| 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 | |||