The Broad College of Business hosts a diverse group of business leaders and guest lecturers who share cases and insights from their careers, connecting students to real-life examples of business concepts they’re studying in the classroom. Broad MBA students get an opportunity to learn about the range of career options available to them and the chance to expand their network through direct interaction with the visiting speakers.
Fall 2017 | SPEAKERS |
September 21, 2017 | Mark Hawkins (BA Supply Chain Management ’81), EVP & Chief Financial Officer, Salesforce.com, Inc., San Francisco, CA |
September 28, 2017 | The Sylvan T. Warrington Visiting Lectureship in Ethics and Leadership- Craig Menear (BA Human Resources ’79); Chairman, CEO and President; The Home Depot, Inc., Atlanta, GA |
October 19, 2017 | Omari Bouknight (BA Supply Chain Management ’99), Chief Commercial Officer, and Jeff Rynbrandt (MBA,’02, SCM), VP US Sales, CardioFocus Inc., Marlborough, MA |
November 2, 2017 | TBD |
November 16, 2017 | Matthew Jennings (MBA Marketing ’88); Chairman, CEO and President; Phillips-Medisize, a Molex Company; Hudson, WI |
Spring 2018 | SPEAKERS |
January 18, 2018 | Brian Kesseler (BA Finance ’88), CEO, Tenneco Inc., Lake Forest, IL |
February 1, 2018 | Gregory Longstreet (BA General Business ’92), CEO & President, CytoSport, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA |
February 15, 2018 | Timothy Griffith (BA Economics ’91), Sr. VP & Chief Financial Officer, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Findlay, OH |
March 15, 2018 | TBD |
April 12, 2018 | Rajiv Gupta, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Delphi Automotive PLC; Member, Board of Directors of HP Inc. and The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Former Chairman and CEO, Rohm and Haas Company, Newtown Square, PA |