Our Authors

Patrick Boland

Patrick Boland is an Executive Coach, Leadership Consultant and Psychotherapist. Since founding Conexus in 2013 Patrick has worked with senior teams and leaders in global organizations ranging from Google to Unilever, LEGO to Citi, Accenture to Salesforce to Deutsche Bank. He also consults and writes with Richard Rohr at the Centre for Action and Contemplation in New Mexico. He lives with his family near Dublin, Ireland.

Books by Patrick Boland

Steve Boman

Steve Boman

Steve Boman worked as a reporter for Minnesota Public Radio, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Chicago Daily Southtown. He wrote stories for Chicago magazine, Salon.com, Advertising Age, and others. He also worked as a liver transplant coordinator at the University of Chicago. In 2009, Boman graduated with an MFA in Film Production from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. He developed a television series (CBS’s Three Rivers) based on his experiences working as a transplant coordinator. He is married, with three daughters.

Books by Steve Boman

Dia Bondi

Dia Bondi is the CEO and founder of Dia Bondi Communications, which helps high-performance professionals speak with power and purpose at crucial communications moments to amplify their impact and reach their goals faster. Dia is the secret weapon behind some of the world’s most influential brands, leaders, and VC-backed founders. She helped Rio de Janeiro secure the 2016 Summer Olympics and was the communications coach for world leaders for United Nations gatherings.

Following a curiosity, Dia attended auctioneering school and has since translated the techniques she learned into a program that prepares women to ask for more and leave nothing on the table called “Ask Like an Auctioneer,” which catalyzed her mission to put more money and decision-making power in the hands of women so we can change everything for all of us. Dia believes that you are your most compelling and impactful when you lead with who you are. She lives with her family in Northern California.

Books by Dia Bondi

Enid Borden

Enid Borden

Enid Borden is the President and CEO of the National Foundation to End Senior Hunger (NFESH) formerly known as the Meals On Wheels Research Foundation. As President and CEO, Borden leads NFESH in its mission to research, develop and support innovative activities to end senior hunger.

Prior to leading NFESH, Borden was the President and CEO of the Meals On Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) for over 20 years. Under Borden’s leadership, MOWAA grew from a little known trade association to become a preeminent national charity.

Books edited by Enid Borden

Made With Love Made With Love

Jonas Bordo

Jonas Bordo is the CEO and cofounder of Dwellsy, the largest U.S. residential rental marketplace. He has been in renting and rentals for more than 20 years. He’s been a renter, a small-scale landlord who managed eight units in Chicago, and he managed a portfolio of 60,000 apartments for Essex Property Trust, one of the nation’s largest REITs. He is husband to Rosalind and father to Bailey, Zach and Thea, an avid hiker, a lifelong learner and a maker of things, sometimes out of wood.

Mary Borsellino

Mary Borsellino lives in Australia and writes whatever and whenever she can. She’s contributed to a number of essay collections about comic books, and founded the Web site Girl-Wonder.org in 2006. As much as she adores spending her days putting words together into thoughts, she also enjoys being distracted as frequently as possible, so please feel free to drop her a line at mizmary@gmail.com any time.

Nick Bostrom

Dr. Nick Bostrom is a philosopher at Yale University. He founded the World Transhumanist Association in 1998 (with David Pearce) and is a frequent spokesperson and commentator in the media. Bostrom’s research interests are in philosophy of science probability theory, and the ethical and strategic implications of anticipated technologies (including AI, nanotech, genetics, etc.). He has a background in cosmology, computational neuroscience, mathematical logic, philosophy, artificial intelligence and stand-up comedy, and is the author of the book Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy (Routledge, New York, 2002).

B. Bonin Bough

B. Bonin Bough is the Vice President of Global Media and Consumer Engagement at Mondelez International (formerly Kraft Foods). He is considered a transformative activator, known for leading some of the industry’s largest and most innovative global media investments across digital, television, print, and outdoors. He is unique in his commitment to forging partnerships with the industry’s largest players including Paramount, ABC, NBC, CBS, Sony, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to name a few. He is the leader in partnering startups with brands and executed the first-ever branded campaigns with Instagram, Foursquare, and Radian6.

Bough’s passion for the new and nascent as well as his expertise in the mobile and media marketplace has lead to the launch of the first two corporate accelerators, PepsiCo10 and Mobile Futures. At South by Southwest, he used 3D printing technology build to create customized Oreo cookies in real time.

Books by B. Bonin Bough

Tom Bouwer

Thomas J. Bouwer has a passion for helping entrepreneurs and their leadership teams simplify, clarify and achieve their vision. In addition to starting and running three of his own companies in Turkey, Tom has worked with a diverse range of companies from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies. His nearly three decades of global management and consulting experience in multiple industries help him quickly identify and solve chronic issues that keep a company from achieving optimal success. As a teacher, facilitator and coach, Tom spends most of his time as a Certified EOS© Implementer—helping leadership teams implement EOS in their companies. He earned his B.A. from Hope College and MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. When not delivering EOS workshops or keynote addresses, Tom is most likely walking his dogs or hiking in the mountains.