Roberta (Bobbie) LaPorte, is founder and principal of RAL & Associates, a consulting firm providing leadership and career consulting services to professionals in transition.

Before founding RAL & Associates, Bobbie served in General Manager, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Marketing Officer roles in several Fortune 100 companies, including IBM, GE, Citigroup and United Healthcare.

She is passionate about helping professionals find their place in the work-place. A certified career coach, Bobbie uses to help her clients define and articulate their skills, values and natural talents to achieve the career that is right for them.

Bobbie has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts, and an MBA from Harvard.

A frequent speaker and author on the powerful relationship between physical fitness and career success, Bobbie teaches corporate leaders how to integrate the mental strategies used by endurance athletes to win in business through her signature, "At the Top of Your Game" program. She is an accomplished triathlete and multi-sport coach, and is currently training for her fifth Ironman triathlon.

When she is not providing career counsel or coaching Ironman triathletes, Bobbie proudly serves on a number of Bay Area non-profit boards, and happily rescues Golden Retriever dogs.

Bobbie can be reached at: www.bobbielaporte.com.

Jane Schuette