McCombs School of Business
Speakers at McCombs

Recent Speakers 2005-2006

Tony Garza
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico		 University of Texas at Austin Commencement May 20, 2006 Announcement
Bill Archer
Sr. Policy Advisor
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Former U.S. Representative		 MPA/PPA Commencement May 19, 2006 Announcement
Gary Kusin
Former President and CEO
FedEx Kinko’s		 BBA Commencement;
MBA Commencement		 May 19, 2006 Announcement
James Hackett
President and CEO
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.		 VIP Distinguished Speaker Series April 27, 2006 Wrap
Michael Dell
Founder and Chairman
Dell Inc.		 Student Events Center Distinguished Speakers Committee April 25, 2006 Announcement
Karen Katz
CEO
Neiman Marcus Stores		 VIP Distinguished Speaker Series April 20, 2006 Wrap

 
Leigh McAlister
Professor
Marketing Department		 Faculty Research Presentation Series April 17, 2006 Wrap
Kevin Rollins
CEO, Dell Inc.		 Latter-day Saints Student Association April 11, 2006 Announcement
Elaine Sternberg
The University of Leeds		 Business Ethics Speaker Series March 31, 2006 Announcement
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
General Motors		 VIP Distinguished Speaker Series; Executive Speaker Series March 30, 2006 Wrap
Ben Wempe
Rotterdam School of Management		 Business Ethics Speaker Series March 28, 2006 Announcement
Robert A. Prentice
Professor
IROM Department		 Faculty Research Presentation Series March 28, 2006 Wrap
Jeffrey R. Immelt
Chairman and CEO
GE		 VIP Distinguished Speaker Series; Executive Speaker Series March 21, 2006 Wrap
Waheed Hussain
Professor, Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania		 Business Ethics Speaker Series February 24, 2005 Announcement
Bill Greehey
Chairman
Valero Energy		 CEO Exchange, PBS February 21, 2006 Wrap
Gary Kelly
Vice Chairman & CEO
Southwest Airlines		 CEO Exchange, PBS February 21, 2006 Wrap
Stefan Whitwell, CFA
President and Managing Partner
Tierra Capital Management		 Business Ethics Speaker Series February 10, 2006 Announcement
Prabhudev Konana, Ph.D.
IROM Department,
McCombs School of Business		 Faculty Research Presentation Series January 31, 2006 Wrap
Lori Queisser
VP & Chief Compliance Officer
Eli Lilly & Company		 Business Ethics Speaker Series January 25, 2006 Announcement  
Patrick Balthrop
President and CEO
Luminex Corporation		 VIP Distinguished Speaker Series; Executive Speaker Series November 10, 2005 Announcement
Andrew Bailey
Deputy Chief Accountant
Securities and Exchange Commission		 Lyceum Series November 9, 2005 Announcement
Thomas Ryan
President and CEO of Service Corporation International		 VIP Distinguished Speaker Series; Executive Speaker Series November 3, 2005 Wrap
Scott McClelland
President, Central Market and
HEB Houston		 VIP Distinguished Speaker Series; Executive Speaker Series October 26, 2005 Wrap
Janet Gurwitch
CEO Gurwith Products dba Laura Mercier Cosmetics		 VIP Distinguished Speaker Series; Executive Speaker Series October 27, 2005 Wrap
Dan Cohen
Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP		   October 26, 2005 Wrap
Sarah Teslik
Chief Executive Officer
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards		 Lyceum Series October 12, 2005 Wrap
Gary M. Kusin
President and CEO of FedEx Kinko's		 VIP Distinguished Speaker Series; Executive Speaker Series October 11, 2005 Wrap
Gary Kelly
Vice Chairman and CEO
Southwest Airlines		 VIP Distinguished Speaker Series; Executive Speaker Series October 5, 2005 Wrap
Bob Bunting
Chair
AICPA Board of Directors		 Lyceum Series September 28, 2005 Wrap
David Walker
Comptroller General of the United States, U.S. Government Accountability Office		 Lyceum Series September 7, 2005 Wrap

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
 		 Wrap
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

