Professional:

• Member of the National Speakers Association in high demand as an international speaker having lectured throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Central America and South Africa.

• Fluent in Spanish

• Recently lectured at the following organizations:
  Marin Association of Female Executives, California
  Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia
  Allen, Allen & Hemsley Law Firm, Australia
  National Convention of American Mothers, Inc., Hawaii
  Auckland Women’s Club, New Zealand
  Waikoloa Hilton, Hawaii

Schools:

• Sampling of universities and private schools where lectured:
  University of Queensland Women’s College, Brisbane, Australia
  (valedictory address)
  University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina
  U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, California
  Texas A & M, Austin, Texas
  Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
  University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
  Grier Girls School, Tyrone, Pennsylvania
  Hawaii Baptist Academy, Honolulu, Hawaii
  St. Timothy’s Catholic School, Stevenson, Maryland
  Xavier College Preparatory, Phoenix, Arizona

Books:

• The Inside-Outside Beauty Book

• The Confident You: A Woman's Guide to Lasting Beauty

• Straight Talk For Parents: What Teenagers Wish They Could Tell You

• Dear Barbara: Answers to the Most Asked Questions of Teenage Girls

• The Incredible Gifts of Women

• Contributing Author in ten other books

Currently:

• Founder and Director of "Especially for Women," a week-long program for women from all over the world. It is held annually on the campus of a major university in Hawaii and is designed for women interested in self-improvement and a complete external and internal rejuvenation.
  

• Founder and Director of "Be The Best You" Camp, a week-long program held annually for girls ages 12-18 designed to help them develop their self esteem, discover their unique talents and increase their ability to give of themselves.

School Administrator

• Owner and administrator of two Barbizon Schools of Modeling and Fashion Merchandising in Texas

• Administrative and teaching certification from Texas Education Agency

Producer

• Utah's Junior Miss Scholarship Program

• Fashion Production and Coordination for 23 fashion shops at Ghiradelli Square in San Francisco

• Fashion Production and Coordination for The Assemblage – 30 San Francisco Designers

Ballet performance, choreography and teaching:

• Danced professionally as a demi-soloist with the Atlanta Ballet Company

• Soloist and Assistant Artistic Director of the University Civic Ballet, University of Texas

• Ballet teacher - University of Texas Ballet Department

• Guest choreographer and director - Corpus Christi Civic Ballet Company

Image Consultant:

• Recognized as a world-renowned authority on appearance, motivation and communication

Pageant Affiliation:

• Assisted countless young women to prepare for Miss America, America’s Junior Miss, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA

• Assisted in the training of 13 national winners in beauty pageants (including 6 Miss USA winners and 5 winners of America’s Junior Miss)

• Associate Producer of Utah’s USA and Teen USA Programs

• Former President - Miss El Paso Scholarship Guild

Acting:

• Performed in various theatrical productions, such as My Fair Lady, Shot in the Dark and The Merry Widow

Boards:

• Member, National Advisory Board, America’s Junior Miss Scholarship Program

• Member, President’s Advisory Board of Brigham Young University-Hawaii

• Member, Marin Association of Female Executive

• Member, Governor’s Committee - Texas Association for Retarded Children

• Vice-President Women’s Division of the El Paso Junior Chamber of Commerce

• Member, Guild of Ballet Theater West San Francisco, California

• Board Member, The Portland Ballet

Barbara and her late husband, philanthropist Hal Jones, formed the private non-profit HBJ Foundation, which supports and encourages self-esteem in teenage girls through the "Be Your Best Self" Girls Camp and seeks to motivate and empower women of all ages through programs that help them realize their full potential to lead more fulfilling and productive lives.  Barbara has two children and six wonderful grandchildren.  She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.