Jeff Barnes is an author, professional keynote speaker, higher education administrator, university professor, and leadership/success coach. He has more than thirty-five years of professional speaking experience and nearly twenty years of experience leading teams in higher education and teaching more than twenty different college courses in both the traditional classroom and online—including The History of Disneyland at California Baptist University.
His book, The Wisdom of Walt: Leadership Lessons from The Happiest Place on Earth, is an Amazon #1 best-seller in multiple categories including Personal Success in Business. Jeff and The Wisdom of Walt have been featured in Walt Disney World Magazine, The Orange County Register, and The Press Enterprise as well as numerous other publications and media.
Jeff lives in Riverside, CA with his lovely wife, Niki, and their two boys, Logan and Wesley. Their daughter, Bethany, lives in Las Vegas where she works as an investigative journalist at the Las Vegas Review Journal. When he is not teaching, speaking, or writing, Jeff enjoys spending as much time as possible at “The Happiest Place on Earth.”
This May’s meeting will take place on Thursday, May 12th at Claim Jumper Restaurant on the corner of Rancho California and Ynez. Registration begins at 11:15am. Members are $20, guests are $25.