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Previous Speakers (1989-2007)
Business/Government

• Kenneth Blanchard, Chairman of Blanchard Training and Dev., Inc. (1991)
• Norman Brinker, President and CEO, Brinker International (1995)
• Marcus Buckingham, Author of First Break All the Rules (2002 and 2008)
• Herman Cain, Chairman and CEO, Godfathers Pizza (1999)
• James D. Carreker, President and CEO, Trammell Crow (1996)
• Robert Crandall, Chairman, President, and CEO, American Airlines, Inc. (1987)
• Mary Cunningham, President and CEO, Semper Enterprises, Inc. (1987)
• Alfred C. DeCrane, Chairman, Texaco, Inc. (1993)
• Archie Dunham, Chairman of the Board, ConocoPhillips (2004)
• Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D., Chairman and CEO, Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. (1998)
• Robert Gates, current U. S. Secretary of State, and former Director of the CIA (2002) Phyllis George Brown, Chairman, Chicken By George (1989)
• Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2000)
• Malcolm Gladwell, author of the books Blink and Tipping Point and Staff Writer for the New Yorker magazine (2006)
• John Glenn, Astronaut and former U.S. Senator (2005)
• Mark Goldston, President and Chief Operating Officer, LA. GEAR (1994)
• Gary Heil, internatonally-recognized author, consultant, and educator on leadership, service quality, and change management (2003)
• Collins Hemingway, former Director of Business Development, Microsoft (2001)
• John Hofmeister, President of Shell Oil company (2007)
• Lou Holtz, Author of Winning Every Day: A Game Plan for Success (2003)
• Lee Iacocca, former Chairman, Chrysler Corporation (1994)
• Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes Magazine (2005)
• Jack Kemp, Republican, (1996)
• Vice Presidential Candidate and former Secretary of HUD (1997)
• Rollin King, Founder, Southwest Airlines (1992)
• Harvey Mackay, Author and syndicated columnist (2000)
• Mary Matalin, former assistant to President George W. Bush and former host of CNN's Crossfire (2004)
• David McCullough, Author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book Truman (1996)
• Richard Morrow, Chairman and CEO, Amoco Corporation (1988)
• John Naisbitt, Author of Megatrends (1995)
• Paul Orfalea, Founder of Kinko's (2006)
• Tom Peters, Author of In Search of Excellence (2001)
• Tim Russert, Managing Editor and Moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press (2007)
• Hedrick Smith, Author of The New Russians (1992)
• Peter Ueberroth, former Commissioner, Major League Baseball (1988)
• Wally Uihlein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Acushnet Company (Titleist, FootJoy, and Cobra), (2007)
• Robert Waterman, Author of The Renewal Factor (1989)
• Chuck Watson, former Chairman and CEO, Dynegy, Inc. (2003)
• Thomas Wheeler, President and CEO, Mass Mutual (1994)

Finance/Economics

• William F. Buckley, Jr., Author, columnist, politician, and host of Firing Line (1991)
• Martin Feldstein, past Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and President Reagans Chief Economic Adviser (1988)
• Alan Greenspan, former Chairman, Federal Reserve Board (1987 - 2006)
• Ricki Tigert Helfer, Chairman, FDIC (1997)
• Carla Hills, former U.S. International Trade Negotiator under President Bush (1994)
• James R. Jones, Chairman and CEO, American Stock Exchange (1991)
• Henry Kravis, Founding Partner, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. (1990)
• Ann McLaughlin, former Secretary of Labor (1992)
• Kevin P. Phillips, CBS Political Analyst (1993)
• Jose Pinera, former Chilean Secretary of Labor and Social Security (2000)
• Jane Bryant Quinn, Economics and Finance Editor, Newsweek (1988)
• Louis Rukeyser, Host, Wall Street Week (1989)
• William Seidman, Fourteenth Chairman, FDIC (1993)
• Mark Sutton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, UBS AG (2005)
• Lester Thurow, Dean, M.I.T.s Sloan School of Management (1990)

Media/Communications

• Patrice Adcroft, former Editor, OMNI (1991)
• Cathleen Black, President and CEO, American Newspaper Publishers Association (1995)
• Catherine Crier, Broadcast Journalist (1996) 
• Thomas Curley, President and Chief Operating Officer, USA Today (1990) 
• Malcolm Forbes, Jr., President and CEO, Forbes, Inc. (1987)
• James B. Hayes, Publisher, Fortune magazine (1989)
• Reed Hundt, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (1999)
• Richard Karlgaard, Publisher, Forbes magazine (2005)
• Sherry Lansing, past President, 20th Century-Fox Productions (1990)
• Andrea Mitchell, NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent (1998)
• George Will, Syndicated Columnist, Washington Post (2000)
  

World Leaders

• Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State (2002)
• 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 U.S.S.R. (1996)
• Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State (1991)
• The Rt. Hon. John Major, MP, former Prime Minister of Great Britain (1998)
• General Colin Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1995) and former Secretary of State (2006)
• H. Norman Schwarzkopf, former Commander in Chief, U. S. Central Command (1992)
• Lady Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain (1993 & 2001)
• Lech Walesa, former President of Poland (1999)

Review of Tulsa Sponsors

• Accounting Principals 1993-2008
• AcctKnowledge Financial Staffing 2004-2008
• Acquisition Advisors 2008
• Bank of America 1989-2008
• Bank of Oklahoma, N.A. 1989-2008
• CB Richard Ellis/Oklahoma 2006-2008
• CFR 1989-2008
• Chesapeake Energy Corporation 2006-2008
• ConocoPhillips 1988-2008
• F&M Bank & Trust Company 1988-2008
• Helicomb International 1999-2008
• Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 1988-2008
• Hillcrest Healthcare System 2003-2008
• Infinedi, LLC 2002-2008
• JPMorgan Chase 1989-2008
• KMO Development Group, Inc. 1988-2008
• KOSU 2008
• MidFirst Bank 2000-2008
• Neas Investments LP 1989-2008
• NGL SUPPLY, Inc. 1988-2008  
• OSU Foundation 1998-2008
• Public Service Company of Oklahoma 1989-2008
• RAM Energy Resources, Inc.  2008
• Riddle Financial Group, LLC 2000-2008
• Robson Properties 2002-2008
• Saint Francis Health System 2004-2008
• SemGroup, LP 2006-2008
• Sherman E. Smith 1997-2008
• SouthCrest Hospital 1997-2008
• Stillwater National Bank and Trust Company 1997-2008
• T.D. Williamson, Inc.  2008 
• Tulsa Metro Chamber 1990-2008
• Tulsa Technology Center 2005-2008
• Webco Industries, Inc. 1999-2008
• Williams 1997-2008