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 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 G. Kashyap (B.A. Economics ’03 and 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.
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
Get Connected with Broad:
- Business College Complex
- 632 Bogue St
- East Lansing, MI 48824