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Facilities Workshop 2025

Sunday, May 4, 2025
Claremont Resort & Club, Berkeley, CA

Join your facility professional colleagues for a workshop completely dedicated to the ins and outs of Facilities at independent schools in California. This interactive program is designed for both new and seasoned Facilities professionals, as well as business officers who also wear the Facilities hat. The program will include opportunities for networking and sessions on a variety of Facilities topics encompassing both transactional and strategic Facilities functions.

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The workshop features compelling topics such as:

  • ListServ Live! Facilities Edition
  • Communication Strategies for CFOs and Facilities Directors
  • Construction Contracting: Strategies for Success and Sustainability

General Session Keynote

Leading Through Crisis and Disruption

with Special Guest Paul Falcone

As a team leader, you are prepared to face any challenge when it comes to the work at hand, but you may not be ready to overcome a hostile work environment, a catastrophic disruption in workflow, or any other of a multitude of challenges that can arise, seemingly from nowhere. Paul Falcone, author of The First-Time Manager: Leading Through Crisis and HR and leadership expert will help guide you while dealing with unforeseen challenges in the workplace.


Meet Paul Falcone of Workplace Leadership Consulting, LLC

Paul Falcone is a renowned expert on effective hiring, performance management, and leadership development, specializing in helping companies build higher performing leadership teams. He spent the last three decades in human resources executive roles at organizations including Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, NBCUniversal, Time Warner, and City of Hope Cancer Center Hospital. He is also a bestselling HarperCollins Leadership, SHRM, and American Management Association author and long-term contributor to HR Magazine.

Hotel & Travel Information


The 2025 HR Workshop will be held at:


Claremont Resort & Club

41 Tunnel Rd., Berkeley, CA 94705


Claremont Reservations


Our room block cutoff was April 18.


Claremont Parking Details:

Discounted self-parking of $20/day. Overnight guests booked in the Cal-ISBOA room block will automatically get this rate. Day guests need to bring their white ticket to registration for a discount sticker.


Airport Information:

Oakland International Airport (OAK) is located 14 miles from Claremont Resort & Club. Travel time by car is approximately 23 minutes.


San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is located 25 miles from Claremont Resort & Club. Travel time by car is approximately 32 minutes.

Interested in more professional development?

Don't miss the Annual Conference on Monday, May 5!


Can't attend the sessions on Monday, but want more time to break bread with friends? Register for the Reception & Kick-Off Dinner on Sunday, May 4 following the Facilities Workshop!

    Full Schedule & Session Descriptions

    Presenter Information

    Tentative Schedule


    Sunday, May 4, 2025


    6:30am - 7:30am      Group Wellness Activity: Sunrise Hike (as space permits)

    9:00am - 3:30pm      Registration

    9:30am - 10:00am    Welcome, Introductions, Warm-up Activity

    10:00am - 11:00am  General Session One

    11:00am - 11:30am  Break

    11:30am - 12:30pm  General Session Two

    12:30pm - 1:30pm    Lunch

    1:30pm - 2:30pm     General Session Three

    2:30pm - 3:00pm     Break

    3:00pm - 4:00pm     General Session Four: Keynote with Paul Falcone

    4:30pm - 5:30pm     Group Activity: Historical Property Walking Tour (SOLD OUT!)

    6:00pm - 9:00pm     Annual Conference Welcome Reception and Kick-Off Dinner (separate registration required)

    Facilities Workshop Sponsor

    Cal-ISBOA thanks the following Sponsor for their generous support that helps underwrite the cost of providing Cal-ISBOA members with affordable access to up-to-date professional development opportunities in a relaxed, collegial environment. Thank you!

    Building Solutions is a project leader, process manager, and technical adviser for campus development programs, building assessments and education facility problem-solving. A leading provider of facility audit programs, we are known for creating a detailed technical and financial roadmap, then offering alternative methods for implementing the plan and delivering ongoing support that maximize its value.

    Registration Fees

    Facilities Workshop

    (Includes sessions and lunch)

    Members
    $220

    Non-Members
    $275


    Annual Conference

    Kick-Off Reception & Dinner:

    (held following Facilities Workshop)

    Member Rate: $125

    Non-Member Rate: $175


    Substitution and Cancellation Policy

      • Substitutions and/or registration transfers may be made among members at the same school any time prior to the conference. Please note that dinner menu selections can only be modified until April 16.
      • Cancellation requests submitted by March 26, 2025 will be granted a full refund, less a $25 processing fee. Cancellations received March 27- April 6, 2025 will be granted a refund of 50%. No refunds will be granted after April 6, 2025.
      • Please email transfer and cancellation requests to Membership Engagement Manager Peggy Marshall at peggy.marshall@isboa.org.


      Thank you to the Facilities Workshop Planning Committee!

      • Matt Riddle, Marlborough School, Committee Chair
      • Pamela Hopson Connor, Campbell Hall, Committee Vice-Chair
      • Curtis Covington, The Buckley School
      • Geoff De Santis, Schools of the Sacred Heart, San Francisco
      • Shayne Hale, Harker School
      • Ari Horn, The Archer School for Girls
      • Eleazar Madrid, Redwood Day School
      • David Marcus, deToledo High School
      • Mike Panman, Campbell Hall
      • Zarka Popovic, Escuela Bilingüe Internacional
      • Michael Viola, Carondelet High School

      Please contact us for more information or questions:


      Workshop Registration:

      Peggy Marshall, Membership Engagement Manager 

      peggy.marshall@isboa.org

      818-731-0342, ext. 701


      Corporate Sponsorship:

      Scarlett Vanyi, Executive Director 

      scarlett.vanyi@isboa.org

      818-731-0342, ext. 702


      HR Certification Institute’s® (www.HRCI.org) official seal confirms that Cal-ISBOA meets the criteria for pre-approved recertification credit(s) for any of HRCI’s eight credentials, including SPHR® and PHR®.


      Cal-ISBOA is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

      Cal-ISBOA is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

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