High-Profile Speakers Who  Recently Have Addressed Our Students
(includes 2005 EIR)
CORPORATE PRESENTERS
Name Title Corporate Affiliation
Brad Alford Chairman and CEO Nestle USA
John Allison Chairman and CEO BB&T Corporation
Ray Archer    Vice President of Operations Dell Computer Systems
Chris Aronhalt Managing Partner and Founder MedalistSports
Scott Arves President, Transportation Schneider National, Inc.
William E. Aubrey II President and CEO Gertrude Hawk Chocolates
Lisa P. Baird Senior Vice President, Consumer Products & Marketing National Football League
John Ballantine   Board Member Enron (post-bankruptcy)
Bob Baron Founder   Baron Services
Herbert M. Baum   Former CEO The Dial Corporation, Quaker State, Campbell North/South America
Author of The Transparent Leader
Randall S. Beard Managing Director and Head of Global Marketing, Global Wealth Management and Business Banking UBS AG
Terry Begley Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Information Techology and Quality Eastman Chemical Company
Leonard J. Berlik Immediate Past CEO Uniqema
Executive Vice President ICI Industries
Dave Black President and CEO Aegis Sciences
Paul Bonitatibus President of Consumer and Business Banking Hibernia National Bank (of Capital One)
Ron Boster Special Advisor the Board Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Randy Boyd Founder PetSafe
David Brown Vice President, Strategic Planning Norfolk Southern Corporation
Warren Buffett Chairman and CEO Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
Renda Burkhart President Burkhart & Company
Carolyn Butler-Lee Director of Quality Cummins, Inc.
W. Douglas Buttrey    Commissioner Surface Transportation Board
Pamela Carter President Cummins Filtration
Beverly Cawthon Director of Operations Aegis Sciences
Howard E. Chambers Vice President, Program Management and Independent Review, IDS Office of the President The Boeing Company
Cody Chason International Export Operations Analyst, Global Transportation and Trade Compliance Group Kimberly-Clark Corporation 
James Cheek  Partner Bass, Berry & Sims
Richard T. Clark Chairman and CEO Merck & Co., Inc.
Heather Collins Director of Marketing Sara Lee
Geoff Colvin Senior Editor-at-Large Fortune magazine
John C. Compton Chief Executive Officer PepsiCo Americas Foods
Constantinos Constantinou Former President Cobalt Yachts
Conrad A. Conrad  Executive Vice President and CFO The Dial Corporation
 Mark Covas  Director, Global Demand Planning, Center of Expertise The Gillette Company
Joe Crafton President, Strategic Alliances Crossmark
John M. Cranor III       Chairman AFC Enterprises, Inc.
Former Chairman, President, and CEO Long John Silver’s Restaurants
Former Chairman, President, and CEO KFC
Bennett M. Croswell F119 and F/A22 Program Vice President Pratt & Whitney
Paul Dittmann   Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy, Systems and Projects (retired) Whirlpool Corporation
Ken Dobbins President BankEast
John Dorton President and CEO MasterCraft Boats
John W. Douglass President and CEO Aerospace Industries Association of America Inc.
Terry Douglass    Chairman CTI Molecular Imaging 
Mike Ducker Executive Vice President FedEx Express
Blaise Durant Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Integration United States Air Force 
Kevin Edwards Vice President, WalMart Global Team Procter & Gamble
David Evans Partner Dixon Hughes (Atlanta)
Dan W. Evins Chairman CBRL Group, Inc.
Richard L. Federico   Chairman and CEO P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc.
Scott Ferguson Distribution Manager Emerson Process Management
Rebecca Flick    Vice President and Treasurer The Home Depot
Craig Gilchrist   Director of Demand Planning Coca-Cola North America
Daniel Goelzer    Board Member Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Barry Goss Founder Pro2Serve
James M. Gower Chairman and CEO Rigel, Inc.
