Meet some of our favorite thought leaders! The Invent Your Future expert community features best-selling authors, speakers and business gurus with subject matter expertise on everything from winning buy-in at work to striking a work-life balance.
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Denise Brosseau
Expert on Well-Connected Leaders
Denise Brosseau, founder of Well-Connected Leader, Inc., started her career in the high tech industry (Motorola, Broderbund) before founding the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and the Springboard Venture Conferences which have led to over $4.5 billion in funding for women entrepreneurs. Denise was also the co-founder of Invent Your Future. A Wellesley graduate with a Stanford MBA, Denise specializes in accelerating the success of women leaders. Her clients include KPMG, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco and PG&E.
Janice Edwards
Expert on Communications
Janice Edwards is a published author, talk show host, television producer, and media consultant. She is the host and executive producer of “Bay Area Vista” and President and CEO of Edwards Unlimited. Janice has served as Community Relations Director and Executive Producer & Host of the award-winning show “Bay Area Vista” at NBC BAY AREA, where she launched the show. Before joining NBC BAY AREA, Janice was a reporter and anchor in San Francisco and the host and contributing producer of “Black Renaissance”. Her notable interviews include Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Rachel Maddow, Robert Redford, John Travolta, Jerry Seinfeld, Gloria Steinem, Robin Williams, Andre 3000, Les Brown, Dr. Cornel West and John Cena. Janice has also worked as a special projects producer and writer at KPIX-TV, an update anchor/writer/producer and reporter/photographer/editor at KRON-TV. Janice’s career in broadcasting began in Atlanta, Georgia.
Sam Horn
The Intrigue Expert
Sam Horn is known as America’s Intrigue Expert. She is an award-winning communication/creativity consultant with a 20 year track record of results with an international clientele including Fortune 500 Forum, Young Presidents Organization, Hewlett-Packard, NASA, Kaiser Permanente, National Governors Association, KPMG, Boeing, Intel and Capital One. She was selected (along with Tom Peters, and Jim Collins) to be a featured speaker at INC Magazine’s annual 500/5000 convention honoring the top entrepreneurial organizations in the country.
Jennifer Kahnweiler
Workplace & Careers Expert
Dr. Jennifer Kahnweiler is a workplace and careers expert and author of The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength. Founder and president of AboutYOU, Inc., an Atlanta-based leadership consultancy, she is an executive coach and corporate speaker. She is a frequent source for national media and a former workplace advice columnist for AARP, Society for Human Resource Management, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She was selected as a featured work-life expert for the TBS television show “Movie and a Makeover” and also received the highest honor from the National Career Development Association. With a Ph.D. in Counseling and Organizational Development, she specializes in developing and coaching introverted leaders.
Sydnie Kohara
Expert on Storytelling
Award winning journalist Sydnie Kohara brings more than two decades of experience to her position as news anchor at CBS-5/KPIX TV. The founding host of CNBC Asia’s first show about the Internet, “dot.com,” she later anchored CNBC’s “CNET News.com” that explored the tech revolution. Ms. Kohara was part of the KGO-TV newsroom that won the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and the Edward R. Murrow Award for coverage of the 1989 earthquake.
Mary LoVerde
Life Balance Expert
Mary LoVerde believes life is a balancing act. Her passion is finding creative ways to live a joyful and successful life. She has delighted audiences from Bangkok to Biloxi with her step-by–step strategies for a more balanced life. Embraced by both men and women alike, her diverse client list spans from the Mayo Clinic to the American Trucking Association. Mary presents a wealth of uplifting insights and innovative ideas for taking small steps in the right direction for a less stressful, more satisfying life. Mary is author of three best-selling books: Stop Screaming at the Microwave, Touching Tomorrow, and I Used to Have a Handle on Life but It Broke. She’s been a guest on the “Oprah Winfrey Show” four times and has been a featured life balance expert on ABC “World News Tonight” with Peter Jennings and on an ABC “20/20″ special on stress. Mary won a Nellie Westerman ethics prize for her work on informed consent. She proudly serves as the national spokesperson for Camp to Belong, which reunites brothers and sisters placed in different foster homes.
Gina Rudan
Founder & President, Genuine Insights, Inc.
Gina Rudan is the founder and president of Genuine Insights, Inc., a contemporary professional development and training practice. Before launching her own firm, Rudan worked at Fortune 500 companies including Avon Products and PR Newswire. She is also the founder of TEDxMIA and lives in Miami with her husband and son. Visit her at www.practicalgenius.com.
Deborah Collins Stephens
Leadership Expert
Deborah Collins Stephens is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the Center for Innovative Leadership that works with leaders and organizations on improving customer service, creating inspired teams, and building the link between employee motivation and customer loyalty. Ms. Stephens is the author of six books with three reaching the bestsellers list: Maslow on Management, One Size Fits One, and Revisiting The Human Side of Enterprise.