Sonia Clayton, President and CEO of VIRTUAL INTELLIGENCE PROVIDERS, LLC (VIP), has been elected to The Board of Directors of the Boy Scouts of America, Sam Houston Area Council, in Houston, Texas.

HOUSTON—Our CEO/President, Sonia Clayton, got behind the lectern again, this time on occasion of the Houston Women’s Conference, held at the Westin Oaks Hotel in the Galleria area. This gathering is organized annually by the prestigious National Women’s Council, or NWC, an organization dedicated to develop and empower women from all backgrounds and professional or vocational fields. It too serves as a space for women to network and build lasting relationships. The event was entitled “Transformational Leadership: from Vision to Impact”. Sonia co-presented and delivered in a number of thematic items such as Your Value Proposition, Servant Leadership, Entrepreneurship 101, and Lessons On Leadership. She shared the panel with, Kim Adams, AIG, Vice President of Marketing Communications; Gindi Eckel Vincent, Counsel at ExxonMobil and Author of Learning to Lead, also President of Women’s Energy Network; and Sue Retzlaff, Organizational Effectiveness Lead at Enbridge Energy.

HOUSTON – This past November 13th, Sonia Clayton performed both as host and co-presenter at the Verizon sponsored Business Success Forum, an event held at the Hilton Americas Hotel-Houston-downtown. The Business Success Forum brought together Small & Medium-Sized Business Owners and Entrepreneurs in a session where they enjoyed an opportunity to share, learn, interact and network for a good half of the day.

HOUSTON – On October 24th, Sonia Clayton, our President and CEO, was a presenter at the 14th annual Shell Hispanic Employee Network, SHEN, Learning Conference, event that was held at the Shell Oil Woodcreek Facility, 150 N Dairy Ashford in Houston. SHEN is an umbrella organization providing or facilitating career advancement, opportunities and leadership for Shell’s growing Hispanic personnel. The conference’s theme, “Shaping the Future” was divided into three categories: Shaping the Future of Shell, Shaping Your Future, and Shaping the Future of the Community—the latter one delivered by Sonia herself. Her dissertation there highlighted the importance, and impact, of major corporate citizens interacting within the community for the generation of social advancement and professional opportunities, in this case specifically directed to the Latino community.The SHEN network of around 1,050 members gathers annually at a central location in Houston to take learning from internal and external leaders and apply lessons acquired immediately to their professional and personal lives. One participant in the event remarked: “Sonia’s energetic and radiantly positive attitude permeated to the audience in her keynote address to Shell’s Hispanic Employee Network (SHEN). Sonia’s impacting presentation made it very vivid as to how we all can help Shape the Future for our Community. I near came to tears when I heard her personal story and how, having been through tough circumstances she used her experiences to create something good for those around her. She is a great representative of our Latino community!

Sonia Clayton is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is also best known as the Founder, President and CEO of Virtual Intelligence Providers, LLC (VIP); a recipient of 25 awards of excellence since inception to date, including White House and state recognition. Sonia was born in Colombia and raised in Venezuela and Brazil. She studied business administration in Venezuela and arrived in the U.S. in 1984 with five dollars in her pocket. She married Kirk Clayton, a Computer Engineer, and became the mother of two children: Aaron, a U.S. Navy Pilot, and Leica, a senior in the Fine Arts Program at Brigham Young University. Sonia’s background includes 22 years of experience in Human Resources and Information Systems management, ERP Systems Integration, Training and e-Learning platforms. She has visited and conducted business in more than 50 countries and speaks four different languages. Sonia is a co-author of “Corporate Bold,” a multi- year project now published on Amazon. com. Corporate Bold outlines a strategy for business-corporate success and it is now a New York Best Seller. After 10 years in the Airline Industry, in 2001, and just two weeks after 9-11, Sonia created VIP (Virtual Intelligence Providers, LLC) in an effort to help all of her former employees and colleagues who had lost their jobs due to the economic downturn that followed those tragic days. Today, VIP is a global consulting firm serving more than 100 corporations with a large international footprint in five continents. VIP is a Business