Bill Gradison Board Member Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Paul Green Vice President Morgan Stanley
Robert Grey Partner Hunton & Williams
President American Bar Association
Karen Gullett Senior Vice President, Brand Strategy & Research Visa International
Alan N. Greenberg Managing Partner Greenberg Ventures
Chairman and CEO Travel Holdings, Inc.
Former Publisher Esquire magazine
Former Vice Chairman Whittle Communications
Martin Gruenburg Vice Chairman FDIC
Steven A. Harmon    Vice-President, Global Transportation Kimberly-Clark Corporation 
Jamie Heard Vice Chairman Institutional Shareholder Services
Ralph D. Heath Executive Vice President and F/A-22 General Manager Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Ken Heintz Associate Vice President, Finance Limited Logistics Services
Greg Hewitt    Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing Jacobsen
Tonya G. Hinch    President Don Hinch & Associates
President & Founder LifePlanning Unlimited, Inc. 
Executive Vice President, Special Projects (retired) Edison Schools
Chad Holliday CEO DuPont Corporation
Neil Hooper   Group Vice President for Demand and Revenue Management Manugistics, Inc.
Bill Hutchinson Director of Americas Fulfillment and Logistics Dell
Mark Ingram  President of International Operations Ruby Tuesday Franchise
Dennis K. Jackson Director for Logistics Transformation, National Security Directorate Oak Ridge National Laboratories
Former Major General and Head  US Army Logistics-Central Command)
David Jacobi Director of Accounting and Information Technology Kimberly-Clark Corporation 
Diane W. Jacobs Senior Vice President, U.S. Infant Nutrition Nestle Infant Nutrition
Curtis Jones CEO NDI
Dean Jones    Vice President of Transportation Dollar Tree
Laurie Jones Strategic Planning and Analysis Manager Alcoa
Sherman Jones Vice President Knoxville Urban League
Joyce A. Jordan     Chief Operating Officer, Dallas Operating Center and Executive Vice President, Sales/Marketing Dart Transit Company
Wilma Jordan    Founder and CEO The Jordan, Edmiston Group
David F. Julian President, Automotive and Supply Chain Services Norfolk Southern Corporation
Bipin Junnarkar Consultant Knowledge Manangement
Former Vice President of Information Systems Hewlett Packard Company
John E. Kaiser    Vice President and General Manager - Intermodal Union Pacific Railroad
Andrew Kaizer Senior Partner Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door
John Kalec    Chief Financial Officer Clayton Homes, Inc.
John Keenan Senior Vice President of Operations, Chief Transportation Officer Horizon Lines (formerly CSX)
Naomi Kelman President, The Americas Vistakon
Glenn Kline Partner IVP
Lowry Kline Retired CEO Coca-Cola Enterprises
Deborah Laman Director of Marketing Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store
Larry Lapide, Ph.D.    Vice President of Research AMR Research, Inc.
John Latham Partner Alston & Bird
John H. Ley Group Vice President, Emerging Commercial Banking SunTrust Bank
Julie Hagler Lumgair Partner Windsor Oaks Vineyards
Former Chief Marketing Officer American Culinary Institute
David Lusk Senior Manager, Global Operations Control FedEx
Supreet Manchanda Senior Vice President, Strategy and Innovation Computer Associates
Joseph Marlow Director Cummins Learning Institute
Robert O. Martichenko President LeanCor LLC
Lee Martin Founder Abunga
Thom Mason Associate Laboratory Director for the Spallation Neutron Source  Oak Ridge National Laboratories
H. Lynn Massingale, MS, FACEP    Chairman and CEO Team Health
Ken May  Chief Operating Officer FedEx Kinko’s
Rob May Director of Marketing Mastercraft
Dan McDonald Founder Phenotype Screening
Robert McDonald Chief Operating Officer The Procter & Gamble Company
Bryan McKenzie President Pinnacle Distribution Concepts LLC
William Milam Founder Telesensors
Jim Miller    Senior Vice President AC Nielsen/BASES
Jack Mills     Retired Director, Customer Business Development, ASEAN Region Procter & Gamble
Darryl Mobley President, CEO and Founder Family Digest Media Group
Corey Moles Business Analyst Whirlpool Corporation
Steve Monahan President Competitive Capital
ay Moncrief Fund Manager KHIC
Pete Moore Vice President - Logistics & Fulfillment Capgemini U.S. LLC
John Morris CEO Sunlight Direct
Gary A. Mucha Senior Vice President, Operations BAE Systems
Michael J. Musso President & CEO DirectoryNet, LLC
President & CEO Child Care Educational Institute
Charles Niemeier Board Member Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Tom Nightingale   Vice President, Corporate Marketing Schneider National, Inc..
