MBA Association Distinguished Speakers Series
The Distinguished Speakers Series is a year-round flagship event launched in 2008 and reserved for the most successful leaders from different industries and countries to address important current issues and those related to leadership building.
In response to today’s business world transformed at unprecedented scope and extent, in the next year to come, the Distinguished
Speakers Series will focus on topics regarding private-public partnership, Asia, corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurship to build real world vision and interdisciplinary perspectives for the leaders of tomorrow.
Amongst the many honored speakers the campus of William and Mary is privileged to host, our previous speakers have included:
- Retired United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
- CEO, Chairman and President of Universal Healthcare Services, Inc. Mr. Alan B.Miller
- CEO of Leadership for International Finance Group Ms. Blythe J. McGarvie
- Former Chairman and CEO of Lafarge Mr. Bertrand P. Collomb
- E. Sabina Brady,Executive Director, U.S.-China Energy Cooperation Program, Boeing China Inc.
- Bob Seelert, Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, and author of Start with the Answer.
The MBA students make up the core audience of the speaker events, which are also open to the rest of the graduate and undergraduate student body, faculty and affiliates in the community.
The lecture is usually followed by a Question and Answer session and a reception with the MBA students and faculty.
