Learn from industry leaders and visionaries.
Through the Roy S. Pung Executive Speaker Series, 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 exclusive 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 2023 Speakers
- September 21, 2023
Dalana Brand (B.A. Finance ’95; MBA HR & Finance ’01)
Chief People Officer, Peloton, New York, NY
- October 12, 2023 (The Sylvan T. Warrington Visiting Lectureship in Ethics and Leadership)
Fireside with Linda Hubbard (B.A. Accounting ’93)
President & Chief Operating Officer, Carhartt Inc., Dearborn, MI (LOCATION: N100 BCC)
- October 26, 2023
Christopher McGraw (MBA SCM ’00)
Vice President of Procurement, AeroFarms, New York, NY
- November 2, 2023
Simon Whitelocke (MBA Finance ’02)
President, ITC Michigan & Vice President, ITC Holdings Corp., Novi, MI
- November 16, 2023
Irene (Egusquiza) Treter (MBA Finance ’06)
Vice President, Sr. Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, Dow, Midland, MI
Spring 2024 Speakers
- January 25, 2024
David Feber (B.S. Civil Engineering ’94)
Sr. Partner, Packaging, McKinsey & Company, Detroit, MI
- February 1, 2024
Joseph Yost (B.A. Finance ’89)
EVP and President of International, Graphic Packaging Holding Company, Brussels, Belgium
- February 15, 2024
Brian Boosi (B.A. Finance ’04)
CFO, Kellogg North America (to be renamed Kellanova), Battle Creek, MI
- March 7, 2024
Andrew Gauthier (B.A. Finance ’11)
Entrepreneur & Owner, Groovy Donuts LLC, East Lansing, MI
- March 21, 2024
Michael Curmi (MBA Finance ’00; BFA Studio Art ’92)
Vice President, Marketing, Lids, Indianapolis, IN
- March 28, 2024
Kaitlyn (Stamiris) Dickerson (B.A. Finance ’08)
Executive Director, Human Resources, Morgan Stanley, New York, NY
- April 4, 2024
Jeff Long (B.A. Finance ’06)
Vice President, Business Development, Radiology Partners, Park City, Utah
Past Speaker Events
Spring 2023 Speakers
- January 19, 2023
Jim Ziolkowski (B.A. Finance ’89)
Founder & CEO, buildOn, Stamford, CT
- January 26, 2023
Christine Sitek (B.A. Supply Chain Management ’89)
Executive Director, Global Purchasing & Supply Chain, General Motors, Detroit, MI
- February 9, 2023
Michael Vichich (B.A. Finance ’05)
VP and General Manager, Customer Engagement Products, Olo, Ann Arbor, MI (previously founder and CEO of Wisely, a firm acquired by Olo in November 2021)
- February 23, 2023
Erik Brown (B.A. Finance ’97)
Personal Investor, Blockchain/Crypto/DeFi, Chicago, IL
- March 23, 2023
Joseph Yost (B.A. Finance ’89)
EVP and President of International, Graphic Packaging Holding Company, Brussels, Belgium
- March 30, 2023
Sally Allen (B.A. General Business ’88)
Founder & Owner, TANYA HEATH US, Chatham, NJ
- April 13, 2023
Ryan Sullivan (B.A. Finance ’05)
Former CEO, Xenith and currently Personal Investor
Fall 2022 Speakers
- September 22, 2022
Yogesh Malik (MBA Supply Chain Management ’03)
Sr. Partner, Operations, McKinsey & Company, Washington, DC
- October 6, 2022 (The Sylvan T. Warrington Visiting Lectureship in Ethics and Leadership)
Todd Penegor (B.A. Accounting ’87; MBA Finance ’89)
President, CEO & Director, Wendy’s, Dublin, OH
- October 13, 2022
Priya Balasubramaniam (MBA Supply Chain Management ’01)
Vice President, Operations, Apple, Cupertino, CA
- October 27, 2022
Rajiv Gupta
Former Chairman & CEO of Rohm & Haas; currently Senior Advisor, New Mountain Capital and recently retired Chairman, Board of Directors, Aptiv and Avantor
- November 17, 2022
Jennifer Holahan (MBA Marketing ’05)
Vice President, US Wellness Division, Haleon (formerly GSK Consumer Healthcare), Warren, NJ
Spring 2022 Speakers
- January 20, 2022
Alison Gleeson (B.A. Marketing ’87)
Board Member & Special Advisor, Brighton Park Capital
- January 27, 2022
Sheryl Connelly (B.A. Finance ’89)
Chief Futurist, Ford Motor Company
- February 10, 2022
Craige Stout (B.A./MBA Professional Accounting ’86)
CEO, Stout
- February 24, 2022
Michael Lamach (B.S. Applied Engineering Sciences ’85)
Chairman & CEO, Trane Technologies
- March 24, 2022
Derek Tang (B.A. Economics ’07)
Director of Corporate Finance, Procurement, and Investor Relations, BRMALLS
- March 31, 2022
Eric Morath (B.A. Economics & B.A. Journalism ’04)
Economics & Policy Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
- April 7, 2022
Anna Utley (MBA Marketing & HR ’08)
General Manager, Consumer Products Group & Innovation, Whirlpool
Fall 2021 Speakers
- September 23, 2021
Kevin Speicher (B.A. Supply Chain Management ’98)
Senior Partner, Transformation, McKinsey & Company
- September 30, 2021
Jing Wang (MBA Finance ’90; M.S. Physics ’95; PH.D. Physics ’99)
Chairman & CEO, FinTell Financial Services
- October 21, 2021
Arica Drummond-Clay (B.A. Finance & B.S. Zoology ’00; MBA HR & International Business ’04)
Senior Director & HRBP, McKesson
- October 28, 2021
Sheryl Connelly (B.A. Finance ’89)
Chief Futurist, Ford Motor Company
- November 11, 2021 (The Sylvan T. Warrington Visiting Lectureship in Ethics and Leadership)
Deirdre O’Brien (B.A. Supply Chain Management ’88)
Senior Vice President, Retail + People, Apple
Spring 2021 Speakers
- January 21, 2021 (Fireside Chat with Dean Gupta)
Rajiv Gupta
Former Chairman & CEO, Rohm & Haas
- January 28, 2021
John D. Stoll
Business Writer, The Wall Street Journal
- February 11, 2021
Carol Campbell (B.A. Hospitality Business ’98)
Managing Director, Global Customer Experience & Consumer Insight, Delta Air Lines
- February 25, 2021
Craig Stevenson (B.A. Comm Arts ’88)
CEO, Scholl’s Wellness Company
- March 18, 2021
Mala Kashyap (B.A. Economics ’03, MHRLR ’07)
Senior Director of HR Mergers & Acquisitions, Honeywell
- March 25, 2021
Wailun Chan (B.A. Finance ’98)
CFO, Plastiq
- April 8, 2021
Greg Longstreet (B.A. General Business Admin. ’92)
CEO, Del Monte Foods, Inc.
