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Lara Ewing has 25 years experience in helping individuals and organizations improve business performance. She has coached over 100 CEOs and senior executives in more than 20 Fortune 500 companies on six continents. Clients have credited her with saving their organizations, key client relationships, partnerships and sanity. They rely on her expertise to assist them in rapidly understanding and maximizing their impact on organizational results by focusing their attention and efforts on the key people, systems and external factors necessary to shift to break through barriers. Lara is co-author of The Art of Connecting, published by the American Management Association (AMACOM).

<p>Perhaps best described as an American lost in Europe, Sarah Keizer was born and bred in Syracuse, New York but has been enjoying exploring Europe through her career and family life for the last eleven years.</p> <p>Keizer recently joined ING Group in April 2008 as a Senior Business Consultant in the Group HR/Leadership and Change department based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.</p> <p>Prior to joining ING, Keizer worked in both Organization Development and Executive & Expatriate Compensation at Coca-Cola Enterprises in Europe. Sarah started her expatriate career with Hewitt Associates working both in their Global and European headquarters.</p> <p>Before venturing overseas, Sarah earned a degree in Psychology from Cornell University, in Ithaca NY. She now resides happily with her multi-cultural family in The Hague, The Netherlands.</p>

<p>Susan RoAne leads a double life as a bestselling author and a sought-after keynote speaker. Known as "The Mingling Maven," she gives her multi-generational audiences the required tools, techniques and strategies they need to connect and communicate in todays global business world. Her practical, informative, and interactive presentations are known for what The San Francisco Chronicle calls her dynamite sense of humor.</p> <p>Because of her groundbreaking best-seller, How to Work a Room, Susan is considered the undisputed and original networking and conversation expert. It has sold over a million books worldwide and has launched an industry that she continues to create and shape in the 21st Century. She also wrote The Secrets of Savvy Networking , What Do I Say Next?,and her new book is Face To Face: How To Reclaim The Personal Touch in A Digital World.</p> <p>Susan RoAne received her Master's Degree from San Francisco State University and her Bachelor's from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana.</p>

<p>Laura Sewell begain her career with IBM in 1998 after spending two years in the public school system. Laura currently leads US University Recruitment and US Employment Branding for IBM. Her IBM experience includes a variety of roles in HR and Global Business Operations. She is passionate about bringing top talent in to IBM and helping students understand the variety of opportunities available across the company and across the globe.</p> <p>Laura Sewell received her undergraduate degree from North Carolina State University.</p>

<p>Lynn Zuckerman Gray is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Campus Scout, LLC, which provides strategic campus-recruiting services for corporations.</p> <p>For more than eleven years, Gray was with Lehman Brothers in New York, serving from 2002-2008 as Global Chief Administrative Officer of Lehman Brothers' Global Real Estate Group. She also was an active member of Lehman Brothers' Women's Network serving on its Steering Committee and as the Network's Cornell Recruiting Team Captain. </p> <p>Lynn Gray is a graduate of Tufts University and Cornell University Law School.</p>

<p>Joni Lusty is a Campus Recruiter at Ernst & Young and has been with the firm for 10 years. She is responsible for Ernst&Young's recruiting efforts for the Pacific Northwest Advisory practice. Lusty is very involved in a number of EYs internal initiatives which include the local Professional Women's Network and Social Responsibility group. </p> <p>Before becoming a campus recruiter, Lusty worked as Audit Manager with E&Y in their Salt Lake City office. </p> <p> Joni Lusty graduated with her Masters in Accounting at Brigham Young University.</p>

<p>Patricia Fripp is an award-winning speaker, sales presentation trainer, and executive speech coach. Fripp delights audiences, electrifies executives who speak, and transforms sales teams. Meetings and Conventions magazine calls Patricia &quot;one of the country's 10 most electrifying speakers.&quot; Kiplinger's Personal Finance says, &quot;Patricia Fripp's speaking school is the sixth best way you can invest in your career.&quot; She is also the author of Make It! So You Don't Have to Fake It and Get What You Want.</p>

<p>Kelli Grant has covered consumer finance since joining SmartMoney.com in June 2005. Her Deal of the Day column and accompanying 3 Tips video segments tell consumers how to save money and spend it wisely. </p> <p>Before joining SmartMoney.com, Kelli worked at MarketWatch.com as a reporter. </p> <p>She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and anthropology from Ithaca College.</p>

<p>Julie Bauke is a Career Strategist and President of Congruity Career Consulting. Her business focuses on educating and motivating individuals to take charge of their careers. She has over 12 years experience working with everyone from executives to professional athletes to college students. She is a dynamic speaker, trainer and coach and is the author of &quot;Stop Peeing on our Shoes: Avoiding the 7 Mistakes that Screw Up your Job Search&quot;. </p> <p>Julie Bauke has a BS in Human Resources from Purdue University and completed Masters work in Human Resources at Loyola University of Chicago - Graduate School of Business.</p>