Darden School Announces 2012 Leadership Speaker Series Lineup
The administrator who oversees $95 billion of U.S. government purchases, the executive director who advocated for football players during the NFL lockout, and a group of CFOs from the power, hospitality and financial services industries are among the lineup of speakers for the winter and spring 2012 Leadership Speaker Series at the Darden School of Business. They will tackle topics such as sustainability, the sports entertainment industry and the financial health of organizations.
The distinguished group of leaders will speak at Darden on the following dates:
THURSDAY, 26 JANUARY AT 1:30 P.M.
Andrew Gould, chairman of Schlumberger Limited
Co-sponsored by Darden’s Energy Club
THURSDAY, 2 FEBRUARY AT 1:30 P.M.
Martha N. Johnson, administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration
Supported by Darden’s new Initiative for Business in Society and co-sponsored by Darden’s Net Impact, Business & Public Policy, Energy and Education clubs
TUESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY AT 1:30 P.M.
Thomas A. Fanning, chairman, president and CEO of Southern Company
Co-sponsored by Darden’s Net Impact and Energy clubs
THURSDAY, 9 FEBRUARY AT 1:30 P.M.
CFO Roundtable Event
Panelists: Thomas Kennedy, executive vice president and CFO of Hilton Worldwide; Victoria Harker, CFO and president of Global Business Services of AES Corporation; and Gary L. Perlin, CFO of Capital One Financial Corporation
FRIDAY, 10 FEBRUARY AT 1:30 P.M.
The Honorable Jim Cheng (MBA ’87), secretary of Commerce and Trade for theCommonwealth of Virginia
Co-sponsored by Darden’s Black Business Student Forum (BBSF)
MONDAY, 13 FEBRUARY AT 1:30 P.M.
DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association
A fireside chat moderated by Darden Second Year student Scott Jackson, vice president of activities for the Media, Entertainment and Sports Club (MES)
Co-sponsored by BBSF and MES
THURSDAY, 16 FEBRUARY AT 1:30 P.M.
Henri A. Termeer (MBA ’73), former chairman, president and CEO of Genzyme Corporation
TUESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY AT 1:30 P.M.
J. Phillip Holloman, president and CEO of Cintas Corporation
A fireside chat moderated by Darden Second Year student Kelly Ireland, president of BBSF, which is a co-sponsor
TUESDAY, 6 MARCH AT 1:30 P.M.
Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries
Co-sponsored by the Darden Military Association
The Darden Leadership Speaker Series offers students and members of the University of Virginia and Charlottesville communities the chance to hear from some of the corporate world’s most important thought leaders. To recommend a speaker, contact Everette Fortner, executive director for Corporate Relations.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business prepares responsible global leaders through unparalleled transformational learning experiences. Darden’s graduate degree programs (MBA, MSBA and Ph.D.) and Executive Education & Lifelong Learning programs offered by the Darden School Foundation set the stage for a lifetime of career advancement and impact. Darden’s top-ranked faculty, renowned for teaching excellence, inspires and shapes modern business leadership worldwide through research, thought leadership and business publishing. Darden has Grounds in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area and a global community that includes 18,000 alumni in 90 countries. Darden was established in 1955 at the University of Virginia, a top public university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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