Anne is a strategy advisor, entrepreneur, and founder of the OC CEO Network, where she connects and empowers Orange County’s top CEOs, executives, and entrepreneurs. With expertise in Silicon Valley leadership, USC Marshall strategy, and neuroscience-based innovation, Anne advises leaders through scaling their businesses, transforming organizational culture, and thriving in competitive markets. As a Silicon Valley native and organizational strategist, Anne has positioned Orange County as a hub of innovation, collaboration, and growth. Through the OC CEO Network, she has created a thriving ecosystem where business leaders co-create, incubate, and lead industries by example.
Anne is also the host of OC CEO Edge, the official podcast of the OC CEO Network. In each 30-minute episode, Anne taps into the minds of Orange County’s most accomplished CEOs. Exploring neuroscience-driven leadership, actionable strategies for growth, and the region's unique business advantages, the podcast inspires executives nationwide.
Anne also serves as Chair of OC Women in Business, where she advises leaders on business innovation, growth strategies, and culture building. Her workshops, including advanced SWOT Analysis sessions, are designed to help leaders close the gap between vision and reality. Anne’s mission is clear: to cultivate a thriving community of executive leaders who elevate their organizations—and Orange County—into a beacon of innovation and success.
Anne is also the host of OC CEO Edge, the official podcast of the OC CEO Network. In each 30-minute episode, Anne taps into the minds of Orange County’s most accomplished CEOs. Exploring neuroscience-driven leadership, actionable strategies for growth, and the region's unique business advantages, the podcast inspires executives nationwide.
Anne also serves as Chair of OC Women in Business, where she advises leaders on business innovation, growth strategies, and culture building. Her workshops, including advanced SWOT Analysis sessions, are designed to help leaders close the gap between vision and reality. Anne’s mission is clear: to cultivate a thriving community of executive leaders who elevate their organizations—and Orange County—into a beacon of innovation and success.
Author Anne Marie
AUTHOR APPEARANCE AND LITERARY DISCUSSION
with the Laguna Beach Book Club
Laguna Beach, California
March 13, 2019
March 13, 2019
Author appearance and literary discussion in a charming seaside cottage, where the Laguna Beach Book Club discussed Anne's collection A LITERATE PASSION, the faraway places she writes about, and the novels she is crafting about the daring, intuitive women who travel breathtaking locales to discover themselves — with Laguna Beach Book Club 🌊📚📖
Fiction and Poetry Performance in Erice, Sicily
Tuesday, September 22, 2016, 7:00 PM
Church Garden at Hotel San Giovanni, Erice, Sicily
An enriching literary celebration with Bread Loaf in Sicily...Anne Tammel, Owner & Founder of Poets & Dreamers, read selections from her bestselling collection: Endless: A Literate Passion
An enriching literary celebration with Bread Loaf in Sicily...Anne Tammel, Owner & Founder of Poets and Dreamers, performed selections from her bestselling collection: Endless: A Literate Passion. Works included Dante and the Secret Red Journal, Amelia Earhart at the Red Sea, and Streets of Florence.
Author Book Signing and Presentation
September 23, 2016, 9:00 PM
September 23, 2016, 9:00 PM
Anne enjoyed the opportunity to share works from and sign copies of her bestselling collection, Endless: A Literate Passion, at the Il Duca Exclusive Loungebar in Erice, Sicily 13, Via Tomm Guarrasi, 91016 Erice Province of Trapani, Italy
Featured Author at LITUP: Conversation Between Writers & Readers
Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 7:00 PM
Kean Coffee 13681 Newport Avenue, Suite 14, Tustin, CA
LIT UP: an opportunity to discover your newest favorite author...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 7:00 PM
Kean Coffee 13681 Newport Avenue, Suite 14, Tustin, CA
LIT UP: an opportunity to discover your newest favorite author...
