McCombs School of Business
Speakers at McCombs
 

Selected Past Speakers 2000-2007

  • Larry Kellner, President and CEO, Continental Airlines
  • John M. Fahey, Jr., President and CEO, National Geographic
  • Pete Coors, Chairman and CEO, Coors Brewing Company
  • Keat Wilkins, CEO, Sense Corp
  • David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office
  • Sharon Allen, Chairman, Deloitte & Touche
  • James Hackett, President and CEO, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
  • Karen Katz, CEO, Neiman Marcus Stores
  • G. Rick Wagoner, Jr., Chairman and CEO, General Motors
  • Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman and CEO, General Electric
  • Bill Greehey, Chairman, Valero Energy Corporation
  • Sara Martinez Tucker, Chief Executive Officer, Hispanic Scholarship Fund
  • John Wilder, Chief Executive Officer, TXU
  • William R. Johnson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, H.J. Heinz Company
  • Colleen Barrett, President, Southwest Airlines
  • Paul Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy
  • John Morgridge, Chairman of the Board, Cisco
  • Seymour Sternberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,, New York Life Insurance
  • Gary Kusin, Former President and Chief Executive Officer of FedExKinko's
  • Andrew Hall, Chairman, Foley's/May Department Store Company
  • Henry Cisneros, Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
  • Herb Kelleher, Founder and Executive Chairman, Southwest Airlines
  • Richard Lindsey, President, Bear Stearns Securities
  • James J. Mulva, Chairman and CEO, ConocoPhillips
  • Ralph Szygenda, Chief Information Officer, GM
  • Jim Quigley, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte
  • Bob McTeer, President, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank
  • Drayton McLane, Chairman and CEO, McLane Industries; Owner, Houston Astros
  • Tom Hicks, Chairman of the Board, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst
  • Ed Whitacre, Chief Executive Officer, SBC
  • Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President, Children's Defense Fund
  • James W. Keyes, President and Chief Executive Officer, 7-Eleven
  • Sherron Watkins, Former Enron VP, Time Magazine Person of the Year
  • Bill Bradley, Former United States Senator
  • Kevin Rollins, Former President and Chief Operating Officer, Dell Inc.
  • Gary Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Airlines
  • Joe Forehand, CEO, Accenture
  • The Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
  • Mark Cuban, Tom Hicks, Red McCombs, Sports Franchise Owners, NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL -
  • Red McCombs, Entrepreneur, school patron
  • John Pepper, Chairman of the Board, Proctor & Gamble Company
  • Charles Stanford, Jr., Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Bankers Trust
  • Joe Liemandt, Chief Executive Officer, Trilogy Software
  • Michael Dell, Chairman, Dell, Inc.
  • Ross Perot, Jr., Chairman, Hillwood Development Corporation

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Speakers 2006-2007

Larry Kellner
President and CEO
Continental Airlines
April 12, 2007 Wrap
John M. Fahey, Jr.
President and CEO
National Geographic
April 4, 2007 Wrap
Thomas (Tom) Hicks
Owner
Texas Rangers & Dallas Stars
Chairman and CEO
Hicks Holdings LLC
February 27, 2007 Wrap
Kevin Rollins
CEO, Dell Inc.
November 14, 2007 Wrap
Gary Kelly
Vice Chairman and CEO
Soutwest Airlines
November 8, 2006 Wrap
Sonal Shah
Vice President, Goldman-Sachs and Director, Indicorps.
November 3, 2007 Wrap
Phil Smith
Managing Partner, KPMG
November 1, 2007 Wrap
Pete Coors
Chairman and CEO
Coors Brewing Company
October 26, 2007 Wrap
Keat Wilkins
CEO, Sense Corp
October 4, 2006 Wrap
David Walker
Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office
September 27, 2006 Wrap
David C. Rader
EVP and CFO
Frito-Lay North America
September 20, 2006 Wrap
Sharon Allen
Chairman, Deloitte & Touche
September 13, 2006 Wrap

