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Meet Jonathan Michael Bowman 

Jonathan Michael Bowman is an attorney and keynote leadership speaker. As CEO of Clear Picture Leadership®, he inspires and teaches leaders how to achieve a bold, "clear picture" vision despite the obstacles. During his 12-year-career with the Ohio Attorney General's Office, Jonathan served in a variety of leadership posts, including Deputy Attorney General and Section Chief. He led several departments to achieve unprecedented success. As a result, he was a recipient of the Ohio Attorney General's Innovation and Excellence Award in 2005. 

Jonathan has used the leadership strategies, tools and techniques that he teaches on multiple occasions to effect specific organizational changes in dynamic organizations, i.e. the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and other government agencies. He refers to this real-life experience during his presentations to help show how attendees can affect a real-life, specific change in their organizations. 

Biography: 

Jonathan’s presentations are the result of heart-felt experience, critical thought and an unbridled passion to help others achieve their full potential.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jonathan is the last of four children, whose lives were enveloped in poverty and homelessness. By the time he was 17 years old, he and his family had lived in two homeless shelters, a church, a small fourth-floor attic, public housing projects and a hotel, among many other places.

However, with his determination to ascend from poverty unaffected, he earned his G.E.D. and obtained an associate’s degree in English and Communications at Allegheny Community College. He went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Communications from Point Park University where he graduated Cum Laude. Jonathan then attended and graduated from Ohio State University College of Law.

He then practiced law at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. During his 12-year-career there, he served in a variety of leadership posts, including Deputy Attorney General and Section Chief. He led several departments to achieve success. As a result, he was a recipient of the Ohio Attorney General's Innovation and Excellence Award in 2005.

Jonathan is also an avid photographer. Pictures have intrigued him ever since he was a child. While growing up, drawing pictures provided him with an escape from his life of poverty. Later in life he became hooked on photography when he happened upon a 35 mm camera and looked through the viewfinder. He was so enthralled that he studied photography as part of his undergraduate major in communications.

Today Jonathan serves as CEO of Clear Picture Leadership®. He uses lessons learned from his childhood, leadership skills honed throughout his career and the inspiration embodied in his artwork to encourage leaders to achieve a “clear picture” vision. As Jonathan says, “Picturing your destination is the first step to achieving something great.” Sometimes leaders are tempted to cast aside an imaginative vision because it is deemed “unrealistic.” Yet – as his tagline says – Jonathan challenges leaders with “a different perspective: Where imagination and reality meetTM”. www.ClearPictureLeadership.com