Speaker Series
The purpose of this lecture series is to expose students and faculty to opinion leaders whose ideas will impact business and society. These leaders have developed a national reputation for expertise related to the subject matter of their presentation.
Past distinguished lecturers include:
- Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN
- Condoleezza Rice, Former U.S. Secretary of State
- Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer.
- Madeleine Albright, Former U.S. Secretary of State and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
- Robert Gates, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
- George F. Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist
- Alan Simpson & Erskine Bowles, Co-Chairs - National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
- David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Colin Powell, Former Secretary of State and Retired Four-Star General
- Sandra Day O'Connor, Former Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Mikhail Gorbachev, Former President of the Soviet Union
- Queen Noor of Jordan
- Rudolph Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York City
- John Major, Former British Prime Minister.
The Farmer School Executive Speaker Series brings key leaders to campus and provides an engaging atmosphere in which they can reflect on their experiences. As a result, students and faculty members gain insights about how these executives think, manage and inspire.
Previous speakers in the series include:
- Doug Lankford
Chief
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma - Cindy Hook
Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte Asia Pacific - Candace McGraw
Chief Executive Officer
Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport - Nichole Mustard
Co-founder and CRO
Credit Karma - Camille Stewart
Cyber Security and Global Policy
Google - Vijay Talwar
Chief Executive Officer
Foot Locker EMEA - Jim Aramanda '73
President & Chief Executive Officer
The Clearing House - Ted Torbeck
Chief Executive Officer
Cincinnati Bell - David Bassi
Excecutive Director
EY - Aaron Ryan
Aaron Ryan, Senior Vice President-Business Operations
NBA 2K League - Wendy Lea
CEO
Cintrifuse - Chris Gorman
Vice chairman -- president of banking
KeyCorp - Beau Cummins
Co-chief operating officer
SunTrust Banks - Nina Leigh Krueger
President
Purina - Saed Mohseni
CEO
Bob Evans Restaurants, Inc - Don Sinko '75
Chief Integrity Officer
Cleveland Clinic - Jim Fowler '94
Chief Information Officer
GE - Spencer Stiles '99
President
Stryker Industries - Matt Jennings '85
President and CEO
Phillips-Medisize Corp - Karyn Twaronite '90
Partner, Global Diversity and Inclusion
EY - Michael Mendenhall
Chief Operating Officer
Flex - Mitch Barns '85
Chief Executive Officer
Nielsen - Tylene Elliott '81
Chief Executive Officer
Oneida Partners, LLC - William Isaac '66
Former Chairman
FDIC - Jamie Miller '90
Chief Information Officer
General Electric - Richard Moran '81
Vice Chairman of the Board
Accretive Solutions - Patty Morrison '80
Chief Information Officer
Cardinal Health - Bob Scmetterer
Former Chairman and CEO
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