Kyle T. Nolen Financial Representative Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, Knoxville
Joe O'Donnell CEO and Chairman Artesyn Technologies, Inc.
John F. Olson Senior Partner Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Mark Olson Chairman Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Ron Orr Deputy Assistant Secretary, Installation and Logistics United States Air Force 
Chuck Owens Ernst & Young
Marla E. Perez-Davis Chief of Electrochemistry Branch NASA
Jane O. Pierotti President and CEO Counterpoint
Dave Pocklington Director, Sales Forecasting and Analysis Alticor Corporation
Stevan D. Porter President, The Americas InterContinental Hotels Group
Kevin Proffitt Managing Director Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, Knoxville
President East Tennessee Chapter of the Financial Planning Association
Dave Ramsey CEO The Lampo Group
Patricia Norton Ramsey Director of Career Development Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Justin Reese Customer Supply Chain Analyst Unilever
Robert Reich President Clinton's Labor Secretary Clinton's Cabinet
Denis E. Reilly Senior Vice President, Logistics & Operations Meridian IQ
Michael E. Rescoe CFO and Executive Vice President, Financial Services TVA
Harry Richards Founder MycoGenomix
Mike Ringler Knoxville Station Manager Delta Airlines
Nick Riso   Vice President of  Global Business Relationships Nestlé USA
Dan Rosenbluth   Brand Manager, Mexicali and Blue Moon Beers Coors Brewing Company 
Mark Rourke President, Truckload Services Schneider National, Inc.
Mark Rowan Owner Stir Fry Café
Retired executive Pilot Corporation
Steve Sadove Chairman and CEO Saks
Ron Samford Chief Administrative Officer Hibernia National Bank (of Capital One)
Ali Safavi Executive Director, Worldwide Account Management The Walt Disney Company
Gregory Scates    Associate Chief Auditor Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Bill Schmidt Owner and Chief Executive Officer Pegasus
Former President Gatorade, Oakley
1972 Olymphic Bronze Medalist in the Javelin
E. Christian Schoenleb author Battling Marketing Myths
Former CEO Arby’s, Burger King, Bojangles’, Midas, Swensen’s
Donald Seal Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing Norfolk Southern Corporation
Ed Seaver Director Family Business Institute
Clark Shaw CEO Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store
Devin Shepard Logistics and Supply Chain Consultant Consultant  
William Simon    Secretary of Department of Management Services state of Florida
William S. Simon Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer WalMart Stores, Inc.
Reuben Slone    Executive Vice President, Supply Chain OfficeMax
John W. Snow Secretary of the Treasury United States Government
Bill Spurgeon President Dover Diversified Industries
Ben Stanga Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers (Atlanta)
 Al Stefl  Senior Vice President, Communications Nestlé USA
John E. Stokely   President JES, Inc.
Pat Summitt    Head Basketball Coach University of Tennessee Lady Vols 
Terry Sutton Sustaining Engineering Manager Dell, Inc.
Paul Thomas   Group President, North American Fabricated Products Division; Executive Vice President Alcoa
Destin Tompkins Vice President, Eauity Research Morgan Keegan & Co.
