Past Speakers
Spring 2009
Michael Porter of Harvard Business School (www.hbs.edu)
Fall 2008
Jud Bowman of PocketGear (www.pocketgear.com)
Laurie Ann Goldman of Spanx (www.spanx.com)
Tom Darden of Cherokee Investment Partners (www.cherokeefund.com)
Keith Jarrett of The Rockport Group, LLC (www.therockportgroup.com)
Jeff Parker
Gary Hirsberg of Stonyfield Farm (www.stonyfield.com)
Liquidia Management Team of Liquidia (www.liquidia.com)
Fall 2007
Ryan Allis of iContact (www.iContact.com)
Tom Darden of Cherokee Investment Partners (www.cherokeefund.com)
Tom Meyer of UNC Dept. of Chemistry (www.unc.edu)
Allen Morgan of Morgan-Keegan (www.morgankeegan.com)
Laurie Ann Goldman of Spanx (www.spanx.com)
Ted Turner of Turner Enterprises (www.tedturner.com)
Fall 2006
Jud Bowman of Motricity (www.motricity.com)
Tom Darden of Cherokee Investment Partners (www.cherokeefund.com)
Alexander Julian of Julian's (www.julianstyle.com)
Keith Jarrett of The Rockport Group, LLC (www.therockportgroup.com)
Eric White of Starbucks (www.starbucks.com)
Howard Tullman of Kendall College (www.kendall.edu)
Lex Alexander of 3 Cups (www.3cups.net)
Matthew Hull of UNC Anthropology Department (www.unc.edu)
Fall 2005
Jud Bowman of Motricity (www.motricity.com)
Wendy Kopp of Teach for America (www.teachforamerica.org)
Allen Questrom of JC Penney Company, Inc (www.jcpenney.com)
Lucius Burch of Burch Investment Group
Stephen O’Brien of Sonnenschein, Nath, and Rosenthal, LLP (www.sonnenschein.com)
Michael Coles of Caribou Coffee (www.cariboucoffee.com)