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)