27th Annual AdMan Mid-Management Conference

Dr. Bienati has over 28 years senior level leadership experience in numerous organizational settings. At various times since 1989, he held lead and core faculty positions at Saint Mary's College, School of Extended Education, Faculty Coordinator, Executive Leadership Programs, EMBA, Sacramento State University, CCE, and lecturer, UC Berkeley’s Worldwide Business International Programs.  As a consultant to management, his client base includes many leading firms in both the public and private sector. 

Larry is a respected professional speaker, facilitator, consultant, author, mentor and practitioner in the areas of leadership development, succession planning, human resource strategy, employee relations law and practice, executive compensation, strategic planning, change management, organizational strategy, board governance, sigma systems, project management, organizational outsourcing and process engineering.  He currently specializes in mentoring private and public sector leaders and organizations experiencing radical growth, change, renewal, “good to great” implementation systems.

Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D., is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost experts in the study of gratitude.

A leader in the positive psychology movement, Dr. Emmons is founding editor and editor-in-chief of The Journal of Positive Psychology. He is the author of Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier (Houghton-Mifflin, 2007).

John Meyer serves as the Vice Chancellor of Resource Management & Planning.  He joined the Davis campus in July 2000.  Prior to that time he served as the city manager of the city of Davis for ten years.  He has also served the city of Oakland and has held various consulting positions.  He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from UC Davis and a Master’s Degree from a university in the lower part of the state that has a Trojan for a mascot

Bob Segar is directing the planning for the UC Davis’ Centennial in 2008-9. Bob is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Campus Planning at UC Davis, in the Office of Resource Management and Planning. Since 1989, Bob has helped chart the course for UC Davis growth and development, including a role as the Chancellor’s planning coordinator for the Mondavi Center for Performing Arts. A graduate of Stanford and the University of Michigan, Bob always cheers for the Aggies.