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Past Speakers

  • John Carreyrou
    Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Reporter and author of Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
    Tuesday, October 19, 2021
  • Ron Insana
    Senior Analyst at CNBC & Host of The Market Score Board Report
    Thursday, April 22, 2021
  • Reshma Saujani
    Founder & CEO of Girls Who Code
    Tuesday, October 3, 2017
  • Ken Burns
    America's Storyteller
    Thursday, September 22, 2016
  • David Gregory
    Former Moderator, NBC's Meet the Press
    Monday, March 31, 2016

  • Jimmy Wales
    Founder of Wikipedia
    Monday, March 9, 2015

  • Perry Chen
    Creator and Chairman of Kickstarter
    Thursday, March 27, 2014

  • Charles Best
    Founder of Donorschoose.org
    Thursday, February 7, 2013

  • Nina Godiwalla
    Leadership and Diversity Pioneer, CEO of MindWorks and Best-selling Author
    Thursday, November 15, 2012

  • Ron Shaich
    Founder, Chairman, and co-CEO,
    Panera Bread Co.
    Thursday, March 29, 2012

  • Morgan Spurlock
    Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker & Host of 30 Days
    Thursday, December 8, 2011

  • Mitch Jackson
    VP environmental affairs and sustainability, FedEx
    Thursday, April 7, 2011

  • Randy Cohen
    ethics columnist, New York Times Magazine
    Thursday, November 18, 2010

  • Jessica Jackley
    co-founder, kiva.org
    Tuesday, September 14, 2010

  • Harry Markopolos
    Bernie Madoff whistleblower
    Thursday, April 22, 2010

  • Blake Mycoskie
    Founder, TOMS Shoes
    Thursday, October 29, 2009

  • Harvey Pitt
    Former Chairman, SEC
    CEO, Kalorama Partners
    Thursday, April 16, 2009

  • Jerome Ringo
    Environmental Pioneer and President of the Apollo Alliance
    Thursday, January 29, 2009

  • James W. Owens
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    of Caterpillar Inc. in Peoria, Illinois
    Wednesday, October 29, 2008

  • Paul Sarbanes
    Former Senator and Co-Author of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
    Tuesday, April 17, 2008

  • Barry Salzberg
    CEO, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
    Thursday, November 1, 2007

  • John Kasich
    Host of Heartland with John
    Kasich, Fox News Channel
    March 7, 2007

  • Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
    Former Lt. Governor of Maryland
    November 28, 2006

  • Lech Walesa
    Former President of Poland
    Nobel Laureate
    April 6, 2006

  • Jerry Greenfield
    Co-Founder, Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.
    November 29, 2005

  • Ron Shapiro
    Founder, Shapiro Negotiations Institute, Sports Agent, Attorney, Educator, Author, and Civic Leader
    April 14, 2005

  • Arthur Martinez
    Former Chairman and CEO, Sears
    January 18, 2005

  • Rushworth Kidder
    Founder, Institute for Global Ethics
    October 15, 2004

  • Marci Rossell
    Former Chief Economist
    CNBC
    April 15, 2004

  • Howard Putnam
    Former CEO
    Southwest Airlines
    October 3, 2003

  • Dick Thornburgh
    Former U.S. Attorney General
    April 14, 2003