Victoria Conner

After 25 years in communications, with the last ten focused on strategic planning, Victoria Conner founded Strategic Vitality LLC in 2005. In 2006, her work was featured in the annual conference programs of the Association for Strategic Planning, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the California Association for Local Economic Development (CALED) and the California Space Authority (CSA). She recently completed service as project lead for development of the California Space Enterprise Strategic Plan 2007-2010. On behalf of the California Space Authority and the California Innovation Corridor, Conner developed in 2005 a successful $15M U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) grant proposal addressing regional workforce and economic competitiveness in response to the President's American Competitiveness Initiative. She now serves on the Leadership Team for the California Innovation Corridor initiative, working directly with the U.S. Department of Labor and the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, executive directors and CEOs from California community organizations, senior executives from industry and key education policymakers, in addition to her ongoing strategic/collaborative planning and project support for organizations.

Previous to establishing Strategic Vitality, Conner served as vice president/chief program officer of the California Space Authority. She has had a wealth of positions during her professional life: marketing director, public relations director, personnel director, free-lance writer, gallery owner/director and teacher. She has a bachelor of arts from California State University, Fullerton and resides on the beautiful California central coast.

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