Wake Forest Schools of Business recognizes the importance of learning from other experienced business leaders and innovators who have first hand knowledge of what our students will face in the business world. Therefore, we host a variety of lecture series' including the Leadership Speaker Series and the Broyhill Executive Lecture Series which bring in top business and government leaders from our community and around the world. In addition to delivering lectures, many of these distinguished visitors join students formally and informally to discuss issues of national and international importance.

Past speakers include:

• Duane Ackerman, Chairman & CEO, BellSouth
• John T. Chambers, President & CEO, Cisco Systems
• Michael Dell, Chairman & CEO, Dell Computer
• Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.), Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
• David Farr, CEO, Emerson
• Former President Gerald R. Ford
• Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board
• Julia Homer, Founding editor and Editor in Chief, CFO Magazine
• Katherine M. Hudson, President & CEO, Brady Corp.
• Robert A. Ingram, Vice Chairman of Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline
• William R. Johnson, Chairman, President and CEO, H.J. Heinz Co.
• Hugh L. McColl Jr., Retired Chairman & CEO, Bank of America
• Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Former U.S. Ambassador to Finland, Chair of the American Red Cross
• Raul Muñoz Leos, Director General, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex)
• Robert Rubin, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Director, Citigroup
• Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

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