• ListServ Live!
• Annual Legal Update for CA Independent Schools
• Confidently Navigating AI in the Business Offices
• Resilient Leadership: Guiding Your School Through Crisis
• Fraud Awareness & Cybersecurity Training for your School: From Threats to Action
• Accelerate Your Summer Program Growth
• Is Your School Hitting It Out of the Financial Ballpark?
• The ROI of Financial Aid: Maximizing Revenue and Enrollment
• Every Dollar Counts: How Schools are Controlling Employee Benefit Costs

General Session Keynote

Creating Deep Connection: Community Building Fundamentals
with Charles Vogl

Discover why the most powerful community connections don't happen in big noisy spaces, they happen around the campfire. In this transformative keynote, bestselling author Charles Vogl reveals how intimate experiences create the vulnerable conversations that build lasting communities. Learn why arena-sized ambitions require campfire sized moments, and how to plan spaces where meaningful relationships form. You'll gain practical strategies to offer the time, proximity, and permission people need to connect authentically. Stop investing only in spectacle. Start building the intimate experiences where your community powerfully grows strong.

Meet Charles Vogl

Charles Vogl is an adviser, speaker, and the author of three books, including the international bestseller The Art of Community, now in 2nd edition. He is a trusted thought leader for the Google School for Leaders, which develops over 20,000 Google managers. He is also a founding member of the Google Vitality Lab which navigates big challenges in health and wellbeing. His work is used to advise and develop leadership and programs worldwide within organizations including Airbnb, LinkedIn, Amazon, and the US Army.

His work draws on three thousand years of spiritual traditions to understand how individuals build loyalty, strengthen identity, and live out shared values in a fragmented society. He holds an M.Div. from Yale, where he studied spiritual traditions, ethics, and business as a Jesse Ball duPont Foundation scholar.

The 2026 Annual Conference will be held at:

The Langham Huntington, Pasadena
1401 S Oak Knoll Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106
(626) 585-6293

**Our hotel block at the Langham is sold out.**

We suggest booking at the Hotel Dena or the AC Hotel instead, which are both less than 2 miles away from the Langham. 

Langham Hotel Details:

• $289 plus tax per night inclusive of Guest Amenity Fees
• Rate guaranteed three days pre and post program based on availability
• 10% discount on spa services for registered guests

Parking Details:
Because of local parking restrictions and limited availability of street parking, all guests must utilize the Langham's valet parking service. Overnight valet parking offered at the discounted rate of $25.00 plus tax per night. Daily valet parking is also $25.00 plus tax per day. 

Airport Information:

Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) is located 16 miles from The Langham Huntington, Pasadena. Travel time by car is approximately 23 minutes.

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is located 26 miles from The Langham Huntington, Pasadena. Travel time by car is approximately 45 minutes.

Interested in more professional development?
Don't miss the HR Workshop and Facilities Workshop on Monday, April 20!

**New This Year: Bundle & Save!**
Bundle the Conference with the HR and / or Facilities Workshop to deepen your professional development and reduce overall cost!

Cal-ISBOA accepts Visa and Mastercard (preferred) or check; we are unable to accept American Express.

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 3.
• Cancellation requests submitted by March 13 will be granted a full refund, less a $25 processing fee. Cancellations received March 14 - 22 will be granted a refund of 50%. No refunds will be granted after March 22, 2026.
• Please email transfer and cancellation requests to Membership Engagement Manager Peggy Marshall at peggy.marshall@isboa.org.