PBWC Looks to the Future
By Connections Magazine Editors

San Francisco’s Moscone Center will host thousands of women entrepreneurs, executives and students attending Professional BusinessWomen of California’s 20th annual conference on May 6th. This year’s theme, “20/20 A Look at the Past, a Vision for the Future,” salutes PBWC’s advocacy for the advancement of women.
An unparalleled line-up of speakers will be on hand, imparting inspiration and experience to help attendees thrive in California’s top corporations and small businesses.

Keynote speakers include PBWC founder and U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier (12th Congressional District), First Lady of San Francisco Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Former eBay President & CEO and 2010 Gubernatorial Candidate Meg Whitman, Lockheed Martin Executive Vice President Joanne Maguire, Best-Selling Author Patrick Lencioni and Senior Advisor to the Hillary Clinton for President Campaign, Ann Lewis, among others.

With over 20 seminars, 50 speakers and 200 exhibitors, the event marks PBWC’s anniversary with everything you need to achieve your goals and share your take-aways with everyone you meet.

PBWC President Ann Barlow and U.S. Congresswoman and PBWC Founder Jackie Speier added, “In these challenging times, it’s more important than ever to develop and sharpen your skills to manage, communicate and lead effectively. The people you will hear from today during our keynote sessions and workshops have been selected with this in mind.”

PBWC thanks our generous conference sponsors, including: Wells Fargo, Oracle, Bank of America, Abbott Vascular, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, AAA, Deloitte, Cisco, CBS5, San Francisco Business Times, KGO Newstalk AM810, Peppercom, Chevron, American Airlines, State Farm Insurance, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, BART, VISA, Sybase, Charles Schwab, Pacific Gas & Electric Company and Lockheed Martin. Young Women’s Program sponsors include California Teacher’s Association, Charles Schwab Foundation, Oracle, Lockheed Martin and LUNA. Premier Showcase Exhibitors include Bossa Handbags, Brain Personality Connection, Burnham & Brown, GoneTravelin.com, Jamileh for You, Pacific Fertility Center, UC Davis Graduate School of Management and University of San Francisco. PBWC also thanks the conference management team at e2k.

Learn more about the conference at www.pbwc.org.

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