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Executives In Residence

The Mason School of Business has several Executive-in-Residence Programs. These programs allow the best and brightest talent from the business world to interact with the Mason School of Business community.

Laurie and John Andrews Executive in Residence Series

The Laurie and John Andrews Speakers Series in Principled Business Leadership is a program designed to support executives in residence, seminars, speakers and discussions that emphasize business ethics, business leadership, and business achievement in the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Mason School. The series is funded with a generous gift from Laurie Pritchard Andrews.

2010-2011 Executives in Residence
  • Feb. 1-4, 2011: Jim Brinkley, Vice Chairman of Smith Barney's Global Private Client Group
  • Feb. 2-4, 2011: K. Dane Brooksher, founder and retired Chairman of ProLogis
  • Nov. 16-18, 2010: James McGlothlin, founder and former President of the United Coal Company
  • Nov. 11-12, 2010: Garner Anthony, former Chairman and CEO of Cox Enterprises
  • Nov. 2-5, 2010: K. Dane Brooksher, founder and retired Chairman of ProLogis
2009-2010 Executives in Residence
  • April 14-15, 2010: Daniel F. Akerson, Managing Director of The Carlyle Group and is the Head of Global Buyout
  • November, 2009: James McGlothlin, founder and former President of the United Coal Company
  • April, 2009: Bertrand Collomb, former Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge SA


Mason School of Business Executives in Residence

2010-2011 Executives in Residence
  • Nov. 3-4, 2010: Kenneth A. Himmel, President and Chief Executive Officer of Related Urban
  • Nov. 8-9, 2010: David Heenan, former senior executive with Citigroup and Jardine Matheson
  • March 15-16, 2011: Steve Smiley, President of Hunt Private Equity Group
  • March 22-23, 2011: Don Lowman M.B.A. ’82, former Managing Director of the Human Capital Group for Towers Watson


Patrick and Margaret Walsh Speaker Series on Ethics

The Patrick J. Walsh Speakers Series in Ethics in the Workplace is designed to provide executives in residence, seminars, speakers and discussions, which center on stressing the value of ethics in today’s business education. In 2007, the series  was launched at The Mason School with a speech by its namesake. In the inaugural lecture, Patrick Walsh '66, retired vice president of human resources at Merrill Lynch and member of the School of Business Foundation Board, stressed  the value of ethics in today’s business education.

Past speakers
  • Raymond A. "Chip" Mason '59, senior advisor Legg Mason, Inc.
  • Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams
  • Entrepreneur Kathi Lentzsch
  • Author Dwight Harshbarger