Harry Chapman, CMC, has over 30 years of experience across a broad set of disciplines including IT management, finance, operations and consulting. His mission is to help non-profit organizations become more effective through improved use of technology. In addition to IT assessment services, Mr. Chapman provides CIO services for several non-profit organizations including the Exploratorium, the San Francisco Ballet, the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center and Edgewood Center. In addition to starting BACN, Harry is a founder of the Bay Area Consulting Group LLC.

Contact Harry Chapman at hchapman at baconsulting.net or visit the BACG web-site

Author-izer Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with “sketch”) started helping other people with their writing at the age of nine. Before going into the business of turning consultants into authors, she translated, directed, produced, and was sometimes forced to act in Greek and Roman plays, as well as founding an electronic journal. Her FileSlinger™ Backup Blog appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle. She co-founded the Podcast Asylum in September 2005.

Sallie is the person who greets you at the door with your name tags, in addition to serving on the Web 2.0 subcommittee, posting the Forum Notes, and updating the website with new program information.

Contact: sallie at author-izer.com, www.author-izer.com

Judy Baker uses her heart and head (and some wonderful tools, inventiveness and terrific resources and complementary talent) to create memorable and effective marketing and design solutions for you. Give her your thoughts and she will build your brand awareness and transform your relationship with marketing. She is a certified Action Plan Marketing Coach who offers workshops, marketing mentoring groups and one-on-one coaching that moves creative professionals from stressed to successful marketing gurus. Judy draws on an extensive list of contacts to help find speakers for BACN. She also contributes her design skills to BACN flyers and is working on a new logo.

Contact: jmb at creative1.com, www.creative1.com

Michael North has been engaged in Sales and Operations for 26 years working with universities as well as small, medium and global sized companies. He brings a comprehensive background in Sales, Project Management and Operations to every project. Mike has led design teams that have built national WANs and software development for Organ Transplantation as well as the some early portions of the Internet. Most recently, he has been working with the Not for Profit and Personal Coaching communities on ways to operationalize the web component to reaching their client base.

Michael handles most of the communications with BACN speakers and showcases, including coaching them on how to give a better presentation.

Contact: mega801 at comcast.net

Tom Ucko is a seasoned executive coach and organizational consultant with a unique blend of tough-minded business sense and psychological savvy. His work helps leaders and leadership teams resolve the troublesome dilemmas that keep them from meeting their business goals and reaching their potential. He brings to his work a passion for working with bright, competent leaders who are committed to their own learning as well as the development of their teams.

Contact: tom at ucko.com, www.ucko.com

Sanford Friedman literally grew up in a small business. His business career began at the age of 10 when his father decided he would take over the family business. He works with businesses of 100 or fewer employees in all business sectors whether they sell expertise, services or products. His niche is complementing his client’s professional expertise with his business management know-how.

Sanford served as a member of the Programs Committee for two years. He frequently leads the Members’ Forum during BACN meetings, and he is helping to design the membership survey.

Contact: sanford at mapping2success.com, www.mapping2success.com

Bill Gage is a senior business practices and information management professional with strong capabilities in operations and financial management. He is particularly skilled in bridging business needs with systems solutions by understanding strategic objectives and existing environments, and in developing operations and financial management systems and processes. Though a founding member of the Bay Area Consulting Group, Bill now works at Tatum LLC.

Bill maintains the BACN membership roster and e-mail database, sets up Acteva, and sends out monthly meeting announcements.

Contact: bill.gage at tatumllc.com, www.tatumllc.com

Nora Wolfson of More Than Consulting is the “go to” person when you’re ready to produce results. Her background in business, psychology, and organizational development makes her uniquely qualified to support executives and entrepreneurs as they manage business growth and change. Her clients are highly skilled, intelligent, and ambitious—and they’re ready to do more with less struggle.

Nora provides BACN with networking ideas and contacts new members after each BACN meeting.

Contact: nora at norawolfsonconsulting.com, www.norawolfsonconsulting.com

Gary White started Pacific Crest Marketing in 1986 after seven years on both the agency and client sides of the advertising business. Working with senior sales and marketing executives, he develops go-to-market strategies that increase the revenue potential for new products, segments and campaigns. With over 20 consecutive years as a consultant, Gary is valued not only for his strategic vision but is recognized as an innovator in the field of facilitated meetings. He has personally designed and conducted over 1,000 such meetings including everything from focus groups and customer advisory boards to brainstorming and strategy sessions.

Gary leads the annual BACN strategic planning meeting and finds star speakers for BACN’s special events.

Contact: gwhite at PacificCrestMarketing.com, www.PacificCrestMarketing.com

Ted Prodromou of Net Biz Experts is an Internet Business Consultant and has been working with the internet since 1991, long before Al Gore invented it. Ted helps you get more web traffic and earn more money online.

In addition to making major structural changes to the BACN website, Ted serves on the Web 2.0 subcommittee.

Contact: ted at netbizexpert.com, www.netbizexpert.com