UVA Darden School of Business Announces Fall Leadership Speakers Series

13 August 2015

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business today announced the fall schedule for its Leadership Speaker Series, which features senior executives from leading companies around the world. Leaders in their field, the executives will share their stories, expertise and advice with Darden students, faculty and staff.

THE FALL 2015 LEADERSHIP SPEAKER SERIES INCLUDES:

3 September: Steve Voorhees (MBA ’80), Chief Executive Officer, WestRock
8 September: Kevin Chidwick, Chief Executive Officer, Elephant Insurance
21 September: Michael del Prado, Company Group Chairman, Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson
6 October: Mike DeCola (MBA ’77), Chief Executive Officer, Mississippi Lime Company and President and Chief Executive Officer, HBM Holdings
2 December: Naren Gursahaney (MBA ’89), President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, ADT Corporation
3 December: Carol Sawdye, Vice Chairman and CFO, PwC

Darden has close connections with corporations from a variety of industries that support innovative and collaborative teaching, faculty research and recruiting. These connections also support Darden’s efforts to advance knowledge and ideas that can be put into action for practicing managers.

The Darden Leadership Speaker Series talks are free and open to the public. Look for more speakers and updates to the schedule by visiting the series website.

Watch videos of past Darden Leadership Speakers on Darden’s YouTube Channel.

About the University of Virginia Darden School of Business

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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Darden School of Business
University of Virginia
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