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Speakers 2005-2006

James Hackett
President and CEO
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
April 27, 2006 Wrap
Karen Katz
CEO
Neiman Marcus Stores
April 20, 2006 Wrap
G. Rick Wagoner, Jr.
Chairman and CEO,
General Motors
March 30, 2006 Wrap
Jeffrey R. Immelt
Chairman and CEO,
General Electric
March 12, 2006 Wrap
Bill Greehey
Chairman,
Valero Energy Corporation
February 21, 2006 Wrap
Gary Kelly
Vice Chairman & CEO,
Southwest Airlines
February 21, 2006 Wrap
Scott McClelland
President, H.E.B. Houston
December 11, 2005 Wrap
Steve Kachelmeier
Professor, Accounting Department
November 29, 2005 Wrap
Caroline Bartel
Assistant Professor, Management Department
November 15, 2005 Wrap
Michael E. Szymanczyk
CEO and Chairman
Phillip Morris USA
November 14, 2005 Wrap
Sally Gunz
Professor
Business Law, Auditing, and Assurance
The University of Waterloo
November 11, 2005 Wrap
Patrick Balthrop
President and CEO
Luminex Corporation
November 10, 2005 Wrap
Andrew Bailey
Deputy Chief Accountant
Securities and Exchange Commission
November 9, 2005 Wrap
Nien-hê Hsieh,
Assistant Professor
Legal Studies and Business Ethics
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
November 4, 2005 Wrap
Thomas Ryan
President and CEO of Service Corporation International
November 3, 2005 Wrap
Brian Meighan
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers
November 2, 2005 Wrap
Scott McClelland
President, Central Market and
HEB Houston
October 26, 2005 Wrap
Janet Gurwitch
CEO Gurwith Products dba Laura Mercier Cosmetics
October 27, 2005 Wrap
Dan Cohen
Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
October 26, 2005 Wrap
Thomas Fuller
Firm Director
Deloitte
October 26, 2005 Wrap
Paul Cadario
Senior Manager
Trust Fund Equity Quality Assurance and Compliance
The World Bank
October 19, 2005 Wrap
Sarah Teslik
Chief Executive Officer
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards
October 12, 2005 Wrap
Gary M. Kusin
President and CEO of FedEx Kinko's
October 11, 2005 Wrap
Gary Kelly
Vice Chairman and CEO
Southwest Airlines
October 5, 2005 Wrap
Bob Bunting
Chair
AICPA Board of Directors
September 28, 2005 Wrap
Jay Banner
Professor, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
September 30, 2005 Wrap
Edward Goings
Director, Forensic Technology
KPMG
September 21, 2005
Wrap
Juan Mogollon
GE Global Commercial VP for Equipment Services
September 15, 2005 Wrap
David Walker
Comptroller General of the United States, U.S. Government Accountability Office
September 7, 2005 Wrap

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Speakers 2004-2005

Sara Martinez Tucker
Chief Executive Officer
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
May 21, 2005 Wrap
Admiral Bobby R. Inman
Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in National Policy
May 20, 2005 Wrap
William R. Johnson
Chairman and CEO, H. J. Heinz Company
May 20, 2005 Wrap
Peter R. Coneway
Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs
May 20, 2005 Wrap
James Dyer
Professor, MSIS
April 26, 2005 Announcement
Raymond Gilmartin
CEO, Merck & Co.
April 19, 2005 Announcement
Christopher H. Meakin
Asst Dean, MBA Program
April 18, 2005 Announcement
Colleen Barrett
President, Southwest Airlines
April 13, 2005 Wrap
George Huber
Professor, Management
April 12, 2005 Wrap
James Schneider
CFO, Dell
April 11, 2005 Wrap
Anthony Y. Tsai
Manager, Global Household Care Information and Decision Solutions Proctor & Gamble
March 31, 2005 Announcement
Charlie Feld
EVP of Portfolio Management, EDS
March 31, 2005 Announcement
Raj Raghunathan
Assistant Professor, Marketing
March 8, 2005 Wrap
Lee Weinstein
Director of Global Corporate Communications
Nike, Inc.
March 1, 2005 Wrap
David B. Middlebrooks
Exxon-Mobile Production Company
February 25, 2005 Announcement
Elisa Cobas Flores, Ph.D.
EGADE
February 11, 2005 Wrap
Steven Reinemund
CEO, PepsiCo
February 10, 2005 Wrap
Paul Anderson
CEO, Duke Energy
February 8, 2005 Wrap
David Hess
Professor, Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
January 31, 2005 Wrap
Joel Dunnington, M.D.
Professor, University of Texas M. D. Anderson
January 28, 2005 Announcement
Richard D. Kincaid
President and CEO
Equity Office Properties Trust
November 30 , 2004 Wrap
Jaime Alonso Gómez, Ph.D.
Dean, Graduate School of Business Administration and Leadership
Instituto Technológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico
November 17, 2004 Announcement
Ted Gordon
American Council
United Nations University
November 15, 2004 Wrap
John Morgridge
Chairman of the Board
Cisco Systems
November 16, 2004
 
