MS. CONT'L AMERICA 2008
Gail Kasper

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Professional Speaker Gail Kasper is an internationally renowned Life Strategist, author, in-demand television personality, and currently the reigning Ms. Cont’l America. Ranked in the top 12% in the country as a Professional Speaker, according to National Speaker Association statistics, Gail has served as a Contributing Editor to the national magazine, Success, and is the co-author, along with Stephen Covey and Brian Tracy, of the book Mission Possible 10 and author of the audio CD programs Make a Decision to Win and Likeable You. Earning the ranks of an in-demand television personality, Gail has made numerous appearances on NBC, ABC, FOX, CW11, CBS where she was the former co-host of the Emmy award-winning America’s TVJobNetwork, and Comcast CN8 where she hosted the "Ask Gail" segment. She is also the current Host of The Philadelphia Visitors Channel.

Along with her nationally recognized Speaking and Training programs, her "Ask Gail" life strategy coaching techniques have provided solutions to individuals across the country on even the most challenging personal and professional etiquette dilemmas. Her step-by-step formulas have motivated individuals to take action and achieve excellence in their lives.

Success, however, didn’t come easy for Gail. Her beginnings were humbling, where at the age of 19, she moved to California alone with no job, no car, and no place to call home. Driven to success, Gail repeatedly spent her free time learning new skills at various jobs and transitioned from secretarial positions to management to president and business owner, where in the middle of bankruptcy, she took a speaking business from infancy, where she could barely pay the bills with a $17,000 income, to ranking within the top 12% of speakers across the country and becoming a credible source for the television media. She is resilient and when faced with life's challenges, stays focused and seeks out solutions.

As a certified speaker and trainer, Gail has become a role model to both adults and students with a speaking program portfolio that touches every person from the front line employee to the president of the company. Her strategies have earned her an outstanding reputation where she has been recognized by ABC as a "Time Management" expert and applauded by organizations across the country for her return-on-investment sales program, Selling Success. As a Life Coach, Gail is known for her ability to read people and can easily identify a person's strengths as well as any obstacles that would prevent them from achieving a goal. Multi-million dollar companies, top CEOs, associations, Ivy League universities, professional sports teams and athletes have adopted Gail’s recommendations with marked results.

As the founder and executive director of the Make a Decision to Win Foundation, Gail volunteers her time to empower adults and students to find the greatness within themselves. As the owner of two rescued Basset Hounds, Apollo and Winslow, Gail is the founder of Pawtographs, a foundation where the animal raises money and awareness for animal rescue by signing their paw print on a photograph and then selling it. Gail recently went to Capital Hill where she was successful in pushing forward House Bill #749 to create a National Animal Rescue Day.

 
 
 
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