An enriching literary celebration at Kean Coffee and the second anniversary of LIT UP: A Conversation Between Orange County Writers and Readers. Three local authors, Anne Tammel, Owner & Founder of Poets & Dreamers, Gayle Carline President of OC Sisters in Crime, and Jeff Michaels, Author and Motivational Speaker, presented excerpts of their works and engaged the audience in lively discussion. LIT UP...an opportunity to discover your newest favorite author...Anne Tammel read from her collection and shared the background stories behind some of her most beloved works, whose subjects include Amelia Earhart, Zelda Fitzgerald, Anais Nin, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
Anne Tammel's Book, Endless: A Literate Passion
Anne Tammel's Book, Endless: A Literate Passion
Fiction Reading, KGB Bar & Lit Journal in Manhattan
When: Saturday, June 4, 2016, 8:00 PM
Where: KGB Bar & Lit Journal, 85 E 4th St, NEW YORK, New York, United States 10003
When: Saturday, June 4, 2016, 8:00 PM
Where: KGB Bar & Lit Journal, 85 E 4th St, NEW YORK, New York, United States 10003
Anne Tammel reads and shares the background that led to her fictional account of Amelia Earhart, Searching for Amelia, one of the titles from her upcoming literary suspense series at the famous literary KGB Bar in Manhattan.
Anne, great presentation! You made the complex, challenging topic of branding
sound like something I could realistically do.
— Los Angeles, California
Keynote Speaker for Los Angeles Romance Authors
Author Branding with Anne Tammel
When: July 20, 2014
Where: Bridges Academy, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Romance Authors enjoyed the opportunity to meet and speak with featured author & branding expert, Anne Tammel, who mapped out the process of developing an author brand, defining unique selling points, and connecting with readers. Authors walked away from the presentation with a road map for making their visions of success realities.
I like the way Anne incorporates her personal style into her brand.
Her genuine interest in what other people have experienced serves her presentation very well.
— Los Angeles, California
Anne is so accessible. A very intent listener who speaks with first-hand experience!
— Los Angeles, California
Brilliant! I loved that you involved the audience in your presentation.
It got a lot of excitement going and generated some great discussion.
— Los Angeles, California
AWP Event in Santa Monica, CA - Featured Poet at Rapp Saloon Reading Series
When: April 1 at 8:30 pm
Where: Rapp Saloon Reading Series, Santa Monica, CA
Featured Poet Anne Tammel with Saint Julian Press Poets. Music by Delonte Gholston
Anne Tammel has cultivated a vibrant, supportive literary arts community as founding owner of Poets and Dreamers, the literary organization and fine arts journal created in 2001. Poets and Dreamers: Authors and Writers Literary Network was featured in CBS Los Angeles as the “Best Resources For Aspiring Writers.” Poets and Dreamers Press and the Poets and Dreamers Journal of Literary & Fine Arts exist as opportunities for authors and artists to actualize themselves and their works through the collaboration and circulation of literary and fine arts. Tammel has brought together a multi-faceted circle of over one thousand professional and creative writers who gather throughout Southern California as part of the Poets and Dreamers Network.
Learn more about Anne at www.annetammel.com. Join us Friday, April 1, 2016 8:30pm at the Rapp Saloon Reading Series, an AWP Offsite Event in Santa Monica, featuring Anne Tammel alongside Ron Starbuck, Terry Lucas, and Connie Post, with music by Delonte Gholston.
When: April 1 at 8:30 pm
Where: Rapp Saloon Reading Series, Santa Monica, CA
Featured Poet Anne Tammel with Saint Julian Press Poets. Music by Delonte Gholston
Anne Tammel has cultivated a vibrant, supportive literary arts community as founding owner of Poets and Dreamers, the literary organization and fine arts journal created in 2001. Poets and Dreamers: Authors and Writers Literary Network was featured in CBS Los Angeles as the “Best Resources For Aspiring Writers.” Poets and Dreamers Press and the Poets and Dreamers Journal of Literary & Fine Arts exist as opportunities for authors and artists to actualize themselves and their works through the collaboration and circulation of literary and fine arts. Tammel has brought together a multi-faceted circle of over one thousand professional and creative writers who gather throughout Southern California as part of the Poets and Dreamers Network.
