International speaker, Bonnie Low-Kramen is recognized as one of the world’s most respected and inspirational thought leaders in the administrative profession.  In 2015 Bonnie was named Educator of the Year by the Domestic Estate Managers Association. She worked as the Personal Assistant to Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis for 25 years until 2011.

Bonnie’s passion is to affect positive change in the global workplace by paving the way towards healthy and productive relationships between assistants, managers, and fellow staff. A committed advocate for women’s issues, Bonnie is at the center of the efforts to close the wage gap between women and men and to ending workplace bullying.

Bonnie and Vickie Sokol Evans co-host the Be the Ultimate Assistant Podcast series where they tackle the burning issues of the workplace. A writer for Glassdoor, Huffington Post, Executive Secretary Magazine, SmartCEO Magazine, and the Ultimate Assistant blog, her website was named as one of the “Top 10 Websites for Assistants of 2015” by Business Management Daily.

Bonnie is the bestselling author of the desk-side resource book “Be the Ultimate Assistant, A celebrity assistant’s secrets to working with any high-powered employer.” She is a sought-after speaker and trainer at conferences and corporations around the world.

She is a member of many professional organizations, including New York Celebrity Assistants (co-founder), International Association of Administrative Professionals, Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, and the National Association of Professional Women.

Bonnie’s work with Olympia Dukakis included close involvement with the Academy Award win for Moonstruck, the 1988 presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis, and travel around the world to places such as Sydney, London, Alaska, and Prague.

A New Jersey native who now calls Florida her home, Bonnie holds a B.A. degree from Rutgers University in English and Theatre. She worked in sales and marketing for not-for-profit theatres in Chicago, Atlanta, and Houston before returning home to New Jersey in 1986 where she became the Public Relations Director at Olympia Dukakis’ Whole Theatre in Montclair, NJ. The rest is history.