Our speaker today is an avid water skier, in fact, she still has the water ski her father built for her when she was 16.

Gail Johnson is a nationally recognized professional branding author, university lecturer, and keynote speaker. She has more than 30 years of professional experience working for Fortune 500 / 1000 companies, startups, and is the owner of Solving Business Problems Creatively, LLC. And while Gail has taught career management and critical thinking courses at The University of Texas at Tyler since 2005, her primary teaching interest focuses on Professional Branding as a career management strategy.

With her energetic and engaging speaking style, Gail has been the keynote speaker for events at Suddenlink Communications, Goodwill Industries, Brookshire Grocery Company, Women in Cable and Television (WICT), City of Tyler, National Conference for College Women and Student Leaders (NCCWSL), American Association of University Women (AAUW), and many other groups and organizations throughout the United States.

She has also co-authored and presented numerous academic papers to the Association of Human Resource Development (AHRD), ABC-SWUS, and the American Business Communication International Conference. In addition to her academic research and writing, Gail is the co-author of “A New Brand You”, a workbook designed for professional brand and career maintenance, and “!WONTUOTEG”, a book that opens your eyes to clues and the personalities that can affect your professional brand and ultimately your career.

Ms. Johnson holds an MBA from the University of Redlands, and a BSBA from Regis University. She was awarded the AAUW Educational Foundation, Tyler, Texas Branch 75th Anniversary American Fellowship; VIP Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women; and, was recognized by the Cambridge Who’s Who Registry among Executives, Professionals, and Entrepreneurs as a Lifetime Member.