard-Lewis is a member of the
NAACP, SCLC, Amnesty International, National Black Caucus of
State Legislators, and the National Organization of Women in
Government, and serves on a host of committees. She was an honor
graduate of Xavier University where she received the
University's Gold Medal and Service Awards. She serves on
several committees for the Louisiana State Senate including
Standing Committees Health & Welfare, Judiciary C and Local &
Municipal Affairs, and Select Committees Consumer Affairs and
Technology and Women and Children. |
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Speakers,
Panelists & Workshop Leaders |
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Olga Aura - San
Francisco |
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 Olga
Aura is a Gold-medal winning gymnast who gets these questions
all the time, “Olga how did you do it? How did you come to
America at 14 years old and didn’t get back on the bus? How did
you overcome being Bipolar and having Bulimia and then create a
prosperous business doing what you love?” Olga is a powerful
mentor who will help you unlock your radiance and personal power
so that you can shine your true self into the world. For over 15
years Olga has been an expert in the spirituality and personal
empowerment industry. She has worked with Cirque du Soleil' s
super-star Olaina, raw food celebrity Elaina Love, and Best
Selling author Seth Braun. Annually Olga activates hundreds of
visionary leaders world wide through her E-zine as well as
personal power trainings and private mentoring. She frequently
appears on the radio, in magazines and at conferences. |
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Marjorie Beazer
- Sacramento |
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 M.C.
Beazer, a native Virgin Islander and military veteran, is
the owner and founder of ITB Consulting and has
more than 20 years of industry experience and training, as well
as degrees and certification in organizational and Interpersonal
communication, change management, public affairs and relations,
and facilitation and outreach. Marjorie’s current and former
clients include the government of Antigua & Barbuda; Dr. Rola
Tomori, Ph.D., clinical and forensic psychologist and host of
her critically acclaimed “Balancing your life with Dr. Rola”
radio program; California Barbering & Cosmetology Apprenticeship
Program; City of Sacramento; Leadership Transformation, LLC; and
many others. |
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Linda Brown,
Ph.D. - Maryland/DC Area |
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 Linda
Brown, Ph.D, is President of her own firm, Brown Consulting
Company, specializing in qualitative leadership, building
collaborative teams and partnerships in both public and private
sectors. With a passion for helping students, Linda has served
as Associate VP of Continuing Education at Miami Dade Community
College and as Associate Vice Chancellor for Institutional
Development at Elizabeth City State University. At Miami Dade,
Linda co-produced a local PBS-TV show, “Tele-Teen” which
provided a forum for many social, education and economic issues
for youth and young adults. She was also a lobbyist on special
assignment with the American Association of Community Colleges.
Linda’s leadership experience includes Board and Leadership
relationship building, community building, public relations,
spokesperson skills, training and consensus building. Linda’s
years of experience includes various levels of education and
working with diverse populations in diverse environments in many
regions of the U.S. Linda received her Ph.D. from the University
of Texas. |
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Cathy Culver -
San Francisco |
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 Cathy
Culver is founder and President of S.T.A.R.S., Inc. She is also a speaker, singer and adventurer.
Cathy has been awarded the National Management Association's
Member of the Year Award, the LM SSC Leadership Association BAC
Member of the Year Award and has received awards from Lockheed
Martin, the United States Air Force, General Electric Aerospace,
GeoDynamics and NASA. A former aerospace industry systems
engineer, Cathy is fulfilling her lifelong dream of space travel
by enrolling in a sub-orbital space flight to the edge of space
that will take off and land at New Mexico's Spaceport America. |
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Pat Evans - New Orleans |
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 Pat
Evans is Director of the International Project for Nonprofit
Leadership at the University of New Orleans. Pat worked in
Eastern Europe (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) where her primary
responsibilities were community building and the development of
the nonprofit sector as European Director of the US-Baltic
Foundation. She worked in Sarajevo, working with nonprofits
throughout Bosnia (Serbs, Croats and Muslims), to develop a plan
for the rebuilding of communities, by creating a united public
identity for the nonprofit (NGO) sector. Pat has held executive
positions in Louisiana government, a Fortune 500 company and was
a documentary film producer for a major ABC-TV affiliate.
Receiving national acclaim, her documentary on the Louisiana
wetlands was nominated for an Emmy. As Director of the Louisiana
Office of Women's Services, she passed landmark legislation in
Louisiana, establishing some of the first family violence, rape
crisis centers and non-traditional training programs for women
in the nation. She built the office into a multi-million dollar
operation, receiving national recognition for its employment and
training programs for welfare recipients.
