Annie Gleason specializes in helping mid-life singles to find lasting love. She works with singles all over the country. Her workshops, seminars, and work with private clients demystifies dating and guides people towards the relationship that they are seeking. If you’re serious about finding love, and tired of what’s NOT working for you, email her for a free 20-minute consultation. Check out the latest topics and commentary in her dating column in the S.F. Examiner.com.

Carlos Hernandez is a Social Media Catalyst, Trainer and Connector to people desiring to be Web 2.0 savvy, but especially to Baby Boomers. In February of 2007, he elected to pursue a calling to help people. He especially identifies with fellow Baby Boomers who are intimidated by emerging social media technologies. He has been successful by working with individuals and businesses to leverage Web 2.0 technology in their sales and marketing initiatives. His talent is to show fellow professionals how to develop networks and connections via LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter in an integrated and cross-promotional manner.

British-born Jackie Jones began her career as a jewelry designer in 2002 after spending 18 years in high tech marketing in England and the U.S. Frustrated by a lack of bold and distinctive jewelry designs, Jackie quit the corporate world to pursue a lifelong passion of running her own creative business. Along the way she’s dated globally and learned many lessons about operating a business solo.

Audrey LaChance has been making an impact in San Diego since she moved here at the tender age of six. This award-winning author proudly displays her only trophy, a reminder of when she clenched the women’s fourth place title for the 1987 San Diego Junior Golf Association. The only other competitors were three fierce nine-year-olds. In college at San Diego State University, the Notorious A.U.D. created her own form of student exchange program exploring the nightclubs of Tijuana Mexico, where she majored in dancing and minored in trouble making. This year, New Zealand and the Kiwi men became the focus of her “studies”. Miss LaChance has an uncanny knack for making people laugh, from her clever comments to her collection of silly slogan t-shirts. An all time crowd pleaser is a tight little yellow crew neck emblazoned in blue velvet, with the words, “Make-Out Bandit.”

Frances Rostick has never led a conventional lifestyle. From her bohemian apartment and it’s windows that don’t close, to her diet, which consists mainly of mangos and toast, her friends and family often wonder how she has made it to her thirties. Growing up in a small town in Central California, Frances has become accustomed to being the life of the party. When she walks in the room, often clad in shades of her favorite color blue, her magnetic personality and captivating blue eyes are arresting. (Who wouldn’t want to be handcuffed and locked away with this Blue Bandit?) Following her dream of becoming an opera singer and fulfilling her passion for music, Frances graduated with a Bachelors Degree in the subject. The opera singer never fully developed, since the all too famous phrase is not “It’s all over when the hot lady sings”. Frances has however spent a little time in the spotlight. You can often catch this American girl entertaining a crowd with stories of her short 17 minutes of fame as a Finnish folk singer in Scandinavia. In 2005 Frances returned to school to earn her Master’s in Educational Technology. She knew that the keystroke to every nerds heart lie in a wicked Power Point presentation!

Roberta (Bobbie) LaPorte is Founder and Principal of RAL & Associates, a consulting firm providing leadership and career development services to individuals and corporations. As an industry senior executive with more than 20 years experience in companies such as IBM, General Electric and United Healthcare Group, and now as a leadership consultant, Bobbie has helped hundreds of industry professionals build leadership skills and discover the “best next step” in their careers.

Patti Mangan is the Co-Founder and driving force behind TangoDiva.com- the premier online travel community empowering women to explore the world and themselves. Over 9,000 members worldwide and growing, Tango Diva connects and inspires women to travel solo while establishing a resource for the travel industry to turn to. In addition, Patti founded “Imagine That” Design Studio – a creative services agency. She has an informal approach to creative problem solving, and her insightful perspective leads to solutions that are as fresh as they are effective. And yes she is single!

