Jan was born in the Danville, Illinois projects, raised on a farm in Wooster, Ohio, graduated from Yale, spent 20+ years as a sports and news TV anchor in the San Francisco Bay Area, ran Community PR for the San Francisco Giants, produced an Emmy award-winning children\u2019s program with Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott, served on the Council and was Mayor of Los Gatos, CA, and now runs SocialAgenda Media with his beautiful bride. Jan has literally\u00a0been there and done that and his speeches offer perspective and insights available to someone who\u2019s lived so many different lives and seen life through so many different eyes.<\/p>\n
On race:<\/strong> He\u2019s Black but was raised living with a rich white family in Ohio and has been the \u201conly one in the room\u201d much of his life, thus his interesting take on identity and how it shows us the way to solve society’s problems.<\/p>\n On politics:<\/strong> A Yale educated radical, affirmative action success, who came just bullets away from joining the Black Panthers. Hear what he learned as Mayor of a California city that can help your company prosper.<\/p>\n On health:<\/strong> A late-blooming fat kid who shed 30 pounds to become an all-conference athlete his Senior year in High School. An early convert to health and fitness who taught yoga for 23 years and ran a transformational community center for 11. You\u2019ll feel real enthusiasm and leave inspired.<\/p>\n On business:<\/strong> A year out of school he walked into a major-market TV station, asked for, and amazingly, got his dream job as a sportscaster, spent 20+ years as a sports and news anchor in the San Francisco Bay Area, left broadcasting because it became \u201cpart of the problem\u201d, ran Community PR for the San Francisco Giants and produced an Emmy award-winning children\u2019s program with Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott before learning the answer to why no thing is ever enough.<\/p>\n Jan has literally been there and done that, and his speeches offer perspectives and insights only available to someone who\u2019s lived so many different lives.<\/p>\n\u00a0SPEECHES:\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nCommencement speeches:<\/h2>\n