Ms. Daniels serves on the General Aviation Manufacturers Association Board of Directors and formerly chaired both its Safety and Public Affairs Committees. She is also an active member of the President's Advisory Board of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and the San Francisco based Academy of Art University's Board of Directors.

Ms. Daniels earned her BA at the University of Colorado and is a graduate of the Harvard Business OPM program. She earned her pilot's license in 1978 in order to fully appreciate the industry ATP serves.

Kris Nations grew up in the southwestern city of El Paso, TX. Throughout her youth, she spent many summers traveling through the southwestern region of the United States to various art shows and galleries with her artist mother. Her appreciation for fashion, natural materials and craftsmanship formed early in her life with this unique exposure to various people, cultures, and art.

In 2004, Kris pulled together a collection of her jewels for local San Francisco boutiques. In 2005, Kris partnered with her sister, Kim Nations. Kris started her line of jewelry with the intent of creating unique accessories that she believes are the key ingredients to creating individual style. Her inspiration often comes from her friends and family, creating pieces steeped in individual personalities and style. Kris Nations Jewels (www.krisnations.com) have been available in popular boutiques in San Francisco and the Bay Area since 2002 and are currently found in over 30 small boutiques in the United States and abroad.

Anna L. Marks is publisher, owner and founder of Bay Area BusinessWoman News. Since 1993, this free monthly publication has reflected and served a powerful, supportive, and involved community of highly active business and professional women looking for cutting edge stories highlighting local women changemakers at the forefront.

Originally from Long Island and NYC, Anna attended the New School in Manhattan and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, before coming west. She began her publishing career shortly after attending an International Women's Day event held in San Francisco and realized then that only women-owned and operated media would focus attention on these and other issues of importance to women.

Marks currently serves on the Alameda County Commission on the Status of Women, the Alameda County Advisory Council for Women's Initiative, and is a member of Anew America's Women's Business Center Board of Advisors. She served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Women Business Owners, SF, 1999-2000.

Susan Shargel is founder and president of Shargel & Co. Insurance Services, an award-winning San Francisco employee benefits specialist firm. Susan's firm creates quality benefits programs that help great employers hire and keep talented, terrific employees.

Susan launched her firm in 1989, a time when few women owned their own insurance brokerages. When a friend introduced her to NAWBO, she found the support and resources she needed to get through those early years. Over the years, she has enjoyed participating in NAWBO in many different capacities, including two board terms. In 2003, nominated by NAWBO, Susan was awarded the SF Small Business Network Small Business Owner of the Year.

After completing a highly successful term as NAWBO membership chair, Susan recognized the need to develop programming for women with larger businesses. “We were losing some of our most successful members.” Kimbrell and Co. took on the challenge. When Wells Fargo decided to fund a new project targeting businesses owners with over $2 million in revenues, Susan was tapped to chair the project. In a few short months, Leaders' Circle program was planned, facilitators hired, and members recruited. Leaders' Circle is now well into its second year. The quality has been so high that all Leaders' Circle members have chosen to continue participating.

Adding special sweetness to being honored by this award, Susan was in the Chamber of Commerce group that developed the first WEB awards, which NAWBO later took over. She is delighted to have come full circle to receive one today.

3rd Annual NAWBO-University®,
presented by Citibank

NAWBO®-University
Real Women, Real Stories

Pitching Your Business to a Corporation:
– The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Have you ever wanted to secure a corporate contract, but thought your business was too small, or there was no way to get into the door? You will hear stories from a one-person business and a multi-million dollar business owner, and learn what they do to secure corporate contracts. There will also be a corporate representative on how to do business with their company as well as an expert on attaining certification.

The session will be interactive and engaging, leaving audience members with the knowledge and strategies for pursuing and pitching the right corporation.

Breaking Through the Barriers of Self-Promotion:
Advertising/Branding/PR/Public Speaking – Which Is Right for You?

This symposium of women panelists will each share their areas of expertise to teach the audience about marketing you and your business, public speaking to project confidence and credibility and building your professional and personal brand to help grow your business. Panel members will include experts in public speaking, presentation skills and brand building who will discuss how to make your small business more prominent in the current market.

This session will be entertaining, informative and action-packed, featuring tips and examples from publicity professionals. Audience members will leave with the confidence and advice to effectively promote themselves and their businesses.

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