Learn more about Anne at www.annetammel.com. Join us Friday, April 1, 2016 8:30pm at the Rapp Saloon Reading Series, an AWP Offsite Event in Santa Monica, featuring Anne Tammel alongside Ron Starbuck, Terry Lucas, and Connie Post, with music by Delonte Gholston.
Featured Author at the AWP 2016 Conference for The Writers Hotel in Los Angeles
When: April 1, 2016, 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Where: AWP 2016 at Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA, United States 90015
Description: Anne Tammel shared selections from and signed exclusive gift-quality copies of her collection, Endless: A Literate Passion (Saint Julian Press, 2015).
When: April 1, 2016, 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Where: AWP 2016 at Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA, United States 90015
Description: Anne Tammel shared selections from and signed exclusive gift-quality copies of her collection, Endless: A Literate Passion (Saint Julian Press, 2015).
Featured Author at the AWP 2016 Conference for Kelsay Books in Los Angeles
When: March 31, 2016, 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Where: AWP 2016 at Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA, 90015
Description: Attendees met and spoke with featured author, Anne Tammel, who shared selections from and sign copies of her collection, Paper Angels (Aldrich Press, 2015).
When: March 31, 2016, 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Where: AWP 2016 at Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA, 90015
Description: Attendees met and spoke with featured author, Anne Tammel, who shared selections from and sign copies of her collection, Paper Angels (Aldrich Press, 2015).
Past Event Highlights
Featured Guest for Radio Show: Anne Tammel on the Transformative Power of Creative Writing
When: September 21, 2015
Where: Autistic Lifestyles Talk Radio, Long Island, New York
Anne Tammel is a poet, dreamer, and branding expert who helps artists and professionals make dreams come true. During the show, Anne spoke with listeners about writing as transcendent act, how they might use writing to fulfill their personal dreams, and become involved with her literary network and fine arts journal, Poets and Dreamers.
When: September 21, 2015
Where: Autistic Lifestyles Talk Radio, Long Island, New York
Anne Tammel is a poet, dreamer, and branding expert who helps artists and professionals make dreams come true. During the show, Anne spoke with listeners about writing as transcendent act, how they might use writing to fulfill their personal dreams, and become involved with her literary network and fine arts journal, Poets and Dreamers.
Fiction Reading Presentation of "Before Led Zeppelin and After" at the KGB Bar & Lit Journal in Manhattan
Author Anne Tammel read selected new fiction from her upcoming literary suspense series.
When: Friday, June 12, 2016, 8:00 PM
Where: KGB Bar & Lit Journal, 85 E 4th St, NEW YORK, New York, United States 10003
Author Anne Tammel read selected new fiction from her upcoming literary suspense series.
When: Friday, June 12, 2016, 8:00 PM
Where: KGB Bar & Lit Journal, 85 E 4th St, NEW YORK, New York, United States 10003
Admissions Coaching Workshop Series in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Jose & San Diego, CA
When: July 2010-August 2016
Where: Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Jose, and San Diego, CA
Description: Attendees enjoy the unique opportunity to work in close circles with admissions & branding expert, Anne Tammel, who coaches applicants through developing powerful leadership strategies, effective SWOT analyses, successful branding plans, and compelling personal statements that lead to an extremely high ratio of acceptances at leading universities & MBA programs.
When: July 2010-August 2016
Where: Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Jose, and San Diego, CA
Description: Attendees enjoy the unique opportunity to work in close circles with admissions & branding expert, Anne Tammel, who coaches applicants through developing powerful leadership strategies, effective SWOT analyses, successful branding plans, and compelling personal statements that lead to an extremely high ratio of acceptances at leading universities & MBA programs.
Poets and Dreamers 100 Thousand Poets for Change San Clemente
When: September 26, 2015
Where: Jill's Abode, San Clemente
Description: Attendees enjoyed the opportunity to meet and speak with featured author, Anne Tammel, who shared selections from and signed copies of her two books, Endless: A Literate Passion (Saint Julian Press, 2015) and Paper Angels (Aldrich Press).