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

Speakers, 2002-2003

Joe Forehand
CEO, Accenture 		April 24, 2003 Announcement
Red McCombs
 Legendary entrepreneur and patron of the McCombs School		 April 21, 2003 Wrap-up
REFIC/CBRE Panel Discussion  April 4, 2003 Wrap-up
Alberto Luiz Albertin
Brazilian e-business leader 		April 2, 2003 Wrap-up
Dr. Richard Lindsey
President, Bear, Stearns Securities 		March 28, 2003 Wrap-up
James J. Mulva
Chairman and CEO, ConocoPhillips 		March 25, 2003 Wrap-up
Panel on Future of Energy Trading:
  • Vincent Kaminski, Citadel Group
  • Alexander Eydeland, Mirant Corp
  • Michael Day, Duke Energy
  • Jon Ruggles, ConocoPhillips
  • Robert Anderson, El Paso Corp.
  • Jess Totten, Public Utility Commission of Texas
  • William Black, LBJ School
  • Peter Nance, Teknekon
  • Obie O'Brien, Apache Corp.
  • Bill Fraser, Spectrum Risk Decisions L.P. 
 Feb. 21, 2003 Announcement
Honors Symposium on Ethics:
  • Sherron Watkins, UT BBA '81, MPA '82, former Enron VP and Time Magazine Person of the Year for 2002
  • William Powers, Jr, Dean of the University of Texas School of Law and author of the "Powers Report" on Enron
  • Robert Prentice, McCombs Business law professor and securities expert
  • Paul Woodruff, national ethics expert who directs the University's Plan II honors program
  • Tom Ward, Senior Managing Director of Bear Sterns and graduate of the McCombs MBA program
  • George Gau, Dean of the McCombs School
 Feb. 8, 2003 Wrap-up
Bill Samuels, Jr.
CEO of Maker's Mark		 Feb. 4, 2003 Announcement
Drayton McLane
Chairman and CEO, Houston Astros		 Jan. 29, 2003 Wrap-up
Al Bru
President & CEO, Frito-Lay North America		 Dec. 5, 2002 Wrap-up
James W. Brinkley
President and COO of Legg Mason Wood Walker		 Nov. 26, 2002 Announcement
McCombs Panel on Brazil:
  • Dr. Luiz Eduardo T. Brandão, Former CFO of Texbra Administração e Participações Ltda
  • Dr. Michael Brandl, McCombs School Finance Department Lecturer
  • Margie Moore, Trade Advisor for the Texas Dept. of Economic Development
  • Dr. Joseph D. Straubhaar, Director of the Center for Brazilian Studies in the Long Institute for Latin American Studies.
 Nov. 25, 2002 Press release
Raul Munoz Leos
General Director (CEO), PEMEX		 Nov. 21, 2002 Press release
James Castellano
Chairman, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants		 Nov. 13, 2002 Announcement
Tech Leaders, Various
Dupont Photomask, Dynegy, USAA, Whole Foods, McCombs School		 Nov. 8, 2002 Announcement
William Platt 
Deputy Director, Deloitte & Touche LLP		 Oct. 23, 2002 Wrap-up
Bobby Inman
U.S. Navy Admiral, Retired		 Oct. 17, 2002 Press release
Sam DiPiazza
Senior Partner, Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP		 Oct. 9, 2002 Press release
William Powers
Dean, University of Texas School of Law 		 Oct. 3, 2002 Wrap-up
K. Michael Conaway
Presiding Member, Texas State Board of Accountancy		 Sep. 26, 2002 Wrap-up
Kevin Rollins
COO and President, Dell		 Sep. 20, 2002 Wrap-up
Edward Trott
Member, Financial Accounting Standards Board		 Sep. 18, 2002 Wrap-up
Gus Garcia
Mayor, City of Austin		 Sep. 11, 2002 Wrap-up
David M. Walker
U.S. Comptroller General		 Sep. 6, 2002 Wrap-up

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Select Past Speakers, 2000-2006

  • Tony Garza, United States Ambassador to Mexico
  • Bill Archer, Former United States Representative
  • James Hackett, President and CEO, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
  • Michael Dell, Founder and Chairman, Dell Inc.
  • Karen Katz, CEO, Neiman-Marcus Stores
  • G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., Chairman and CEO, General Motors
  • Bill Greehey, Chairman, Valero Energy
  • Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GE
  • Bob Bunting, Chair, AICPA Board of Directors
  • 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 CEO 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
  • Lynn Utter, Chief Strategy Officer, Coors Brewing Company

  • Ralph Szygenda, Chief Information Officer, GM

  • Gurchuran Das, Author of "India Unbound"

  • James M. Schneider, Chief Financial Officer, Dell, Inc.

  • Jim Quigley, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte

  • Bob McTeer, President, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank

  • 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

  • Robert Bennett, Partner-Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

  • Bill Bradley, Former United States Senator

  • Kevin Rollins, President and Chief Operating Officer, Dell Inc.

  • Gary Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Airlines

  • The Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States

  • Panel: Mark Cuban, Tom Hicks, Red McCombs, Sports Franchise Owners, NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL - Wrap-up

  • Red McCombs, Entrepreneur, school patron - Press release

  • John Pepper, Chairman of the Board of The Proctor & Gamble Company

  • Charles Stanford, Jr., Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bankers Trust

  • Joe Liemandt, Chief Executive Officer of Trilogy Software

  • Ross Perot, Jr., Chairman of Hillwood Development Corporation

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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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