President Pollyanna Pixton, Author of "Fear, Trust, and the Bottom Line"

Pollyanna developed the models for Collaboration and Collaborative Leadership through 35 years inside and consulting with corporations and organizations. She was primarily responsible for leading the development of the Swiss electronic stock exchange.

In addition, she led the development of control systems for electrical power plants throughout the world and the merging of the technologies and data systems of large financial institutions. She speaks and writes on topics of collaborative leadership and business ethics and is currently working on a book focusing on collaborative leadership.

Vice President of the APLN, her education includes a master's degree in computer science, three years of graduate studies in theoretical physics, and a bachelor's degree in mathematics.