Wendy Merrill, Best Selling Author of “Falling Into Manholes: The Memoir of a Bad/Good Girl.” Smart, funny and embarrassingly honest, the book recounts the common experience of looking for love in all the wrong places, and the not-so-common experience of finding it in yourself. Wendy has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, Marin Independent Journal, Marin Magazine, the New York Post, local television and national radio. She owns and runs WAM Marketing Group, a successful marketing communications company based in Sausalito.

Carol Queen, PhD is Staff Sexologist at San Francisco sex emporium Good Vibrations and is the founding director of the Center for Sex & Culture. She’s written/edited 11 books about sexuality and eroticism, including Exhibitionism for the Shy (updated release this summer). She blogs at goodvibes.com and at SFGate’s City Brights section, and has a regular column on the new sex site CarnalNation.com.

Upon the publication of Rachel Sarah’s book, “Single Mom Seeking: Playdates, Blind Dates, and Other Dispatches from the Dating World”(Seal Press, 2007), she launched a blog by the same name, Single Mom Seeking. Within two years, Single Mom Seeking has grown into one of the top blogs for single moms online. She was also set on finding a man who might be open-minded enough to talk about the real issues like how to date as a single parent. At last, she found her man: RJ Jaramillo, founder of SingleDad.com, is a parenting vlogger who founded a fresh magazine look, multi-purpose website catered to the newly divorced, re-married, widowed and single fathers. He attracts both male and female audiences with his cooking recipes, videos, and how-to articles. “Rachel and RJ” cover current issues that are most vital to single parents around the world: how to balance parenting and dating, your ex, introducing your date to your kids.

Carole Shattil runs CheckMates. CheckMates draws from 14 years of experience to offer you a professional, yet personal consultative search: Identifying & introducing you to high-end singles who fit your specific romantic desires & expectations.

Bonnie Spindler’s passion is helping clients into homes that they thought they couldn’t afford to buy. Since 1993, Ms. Spindler has assisted hundreds of first time homebuyers in getting their start in the whirling San Francisco real estate market. Many of her clients are single women and she’s taught a popular a class at the Learning Annex about the benefits and possibilities of home ownership for single women. Ms. Spindler has been one of three top producing Zephyr Agents every year since joining Zephyr in 1999, and has been recognized with a myriad of awards.

Simon Tisminezky is CEO/Founder of SpeedDate.com. Prior to founding the company, Simon worked at Elfamed, Inc., a biotech startup, as VP of Commercial Operations. He developed the company strategy and operational plan and secured the first research collaborations with big pharma. He also assisted in raising VC funding for Pharmaron, a chemistry outsourcing company based in China. Prior to the business school, Simon worked at Kalypsys, Inc. as Business Development Manger where he focused on seeking, negotiating, and managing the company’s strategic partnerships. He has an MBA from Stanford, and a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering and BS in Economics from MIT.

Carlos Xuma is a well-known expert in the dating field and an author of best-selling e-books such as Secrets of the “Alpha Male”, “Approach Women – Now!” and “Alpha Immersion.” Xuma has been featured on San Francisco’s View From the Bay, and in Maxim, Playboy radio and is a favorite of online advice websites. Xuma offers dating help for both men and women and can always be reached at his company, Dating Dynamics.com

Robert Yau is Co-Founder and CEO of Date My Pet.com. Born and raised in London, Robert is a self confessed geek. He started developing video games as a teenager. With a computer science degree, he came to California to see the sun (it doesn’t exist in England). A technologist and a patent holder, he has worked for various successful startups in the Silicon Valley area. DateMyPet.com is his latest venture. When he is not playing servant to his dog, you can find him crashing into trees on the slopes of Tahoe.

Hershey is also a Co-Founder and Top Dog. A native of California, Hershey comes from a purebred line. Rescued by his current ‘dog slave’ when he was just one year old. DateMyPet.com is Hershey’s first venture into the business world. He is now seeking an agent and planning his first business book. Rumors of him wanting a bigger salary for his role in DateMyPet.com are all true. His next venture: to be a contestant on The Apprentice.