Past Speakers
Fall 2011
- Geoff Sayre-McCord, Professor of Philosophy
- Dennis Whittle, Co-founder of Global Giving
- Ed Strong, Co-founder of Dodger Productions, Producer of Jersey Boys
- Karen Shelton, Head Coach, UNC Women's Field Hockey Team
- Brett Smith, Founder and President of Counter Culture Coffee (www.counterculturecoffee.com/)
- Liquidia Management Team
Fall 2010
- Rachel Weeks, Founder and CEO of School House (www.shopschoolhouse.com/)
- Ruby Lerner, founding Executive Director and President of Creative Capital Foundation (www.creative-capital.org/)
- Brett Smith, Founder and President of Counter Culture Coffee (www.counterculturecoffee.com/)
- Keith Jarrett, Principal/Co-Founder in Rockport Funding, LLC (www.therockportgroup.com)
- Gary Mueller, Founder and Chairman of ISI Emerging Markets Chairman (www.securities.com)
- Dick Baddour, UNC Director of Athletics
- iContact Management Team, (www.icontact.com/)
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)