Leaders of the North Bay Awards Luncheon

Celebrate Leadership!

North Bay Leadership Council announces the five honorees for their annual Leaders of the North Bay Awards, designed to celebrate individuals and organizations from the region that have been positive catalysts for change.  

2012 Honorees

• Caught in the Act of Leadership Individual, Excellence in Leadership: Patricia Kendall, Kaiser Permanente
• We’re All in this Together, Community Building: Elece Hempel, Petaluma People Services
• Paint the Community Green, Environmental Stewardship: John Wick & Peggy Rathman: Marin Carbon Project
• The “Light Bulb” Went On, Innovative/Entrepreneurial Spirit: Enphase Energy
• Empowering the Latino Community, Leadership within the Latino Community: Herman Hernandez, Los Cien/Latino Leaders & Frank Howard Allen Realtors

The honorees will receive their awards at our annual "Signature" luncheon on November 2 featuring an inspirational speech by Keynote Ron Gutman. Prepare to flex a few facial muscles as you learn more about this evolutionarily contagious behavior and discover the Hidden Power of Smiling

Did you know?

Your smile can be a predictor of how long you'll live ...

That a simple smile has a measurable effect on your overall well-being ...

That children smile as many as 400 times per day ...

That when you smile you don’t only appear to be more likable and courteous, but also more competent ...

You'll discover those facts and more with Ron Gutman, the founder and CEO of HealthTap, responsible for the company's innovation, vision and product. Before this, he was founder and CEO of Wellsphere, an online consumer health company that developed the world's largest community of independent health writers; it was acquired in early 2009.

As a graduate student at Stanford, Gutman organized and led a multidisciplinary group of faculty and graduate students from the schools of Engineering, Medicine, Business, Psychology and Law to conduct research in personalized health and to design ways to help people live healthier, happier lives. He is an angel investor and advisor to health and technology companies such as Rock Health (the first Interactive Health Incubator) and Harvard Medical School's SMArt Initiative ("Substitutable Medical Apps, reusable technologies"). He's the organizer of TEDxSiliconValley.