Name Title Corporate Affiliation      
Michael A. Aimone Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations, and Mission Support U.S. Air Force        
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      
Bill Baker renowned visionary in public television, author        
Lisa P. Baird Senior Vice President, Consumer Products & Marketing National Football League      
John Ballantine   Board Member Enron (post-bankruptcy)      
Bob & Phyllis Baron Founders Baron Services      
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      
Charlie Brinkley Founder Floridian Bank Group      
David Brown Vice President, Strategic Planning Norfolk Southern Corporation      
David Brown Executive VP and COO CSX Transportation      
Del Bryant CEO BMI (Broadcast Music International)      
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      
Ashley Capps Founder AC Entertainment      
Billy Carroll Founder Smartbank      
Patrick "Buddy" Carroll President Freightliner of Knoxville      
Mike Carroll Founder MK Technologies      
Pamela Carter President Cummins Filtration      
Sam Carter Vice President (retired) IBM      
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      
General Carrol "Howie" Chandler Commander, Pacific Air Forces U.S. Air Force Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii      
  Air Component Commander for U.S. Pacific Command        
  Executive Director,  Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff        
           
Cody Chason International Export Operations Analyst, Global Transportation and Trade Compliance Group Kimberly-Clark Corporation       
James Cheek  Partner Bass, Berry & Sims      
Hollis Church Founder Dega      
Richard T. Clark Chairman and CEO Merck & Co., Inc.      
James Clash Adventure Columnist Forbes magazine      
Kevin Clayton CEO Clayton Homes, Inc.      
Heather Collins Director of Marketing Sara Lee      
Geoff Colvin Senior Editor-at-Large Fortune magazine      
Ben Cook Director of Global Transportation Kimberly-Clark Corporation       
John C. Compton Chief Executive Officer PepsiCo Americas Foods      
Conrad A. Conrad  Executive Vice President and CFO The Dial Corporation      
Bob Corker United States Senator U.S. Senate      
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      
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.      
Fred Exum CEO Krystal      
Richard L. Federico   Chairman and CEO P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc.      
Gordon Fee Retired President Lockheed Martin Energy Systems      
Cynthia Fornelli Executive Director  Center for Audit Quality      
David Freeman Owner Nashville Predators      
Brigadier General Taco Gilbert Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century U.S. Air Force      
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 UBS      
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       
Dee Haslam Founder RIVR Media      
Jim Haslam Founder Pilot Oil      
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      
General Tom Hobbins Retired U.S. Air Force Durango Group      
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      
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      
Larsen Jay Founder Double Jay Creative      
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      
Gary R. Kabureck Corporate Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer  Xerox Corporation      
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      
John P. Kirk CEO/Managing Partner Management Consulting      
Glenn Kline Partner IVP      
Lowry Kline Retired CEO Coca-Cola Enterprises      
Ed Kraft, Ph.D.  Chief Technologist Arnold Engineering Development Center      
General Walt Kross Retired U.S. Air Force Durango Group      
Deborah Laman Director of Marketing Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store      
Larry Lapide, Ph.D.    Vice President of Research AMR Research, Inc.      
Keith Lawrence Retired Divisional Director of Human Resources Procter & Gamble      
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      
General Gregory "Speedy" Martin Retired U.S. Air Force Durango Group      
Lee Martin Founder Abunga      
Whitney Martin Co-Founder Texas Women's Ventures      
Thom Mason Associate Laboratory Director for the Spallation Neutron Source  Oak Ridge National Laboratories      
H. Lynn Massingale, MS, FACEP    Chairman and CEO Team Health      
Rob May Director of Marketing Mastercraft      
Martina McBride Country music artist and songwriter Country music artist and songwriter      
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      
Ray 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      
Jim Newsome CEO Port of Charleston      
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       
Will Overstreet Founder Voices Heard Media      
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      
Ron Ritter Special Assistant for Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century to Secretary Michael W. Wynne (retired) U.S. Air Force      
Jack Rooney CEO U.S. Cellular      
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      
Dane Scism Founder Cellular Sales      
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        
David Silver Founder Sante Fe Capital      
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      
Tony Spezia   Covenant Health      
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.      
Michael Strickland Founder Bandit Lights      
Pat Summitt    Head Basketball Coach University of Tennessee Lady Vols       
Terry Sutton Sustaining Engineering Manager Dell, Inc.      
Christine Taylor Owner Irish Luck Ventures, LLC      
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      
Brian Welch  Senior Vice President  Morgan Stanley      
Tim Welch  Co-Founder  Procon      
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        
  Brunswick        
  Burkhardt Enterprises        
  Bush Brothers        
  Dixon Hughes        
  Ernst & Young        
  ESC         
  HT Hackney        
  Kenko/GSK        
  Kimberly Clark        
  Krystal        
  Landair        
  Marathon Asland Oil        
  McCormick        
  Montery Mushroom        
  Ozborne Hessey        
  Pershing Yoakley & Associates        
  Pilot Corporation        
  Pricewaterhousecoopers        
  Pugh & Company        
  Roadway Express        
  Rohm & Haas        
  Unilever        
  UPS        
  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      
Thomas J. Goldsby Gatton College of Business and Economics Lean Thinking in Theory, Practice, and Research      
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      
Rajendra Sisodia Bentley College Conscious Capitalism       
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