Jason Trusley Senior Consultant, Strategy and Operations, Supply Chain and Operations Practice Deloitte Consulting
Laurie A. Tucker   Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing FedEx
Chris Van Beke Founder Tennetic Ventures
Dwight Van Inwegen Vice President International Paper (Memphis)
Jay Vandenbree     Senior Vice President, Strategic Sales Planning, Consumer Sales Company  Sony Electronics, Inc.
Gary Wadhwa, M.D. Chairman of Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Albany Memorial Hospital
Senior Partner Adirondack Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Debra Walker  Deputy Director, Depot Maintenance, Headquarters, Air Force Materiel Command  United States Air Force
Joe M. Weller  Immediate past Chairman & CEO Nestlé USA
Michael R. West    Managing Partner NorthShore Capital, LLC
Chuck Witkowski Founder Protein Discovery
Alan Wilson CEO McCormick Foods
Grady Vanderhoofven Fund Manager Meritus
Anthony L. Velocci Editor-In-Chief Aviation Week & Space Technology
David Yermack Stern School of Business New York University
Jerry Yockum   President and CEO Dover Diversified, Inc.
ADDITIONAL COMPANIES WHO SPEAK TO STUDENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS
Army Corps of Engineers
Averitt Express
Burkhardt Enterprises
Bush Beans
ESC 
GE/TMSI Distribution Facility
Goody's
Highway Transport
House-Hasson Hardward
HT Hackney
Kenko/GSK
Kimberly Clark
Krystals
Landair
Marathon Asland Oil
McCormick
Montery Mushroom
Ozborne Hessey
Roadway Express
Rohm & Haas
Tennessee Valley Fair
Unilever
UPS
Weigel's
ACADEMIC PRESENTERS
Name Academic Affiliation Topic
Ingela Alger Boston College Altruism and Climate
Mary Barth Stanford University IASB member
Mark Beasley North Carolina State Corporate Governance
Pascal Bizarro University of Alabama Systems/Information Retrieval
Yongmin Chen University of Colorado Price Competition
James Cox Duke University School of Law Corporate Governance
Larry Cunningham Boston College Corporate Governance
Chetan Dave University of Texas-Dallas Efficiency of Investment
Paquita Davis-Friday University of Notre Dame International—Mexican Cross-listed Firms
Jere Francis University of Missouri Non-Audit Fee Disclosures
Stu Gillan Arizona State University Corporate Governance
A. Blanton Godfrey North Carolina State Dean of the College of Textiles
Barry Hirsch Trinity University and University of Kentucky Measuring Earnings
Luojia Hu Northwestern University and Princeton University Duration Models
Jim Hunton Bentley College Reporting Transparency
Eugene Imhoff University of Michigan Earnings Manipulation
Peter Johnson Arizona State University Value of Goodwill
Sallie Keller-McNulty Rice University Dean of Engineering
April Klein New York University Corporate Governance
Charles Lee Cornell University Analysts Forecasts Revisions
John List University of Chicago Open Air Markets
William Q. Meeker Iowa State University Professor of Statistics 
Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Lalitha Naveen Georgia State University Executive Compensation
Terry Neal University of Kentucky Corporate Governance
Zoe-Vonna Palmrose University of Southern California Auditor Independence
Robin Pennington University of South Carolina IS Information Overload
K. Raghunandan Texas A&M International Audit Committees
Khawaja Saeed University of South Carolina Systems/Supply Chain Integration
Steven Salter University of Cincinnati Culture and Information Sharing
Edward G. Schilling Rochester Institute of Technology Professor Emeritus
Seven L. Schwarcz Stanley A. Star Professor of Law & Business Duke University School of Law
Ken Shaw University of Maryland Corporate Disclosure Quality
Anil Shivdasani University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Corporate Governance
Wayne Thomas University of Oklahoma Earnings Quality
Brad Tuttle University of South Carolina Taxes Owed and Risky Investments
Stefano DellaVigna University of California-Berkeley Movies and Violent Crime
Tim West University of Arkansas Cost Prediction—Health Care