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Joe Johnson -
Lake Oswego, Oregon |
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 Joe
Johnson is CEO and Founder of Johnstone & Mulberry and
Marketing What You Know. In her soon to be released book, "The
Advancing Personality," she teaches those who want to advance in
their areas of expertise, corporate or entrepreneurial, how to
make a difference and reap the rewards. For over 18 years, Joe
has been training and mentoring individuals in leadership
development. She teaches individuals to experience
transformation from uncertainty and self-doubt to being
confident and inspired, trusting their own leadership ability to
take charge of their lives and businesses, all while helping
them to discover and use their gifts and purpose. Her teaching
guides individuals to release and awake the extraordinary person
within, so they can help others who need their
services/products. Joe's background is in engineering, sales,
and marketing from the health and beauty, aircraft, and high
tech industries. |
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Helen Kerrison
- Brussells, Belgium |
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 Helen
Kerrison combines intuitiveness and emotional awareness with
a results-oriented and pragmatic approach to motivate and
inspire those she works with and delivers profound, insightful
and sustainable results. Helen comes from a communications
and marketing background and spent more than 10 years working in
global companies prior to setting up her own company, Insight in
Business, in 2005. She is a certified corporate and executive
coach, a personal development coach and NLP trainer and EFT
practitioner. She empowers her clients to develop the knowledge,
self-awareness, communication skills and personal management
skills they need to build effective, powerful and successful
lives. Helen is British and has lived and worked in Italy, the
United States, France and Belgium where she currently lives. She
speaks English, French and Italian. |
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LaVerne Kilgore-Saulny
- New Orleans |
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 LaVerne
Saulny is the Senior Staffer/Regional Manager of U.S. Senator
Mary L. Landrieu’s New Orleans District office. Prior to joining
Senator Landrieu’s staff, LaVerne founded “Write for You,” a
consulting firm that provides management and development
consulting to non-profit and for-profit organizations across the
country. LaVerne is a best-selling author, among self-published
authors, of “How to Run a Successful Homebased Business” and
published a hand-guide for the United States Senate called “
Tips for Successful Grantwriting.” LaVerne serves on several
boards and has received numerous awards and recognitions
including: National Who’s Who, Young Leadership Council (YLC)
Role Model of the Year, YWCA Role Model of the Year and nominee
for City Business Woman of the Year, in addition to others.
LaVerne loves reading, gardening, basketball and spending time
with her grandson, Jordan. She is the mother of four adult
children. LaVerne believes in living life to the fullest and
living a first-class life everyday. |
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Nadine Lajoie -
Montreal, Canada |
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 Nadine
Lajoie is a championship motorcycle racer, international
motivational speaker, author and coach, musician and singer and
real estate investment and finance expert dedicated to helping
others reach the life of their dreams with balance and passion.
Semi-retired at age 36 from her financial business, she owns 4
businesses and received over 50 podiums in motorcycle racing,
including a 3rd place at Daytona against 75 men and a Top 10 in
the USA Nationals in a male-dominated sport. Her unique way to
compare life with motorcycle racing combined with her talents,
life story and personal experiences, including written exercises
and live music on her guitar and/or piano, make a riveting
conference for many audiences from teens to business owners.
"Life is like motorcycle racing: if you focus too much on
details and little things in life, you can miss the big picture
and big opportunity around the next corner." Meet her on
her website at: www.NadineRacing.com. And, on her Blog at:
http://nadineracing.blogspot.com. |
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Cheryl Scheurer, Ph.D.
- San Francisco |
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 Cheryl
Scheurer, Ph.D. is an author, speaker and has been a single parent
for 19 years. Cheryl has a B.S. in Business
Administration, an MBA in Finance and is completing her PhD in
Financial Management in 2010. An Entrepreneur for 20+ years with
her own accounting and tax planning business for 17 years,
alongside other types of businesses, Cheryl became a Minister in
1998. She is author and speaker on “Wealth Transformation” with
more to come. Noted as “THE FINANCE MINISTER,” Cheryl has
completed her second book, “Wealth Transformation - Journey to
Frequency.” Cheryl's book "Wealth Transformation" approaches the
subjects of integrity, ethics and the law of attraction and how
to unlock the stairway to wealth and abundance on many levels,
revealing how your unconscious thoughts attract your abundance
or lack thereof. |
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Chekesha
Showers - Okinawa, Japan |
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 Chekesha
Showers
considers herself a citizen of the world and an avid world
traveler. Her name in Swahilli means Bringer of Laughter. Her
program emphasizes health, well-being and independent thought
and action for participants, by intergrating the science of
laughter. She has performed as a Comedian at the Comedy Club in
Hollywood and across the United States plus at least three
Continents. She is a retired teacher of 30 years, is a Certified
Laugh Leader and holds a Masters in Spiritual Psychology. |
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Shibana Singh -
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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 Shibana
Singh is an independent wellness coach and yoga instructor.
Shibana has been dedicated to the practice of teaching and
learning conscious movement ever since she remembers. With a
post graduate degree in nutrition, certifications in personal
training, life style management, performance enhancement, yoga,
Reiki, and now on her journey studying the ancient science of
ayurveda, Shibana brings a wealth of knowledge, experience,
versatility, spirituality and pure passion to her work. She is
known among her clients for her compassionate, loving and
holistic approach, no matter what their goals are. Shibana is
inspired by the undemanding love and maturity of her beautiful
daughter, the companionship of her loved ones, the enriching
interaction with each one of her clients, the unconditional love
of her parents, the support of her friends, the guidance of her
inspiring teachers, the gift of helping to guide people to their
goals for every smile, tear and breath that life offers and the
light of the divine in all! |
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Jackie Smith -
Sacramento |
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 Jackie
Smith is the owner of Grand Vision Marketing and has built
several businesses from the ground up. Having competed for 2
years in the Women's National Track and Field Competition,
Jackie's focus and determination was apparent at an early age.