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Gary Kelly
Chief Executive Officer
Southwest Airlines
November 10, 2004 Wrap
Erik McMillan
Chief Executive Officer
Silent Technology LLC
November 11, 2004 Wrap
Matt Simmons
CEO, Simmons & Company
November 8, 2004 Wrap
Trevor Stewart
Principal, Audit Research & Development, Deloitte
October 27, 2004 Announcement
Karen Golz
Americas Director of Independence
Ernst & Young
November 3, 2004 Announcement
Seymour Sternberg
Chairman of the Board and CEO New York Life Insurance
November 4, 2004
 
Announcement
Scott Voynich
Chairman
AICPA Board of Directors
October 20, 2004 Announcement
Patty Tilton
Partner, Advisory Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers
October 13, 2004 Announcement
John Wilder
CEO, TXU
October 14, 2004 Wrap
Henry Cisneros
Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
October 6, 2004 Wrap
Marianne M. Jennings, Ph.D.
Arizona State University
October 1, 2004 Wrap
Kay Priestly
VP of Financial Issues
Entergy Corporation
September 29, 2004 Announcement
Nancy De Lisi
Senior VP of Mergers & Acquisitions
Altria Group
September 23, 2004 Announcement
David Burritt
Controller
Caterpillar, Inc.
September 22, 2004 Announcement
Andrew T. Hall
Chairman, Foley's/May Department Store Company
September 15, 2004 Wrap
Marc Shapiro
Retired Vice Chairman for Finance and Risk, JPMorganChase
September 14, 2004 Wrap
Richard D. Grant, Jr.
Consulting Psychologist
September 8, 2004 Announcement
Paul Orfalea
Founder and Former Chair of Kinko's
September 7, 2004 Wrap

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Speakers 2003-2004

Herb Kelleher
Founder and Executive Chairman Southwest Airlines
May 21, 2004 Wrap
Lynn Utter
Chief Strategy Officer, Coors Brewing Company
April 2, 2004 Wrap-Up
Ralph Szygenda
CIO, GM
March 25, 2004 Wrap-Up
David Oreck
Founder and CEO, Oreck Vacuums
March 9, 2004 Wrap-Up
Gurchuran Das
Author of "India Unbound"
March 8, 2004 Wrap-Up
James Flores
Chairman & CEO of PXP
March 4, 2004 Announcement
James M. Schneider
CFO, Dell, Inc.
February 16, 2004 Wrap-Up
Jim Quigley
CEO, Deloitte
February 12, 2004 Wrap-Up
Rex Tillerson
Sr. Vice President, ExxonMobil
February 5, 2004 Announcement
Gerry Hunsicker
General Manager, Houston Astros
February 3, 2004 Wrap-Up
Bob McTeer
President, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank
January 20,2004 Wrap-Up
Tom Hicks, Chairman of the Board, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, Inc. December 4, 2003 Announcement
Ed Garza, Mayor of San Antonio November 25, 2003 Wrap-Up
Ed Whitacre, CEO, SBC November 18, 2003 Wrap-Up
Bill Gurley
Partner, Benchmark Capital
November 13, 2003 Wrap-up
Robert Bryce, Author, Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron November 12, 2003 Wrap-up
Reginald Van Lee, SVP of Booz Allen Hamilton, New York November 8, 2003 Wrap-up
Seth Goldman, President and TeaEO of Honest Tea November 8, 2003 Wrap-up
Marian Wright Edelman, Found & President of Children's Defense Fund November 7, 2003 Wrap-up
James W. Keyes
President and CEO, 7-Eleven
November 6, 2003 Wrap-up
Jack Taylor, Vice Chair for Audit Services, KPMG November 5, 2003 Announcement
Robert Bennett
Partner-Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
October 30, 2003 Wrap-up
Bill Bradley
Former United States Senator
October 30, 2003 Wrap-up
Michael Dell
Chairman and CEO, Dell, Inc.
October 30, 2003 Wrap-up
Herb Kelleher
Founder and Executive Chairman, Southwest Airlines
October 30, 2003 Wrap-up
Rick Berry, U.S. Tax Leader and Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers October 29, 2003 Announcement
Kevin Rollins, President and COO, Dell, Inc. October 28, 2003 Wrap-up
Gary Kelly, CEO–Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Southwest Airlines October 22, 2003 Wrap-up
William F. Ezzell, Chair, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants October 15, 2003 Announcement
Charles D. Niemeier, past Acting Chair, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board October 1, 2003 Wrap-up
Gary Kusin, President and CEO of Kinko's September 12, 2003 Wrap-Up
The Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States September 10, 2003 Wrap-up

 

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For information on speaking events at McCombs, contact Public Affairs Representative Gayle Hight, 512-475-6423, gayle.hight@mccombs.utexas.edu.

 
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