On Wednesday, February 1, the spring IMPACT Speaker Series continues with a talk by Veronica Biggins entitled, "It's Your Life Story." Ms. Biggins has extensive experience working with executive search firms and is currently a managing partner at Diversified Search, LLC. She has also served in high level public sector positions, as an assistant to President Bill Clinton, and as Vice Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women.

Please join us for this event in the LeCraw Auditorium, College of Management, or register for the free live webcast provided by our partners at Learn it Live.

More about the speaker:

Veronica Biggins is a Managing Director of Diversified Search, one of the nation’s top executive search firms. She was previously a Managing Partner with Hodge Partners, and prior to that with Heidrick & Struggles.

Veronica has extensive experience in high level public service roles. She served as Assistant to the President of the United States and Director of Presidential Personnel under President Bill Clinton. In this position, she was responsible for selecting and hiring all political appointees within the federal government and she worked directly with the President on appointments at all levels of the administration, including the placement of agency heads, ambassadors and members of presidential boards and commissions.

Veronica also served as Vice Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing and received a Points of Light award from President George W. Bush for her leadership of the Czech Slovak American Enterprise Fund.

Veronica’s background includes 20 years’ experience with NationsBank (now Bank of America) and its predecessor, The Citizens and Southern National Bank. Prior to joining the White House, Veronica was one of the highest ranking women in the banking industry, serving as Executive Vice President for Corporate Community Relations.

About the Impact Speaker Series

Since 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from "building a venture around intellectual capital" to "successful entrepreneurship in large organizations" and "socially responsible leadership".

The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders. Events for the series take place in the LeCraw Auditorium in the College of Management building at 4:30 pm on Wednesdays unless otherwise noted.

The series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.