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.
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
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018 Speakers
- September 21, 2017
Mark Hawkins (B.A. SCM ’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 (B.A. Human Resources ’79)
Chairman, CEO and President; The Home Depot, Inc., Atlanta, GA
- October 19, 2017
Omari Bouknight (B.A. SCM ’99)
Chief Commercial Officer
Jeff Rynbrandt (MBA SCM ’02)
VP US Sales, CardioFocus Inc., Marlborough, MA
- November 2, 2017
Matthew Kistler (B.A. Marketing ’88)
Executive Vice President Chief Strategy & Client Partner, EYC Symphony, Braintree, MA
- November 16, 2017
Matthew Jennings (MBA Marketing ’88)
Chairman, CEO and President; Phillips-Medisize, a Molex Company; Hudson, WI
- January 18, 2018
Brian Kesseler (B.A. Finance ’88)
CEO, Tenneco Inc., Lake Forest, IL
- February 1, 2018
Gregory Longstreet (B.A. General Business ’92)
CEO & President, CytoSport, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA
- February 15, 2018
Timothy Griffith (B.A. Economics ’91)
Sr. VP & Chief Financial Officer, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Findlay, OH
- March 15, 2018
Elizabeth Door (B.S. Packaging ’94; EMBA ’04)
Sr. VP, Global Strategic Sourcing, Whirlpool, Inc., Benton Harbor, MI
- 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
Past Speakers and Guest Lecturers
It is almost impossible to list the vast array of founders, entrepreneurs, and C-suite leaders that have spent time on campus to share business wisdom and career advice with Broad MBA students. They cover nearly every corner of industry in the world of business.
A small sample of past visiting speakers:
- Eli Broad (Businessman, Author, Founder, Philanthropist)
- James Turley (CEO, Ernst & Young)
- Dave Zilko (Equity Partner, Garden Fresh Gourmet)
- Thomas Egan (VP, Global Procurement, Whirlpool)
- Michael Lawton (EVP, Domino’s)
- Beverly Gaskin (EVP, Supply Management, Rolls-Royce)
- Andria Long (VP, Innovation, Sara Lee)
- Dave McCann (Online Sales and Operations Manager, Google AdWords)
- Pete Pendergast (Global Marketing Manager, Dow Chemical)
- Bob Chapek (President, Disney Consumer Products, Disney)
- Christine Gibbons (CFO, Sensicore)
- Ms. Ling Wu (Managing Director, Amherst Partners)
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