This Year’s Headliners
Keynote Speaker Dan Clark
Dan Clark is CEO of a multi-million dollar corporation, an internationally recognized Speaker, Songwriter/ Recording Artist and New York Times Best Selling Author. Dan serves on the International Board of Governors of Operation Smile and on the National Advisory Board for OK Kids Charities. A member of the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame, Dan has spoken to more than 4,000 audiences, to over 31⁄2 million people, in all 50 states and 35 countries.
Dan is the primary contributing author to the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series and author of twenty of his own best selling books, including the life changing business management book, “Best or Right.” Dan’s story “Puppies for Sale” was made into a film at Paramount Studios starring the late Jack Lemmon. As a master storyteller, Dan has been published in more than 30 million books in 30 languages worldwide!
Dan’s inspiring life includes fighting his way back from a paralyzing injury that cut short his football career, flying in fighter jets twice the speed of sound, carrying the Olympic Torch in the 2002 Winter Games and speaking for Fortune 500 companies, NASA, Super Bowl champions, and the Mayo Clinic.
Michael Hinshaw
Michael Hinshaw is the managing partner of MCorp., a strategic brand and marketing consultancy with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland, Oregon. An innovative executive, consultant and educator, he is recognized as an authority on strategic and brand planning, customer relationships, and brand and marketing performance measurement. He regularly speaks on these subjects at industry and client conferences and seminars for organizations such as The American Banking Association, Western Independent Bankers, the California Society of CPAs and IQPC. His experience includes marketing, brand and management consulting with a focus on business-to-business and financial services organizations. Hinshaw has been recognized for his strategic, business and creative accomplishments by dozens of organizations, including the Gartner Group, Jupiter, the Direct Marketing Association, and the Western Art Directors Club. An adjunct Professor of Marketing for both undergraduate and graduate level marketing courses at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, Michael also lectures on entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and at San Francisco State University.
James Jones
James D. Jones is founder and president of First Wellesley Consulting Group, Inc., located in Wellesley Hills, MA. First Wellesley Consulting is a national professional services firm specializing in the financial services and real estate finance industries. First Wellesley offers consulting, customized polling and leadership education services. Consulting services include strategy, technology and business process reengineering. First Wellesley also offers SurveyMatters™, a proprietary, interactive group polling service. Clients include Fortune 500, Inc. 500, mid-sized and local firms.
Mr. Jones, a 28 year industry veteran, is a nationally recognized speaker on industry strategies and trends, best practices and emerging technologies. He is the author of Strategic Planning for Mortgage Lenders, published by the Mortgage Bankers Association. Designated as a Master Faculty Fellow by the Mortgage Bankers Association, he serves on the faculty of the MBA's School of Mortgage Banking.
Mr. Jones writes for and is quoted by leading publications including Mortgage Banking Magazine, Independent Banker, ABA Banking Journal, Banker and Tradesman, Bank Technology News, American Bankers publications, Bottomline and Secondary Marketing Executive.
