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Previous Speakers (1989-2008)
Business/Government
- Bennett Bidwell, former Chairman of Chrysler Motors (1991)
- Marcus Buckingham, author of First, Break All the Rules (2003 and 2008)
- Herman Cain, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Godfather's Pizza, Inc. (1996)
- Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last (2003)
- Philip M. Condit, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Boeing Company (1997
- Roger Dow, Vice President and General Sales Manager of Marriott Lodging (1998)
- Archie Dunham, Chairman of the Board, ConocoPhillips (2004)
- Juan Enriquez, Chairman & CEO, Biotechonomy, and author of As the Future Catches You, and The Untied States of America (2007)
- Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2000)
- Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink and The Tipping Point and a staff writer for The New Yorker (2006)
- David D. Glass, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (1995)
- Peter Guber, Chairman of Mandalay Pictures and former CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment (1999)
- Gary Heil, internatonally-recognized author, consultant, and educator on leadership, service quality, and change management (2002)
- Lou Holtz, legendary football coach and author of Winning Every Day: A Game Plan for Success (2003)
- Lee Iacocca, former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Chrysler Corporation (1994)
- Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School Professor and author of The Change Masters and World Class (2001)
- David Kearns, former Chairman of the Xerox Corporation (1994)
- Rollin W. King, Founder of Southwest Airlines (2001)
- Sandra L. Kurtzig, Chairman of ASK Computer Systems, Inc. (1992)
- Mary Matalin, former assistant to President George W. Bush and former host of CNN's Crossfire (2004)
- Hugh L. McColl, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of America (2000)
- Mark McCormack, Founder and Chairman of International Management Group (1990)
- Allen H. Neuharth, Founder of USA Today (1996)
- Paul Orfalea, Founder and Chairperson Emeritus, Kinko's Inc. (2006)
- Ro Parra, Senior Vice President, Dell Americas (2005)
- Howard Stringer, President of CBS Broadcast Group (1995)
- Richard Teerlink, former Chairman, Harley-Davidson, Inc. (2002)
- Carol Cox Wait, Carol Cox & Associates (1992)
- Chuck Watson, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dynegy Inc. (2003)
- Caspar Weinberger, former Secretary of Defense and Publisher of Forbes magazine (1991)
- Edward Whitacre, Jr., Chairman and CEO of AT&T Inc. (2007)
Finance/Economics
- Lou Dobbs, President of CNN Financial News (1999)
- George J. W. Goodman, Host of Adam Smith's Money World (1989)
- William N. Griggs, Griggs & Santow Incorporated (1993)
- Jerry L. Jordan, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1994)
- James Miller, Chairman of Citizens for a Sound Economy (1991)
- Lester Thurow, MIT Professor and author of The Future of Capitalism and Building Wealth (2000)
Media/Communications
- Sam Donaldson, 30-year news veteran and former Chief White House Correspondent (2001)
- James B. Hayes, Publisher of Fortune magazine (1989)
- Richard Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes magazine (2005)
- Marshall Loeb, Managing Editor of Fortune magazine (1990)
- Vladimir Pozner, Author of Parting with Illusions (1993)
- Jane Bryant Quinn, Columnist for Newsweek and The Washington Post (1997)
- Tim Russert, Managing Editor and Moderator of NBC's Meet the Press (2007)
World Leaders
- Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State (2002)
- President George H.W. Bush, Forty-First President of the United States (1997)
- General Tommy Franks (ret.), former Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command (2004)
- Vicente Fox, President of Mexico 2000 - 2006 (2008)
- John Glenn, International hero, Astronaut, U.S. Senator (2005)
- Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union (1998)
- Henry A. Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State (1996)
- The Rt. Hon. John Major, MP, former Prime Minister of Great Britain (1998)
- General Colin L. Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1995)
- General Colin L. Powell, former Secretary of State (2006)
- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, former Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command (1992)
- Lady Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain (1993)
- Lech Walesa, former President of Poland (1999)
Sponsoring Organizations (2007-2008)
The 2006-2007 Executive Management Briefings series is made possible through the generous financial assistance provided by the sponsors.
Special thanks goes to Mathis Brothers Furniture for providing the chairs for the stage for Mr. Russert's presentation at the Civic Center.
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