She began her professional career as the owner of a small,
independent insurance agency and spent 4 years building it up
and then subsequently selling it to invest in a beauty salon.
She and her partner expanded the business to host a gourmet cafe
and marketplace and subsquently sold it to open a salon and spa
with store fronts in Connecticut and New York. On the heels of
her massive success and sale of her east coast beauty business,
Jackie moved to San Francisco to create her latest venture,
Grand Vision Marketing. Jackie helps entrepreneurs envision,
create and implement their goals while providing a structure for
lasting and increasing success. |
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Liza Sonia
Wallach - San Francisco |
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 Liza
Sonia Wallach started LIZA SONIA Jewelry in 2003 on her
mother's dining room table! Fast forward 7 years, and now her
designs are sold in over 43 retail stores including Nordstrom,
Fred Segal and in China. Her unique designs are made of sterling
silver, gemstones and many other natural materials and have been
seen in magazines and on celebrities. In 2005 she opened her
first "Liza Sonia" store in Montclair, California where she now
sells online at www.LizaSonia.com. Hear her story..and be
inspired! |
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Jan Stringer -
Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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 Jan
H. Stringer can help you eliminate costly mistakes and to take
the struggle out of reaching your business goals. She is a
pioneer in using the Law of Attraction in business and for
igniting a new reality in the way businesses operate from the
inside out. Jan is a master attractor who brings her years of
corporate and entrepreneurial experience to assist the business
world to experience a deeper connection within to launch, expand
or create heart-centered business and lives. Her global
best-selling books, “Attracting Perfect Customers: The Power of
Strategic Synchronicity” and, “Bee-ing Attraction: What Love Has
To Do With Business and Marketing” are must have guides for
developing heart-centered businesses. She delivers her work in
group and private sessions, tele-classes, speaking engagements,
on-line study guides, and on-line study programs. Additionally,
Jan founded the BEE-ing Attraction Wizards School; an
Authorization training program for people who want a deeper
connection within themselves to develop heart-centered business
and have this tool to share the amazing process with their
clients. |
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Dawn
Throne - Sacramento, Ca |
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 Dawn
Throne is founder of Fountain of Health Wellness Center and
Spa in 1990. Dawn has discovered through her 30 years in
the health field and her own research that being thin, healthy,
and full of energy is easy to obtain. She suffered from obesity,
(250 pounds) high blood pressure, pain, fatigue and depression.
Dawn is thankful that she had these ailments because she knows
from her own experience and journey how to help others get back
on track. She is certified in nutritional and colon therapy, and
Specializes in whole body cleansing and weight loss. Her clients
consist of those who want to lose weight, feel better and have
more energy. She instructs clients on how to eat whole foods
through education, workshops, speaking and providing free online
videos at www.youtube.com/fountainofhealth. Dawn is passionate
about helping clients achieve and maintain their health goals.
She is a member of Nutritional Therapy Assoc. and the
International Colon Therapists Assoc. |
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Agnès van Rhijn
- Paris, France |
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 Agnès
van Rhijn created CoheChange, a coaching, consulting and
training firm based in Paris in January 2007. Agnès has over
twenty five years of experience in the consulting field (Heidrick
& Struggles, Capgemini Consulting, etc.), in administration,
human resources, finance and events management. She has been in
charge of major internal projects (organization, restructuring
and creation of Internet portals) and has also designed,
organized and facilitated internal seminars on an international
scale. She is a certified Master in Business Coaching, trained
by BCI (The Behavioral Coaching Institute) and by CTI (The
Coaches Training Institute ). She is a Master practitioner in
NLP and a Brand strategist certified by Reach Communications.
She also works with Appreciative Inquiry (AI), which is a new,
high-performance approach to team-building and organizational
development. Her combined French / Dutch education and her
international experience, enables her to work in French, English
and Dutch. She offers her services worldwide either in person,
by telephone or remotely using internet tools. |
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Contesse Wall -
New Orleans |
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 Contessé
Wall is a publisher, educator, entrepreneur, trainer and
philanthropist. She’s also an International Intellectual
Property Specialist. Contessé is among one of the most highly
regarded consultants in this dynamic and challenging field and
has gained international recognition in this unique arena.
Contessé’s many achievements include creating publishing and
business development curriculums, numerous books, textbooks,
workbooks, inspirational collections of essays and poems, as
well as several children’s book series (including The Amazing
Adventures of Biscuit Prints?). Her strategic international
marketing curriculum is at the forefront of building
intercontinental economic empowerment through specialized
training seminars and workshops. Contessé has introduced and
taught her dynamic multi-facet program at several universities,
including Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Delgado Community
College (New Orleans) and The University of New Orleans. She has
also trained aspiring authors / writers and emerging
entrepreneurs at numerous churches, schools, organizations,
private gatherings, as well as community centers throughout the
United States, Canada, Europe and Mexico. |
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