ACCLAIMED PANELISTS

Gina Mollicone-Long

Bio:

Gina Mollicone-Long is a one woman powerhouse who has spent the last 16 years trail-blazing new paths for the modern female entrepreneur. She is an expert on peak performance and the best-selling author of The Secret of Successful Failing. Her breadth of business experience ranges from big corporate to start-from-scratch entrepreneur; from high tech to not-for-profit.

The first business launched by the University of Toronto graduate (Honours in Engineering) was Goddess Concepts, a personal development company that focuses on helping women and girls reveal their inherent brilliance. Goddess Concepts also helps organizations and individuals understand and leverage the unique perspective of girls and women. In 2009, Goddess Concepts launched its biggest series ever called Awaken the PowHer.

In 2000, with her husband Andrew Long she co-founded two multi-national companies that focus on developing people in the workplace. Critical Pathfinders is a high performance team development and training company and Scavenger Hunt Anywhere runs corporate team building events in cities all over North America. Their programs are innovative, energetic and effective at increasing productivity. Their Fortune-500 clients include companies such as The Body Shop, Microsoft and KPMG among many others.

Her latest endeavour includes the upcoming launch of her new book called THINK or SINK - the one choice that changes everything, which is set to launch January 2010. Gina's first book, The Secret of Successful Failing soared to the #1 spot in its category on Amazon the day that it was launched in 2007. The Secret of Successful Failing shows readers how to leverage the power of crisis and adversity so that it actually becomes an advantage.