Calendar of Events

2021 PMI Wine Country PDD

"RECOVERY & RESILIENCE"

 PRESENTATIONS:

MARI RYAN:
The Power of Focus – Being Fully Present

MIKE WHITLEY:
Emotional Intelligence in the New Normal 

ABBY KOHUT (Keynote):
Recovery & Resilience

OUR SPEAKERS:

ABBY KOHUT

Abby Kohut, who is known in the job search world as Absolutely Abby, is the President of Staffing Symphony, LLC and author of "Absolutely Abby's 101 Job Search Secrets." In the past 22 years, Abby held corporate recruiting positions in a variety of industries and is responsible for helping 10,000 people get hired. Her website AbsolutelyAbby.com, which was selected as one of the “Top 100 Websites for Your Career” by Forbes, teaches candidates secrets the Absolute truth about the job search process that other recruiters won't tell you. AbsolutelyAbby.com was also mentioned on CNBC as one of three top websites for career changers. Abby is one of the “Top 100 Influential People Online” according to Fast Company Magazine and is known as "Ask Abby" on LinkedIn. She has provided job search tips on Fox 5, NBC, CBS, ABC, Monster, Real Simple, The Ladders, Bloomberg Radio, and Forbes. Recently, CEOWORLD Magazine rated Abby “One of the Top 25 Women for your Job Search” and Business News Daily rated @Absolutely_Abby as "One of Top 10 Twitter Accounts Every Jobseeker Should Follow". Since 2012, Abby has been on a mission to help one million job seekers and is currently flying and driving around the USA on a nationwide tour to accomplish that goal. Abby Kohut Recruiter, Speaker & Career Consultant AbsolutelyAbby.com

Mari Ryan is a workplace well-being strategist, speaker and award-winning author. She leverages over 30 years of business experience in a variety of industries. For the past decade, Ms. Ryan has been creating thriving workplaces, through her consulting work and speaking on worksite well-being. Mari earned a Bachelor’s degree from Lesley University, an MBA from Boston University, a Master’s degree in Health Promotion from Nebraska Methodist College. Mari is an active member of the National Speakers Association and is currently President of the National Speakers Association New England Chapter. Mari is the author of award-winning book The Thriving Hive: How People-Centric Workplaces Ignite Engagement and Fuel Results.
 

MIKE WHITLEY - PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe SPC, RTE, SSM

Mike has been a project management practioner for over 3 decades, working in Construction and IT.  He is equally at home in traditional, hybrid & agile methodologies, and is a facilitator and trainer in all of these approaches
He has been part of the WCC Board for the past 8 years, and is a Past President of the chapter