Fall 2020 Speakers
- September 17, 2020
David Feber (B.S. Civil Engineering ’94)
Partner, McKinsey & Company
- October 1, 2020
Priyadarshan Godbole (MBA Finance ’90)
CFO, Hearsay Systems
- October 15, 2020
John Roescher (With Sanjay Baskaran)
CEO, Handsome
- October 29, 2020
Edward J. Minskoff (B.A. Economics ’62)
President, Philanthropist, Edward J. Minskoff Equities, Inc.
- November 5, 2020 (The Sylvan T. Warrington Visiting Lectureship in Ethics and Leadership)
RAY SCOTT (EMBA ’02)
President & CEO, Lear Corporation
Spring 2020 Speakers
- January 23, 2020
David Zilko (B.A. Finance ’85)
Entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer, Fuel Leadership, LLC, Detroit, MI
- January 30, 2020
Ryan Sullivan (B.A. Finance ’06)
Chief Executive Officer, Xenith, LLC, Detroit, MI
- February 6 or 20, 2020
Kevin Smith (B.A. Finance ’07)
Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group, Troy, MI
- March 19, 2020
Joel Clum (B.A. Finance ’08)
Chief Operating Officer, Worldwide Express, Dallas, TX
- March 26, 2020
Tamara Steffens (B.A. Marketing ’85)
General Manager, Business Development (Office, Education, Mobile), Microsoft Corp., San Francisco, CA
Fall 2019 Speakers
- September 12, 2019
Panel | Members of the MBA Class of 1999
- Sanjay Baskaran (MBA Marketing ’99), Chief Executive Officer, One Technologies, Dallas, TX
- Jeffrey Ge (MBA SCM ’99), Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Lumentum, Milpitas, CA
- Srini Bangalore (MBA SCM ’99), Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group, Mountain View, CA
- October 3, 2019 (The Sylvan T. Warrington Visiting Lectureship in Ethics and Leadership)
Jay Farner (B.A. Finance ’95)
Chief Executive Officer, Quicken Loans, Detroit, MI
Location: N100 BCC
- October 24, 2019
Paul Cook (B.A. Supply Chain Management ’84, MBA Finance ’86)
Chief Executive Officer, Vālant, Seattle, WA
- November 7, 2019
Charles Moore (B.A./MBA Professional Accounting ’94)
Managing Director, Restructuring, Alvarez & Marsal, Detroit, MI
- November 14, 2019
Natalya Leahy (MBA Finance ’06)
Chief Financial Officer, Holland America Group, Seattle, WA
Spring 2019 Speakers
- January 24, 2019
Colin Chummers (MBA Finance ’02)
Sr. Director, Network & Partner Services, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA
- February 21, 2019
Rebecca Smith (B.S. Agribusiness Management ’98; MBA Finance, SCM ’04)
Vice President, Global Project Management and Supply Chain Planning, Amway, Grand Rapids, MI
- March 21, 2019
Eric Boughner (MBA Finance ’03)
Director, Global Capital Management, General Motors, Detroit, MI
- March 28, 2019
Jennifer Holahan (MBA Marketing ’05)
Sr. Director, Shopper & Category Insights to Activation, Pfizer Consumer Health, Madison, NJ
- April 11, 2019
Aaron Murray (B.A. Marketing ’97; MBA Marketing Technology ’01)
Managing Director, Revenue Management, Delta Air Lines, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Fall 2018 Speakers
- September 27, 2018
James Trebilcock (B.A. ’80; MBA Marketing ’81)
Chief Concentration and International Officer, Keurig Dr. Pepper, Dallas, TX
- October 4, 2018
David Staples (B.A. Accounting ’85)
President and CEO, SpartanNash Company, Grand Rapids, MI
- October 18, 2018
Scott Farrell (B.S. Applied Engineering Sciences ’80; EMBA ’89)
Operating Partner, Wynnchurch Capital, also President and CEO (retired), SafeWorks LLC, Seattle, WA
- October 25, 2018
David Feber (B.S. Civil Engineering ’94)
Partner, McKinsey & Company, Detroit, MI
- November 8, 2018 (The Sylvan T. Warrington Visiting Lectureship in Ethics and Leadership)
Cathy Engelbert
CEO, Deloitte, New York, NY
