Annette Dubrouillet

Annette Dubrouillet has 30+ years' experience in a variety of business, educational and presentation settings. This means she has practical experience, understands theory and can communicate - all the requisite skills to provide audiences perceptive, intelligent, and stimulating presentations.

Annette has gone from working in a very complex bureaucracy (the Department of Defense) to running a very successful speaking business. She has translated the expertise she gained in her Federal government experience to more than 100 clients from both private and public sector, including county governments, Fortune 500 companies, prestigious educational institutions and small e-commerce start-ups.

Annette worked at all levels of the Department of Army - installation, major command and headquarters levels and at headquarters level for Department of Navy. She led large social services organizations with as many as 1500+ customers daily, 350+ staff, 300+ contractors and a $6+ million annual budget. She was also a quality assurance expert at the major command level. For her excellent performance of duties with the Army she received three high-level awards from three different installation.

While with the government, Annette presented seminars on leadership, team building, and personnel management and served 2 years at the headquarters level as a training/curriculum specialist. She worked one year with a private consulting firm developing and implementing training.

For 5 years Annette taught hearing impaired/multi-handicapped teenagers. She still uses her sign language to communicate with deaf friends, colleagues, and even deaf persons she meets in public!