When: September 26, 2015
Where: Jill's Abode, San Clemente
Description: Attendees enjoyed the opportunity to meet and speak with featured author, Anne Tammel, who shared selections from and signed copies of her two books, Endless: A Literate Passion (Saint Julian Press, 2015) and Paper Angels (Aldrich Press).
Poets and Dreamers Literary Performance Series by the Sea
Poetry/Fiction Performance in San Clemente
When: December 12, 2015, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Where: Poets and Dreamers Literary Reading Series at Village Book Exchange
Description: Poets and Dreamers authors of fiction and poetry gathered to perform selected works and sign books.
Poetry/Fiction Performance in San Clemente
When: December 12, 2015, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Where: Poets and Dreamers Literary Reading Series at Village Book Exchange
Description: Poets and Dreamers authors of fiction and poetry gathered to perform selected works and sign books.
Poets and Dreamers Holiday Radio Show
When: December 21, 2015
Where: Lifestyles Talk Radio, Long Island, New York
Poets and Dreamers radio performance, featuring Anne Tammel, Apryl Skies, Avra Kouffman, Kalyani Koul Kapur, and Maritza Mora, hosted by poet and artist Maria Iliou.
Poets and Dreamers began in 2001 as a series of literary salons and workshops in San Clemente. Anne Tammel's group has now expanded into a worldwide circle of literary and fine artists who believe that words, art, and music allow us to make our dreams come true, and create the lives we have imagined for ourselves...
When: December 21, 2015
Where: Lifestyles Talk Radio, Long Island, New York
Poets and Dreamers radio performance, featuring Anne Tammel, Apryl Skies, Avra Kouffman, Kalyani Koul Kapur, and Maritza Mora, hosted by poet and artist Maria Iliou.
Poets and Dreamers began in 2001 as a series of literary salons and workshops in San Clemente. Anne Tammel's group has now expanded into a worldwide circle of literary and fine artists who believe that words, art, and music allow us to make our dreams come true, and create the lives we have imagined for ourselves...
Poets and Dreamers Literary Performance Series by the Sea
Poetry/Fiction Performance in San Clemente
Event Dates and Times:
January 30, 2015, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Description:
Poets and Dreamers authors of fiction, poetry & memoir gathered to perform selected sections of thier works; signed books were available for purchase.
Venue:
Poets and Dreamers Literary Reading Series at Jill's Abode
Avenida Del Mar
San Clemente, CA 92673
Poetry/Fiction Performance in San Clemente
Event Dates and Times:
January 30, 2015, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Description:
Poets and Dreamers authors of fiction, poetry & memoir gathered to perform selected sections of thier works; signed books were available for purchase.
Venue:
Poets and Dreamers Literary Reading Series at Jill's Abode
Avenida Del Mar
San Clemente, CA 92673
Poets and Dreamers Literary Performance & Workshop Series by the Sea
Poetry, Art, and Photography Book Launch Event in San Clemente
Event Date and Time:
March 5, 2015, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Description:
Poets and Dreamers authors of fiction, poetry, memoir and non-fiction blogs gathered to perform selected sections of works; signed books were available for purchase. Anne Tammel, author of fiction and poetry, read selected works from her upcoming fiction series. Additional selected works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry were highlighted.
Venue:
Poets and Dreamers
San Clemente Library
Avenida Del Mar
San Clemente, CA
Poetry, Art, and Photography Book Launch Event in San Clemente
Event Date and Time:
March 5, 2015, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Description:
Poets and Dreamers authors of fiction, poetry, memoir and non-fiction blogs gathered to perform selected sections of works; signed books were available for purchase. Anne Tammel, author of fiction and poetry, read selected works from her upcoming fiction series. Additional selected works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry were highlighted.
Venue:
Poets and Dreamers
San Clemente Library
Avenida Del Mar
San Clemente, CA