William D. Cohan
Author, House of Cards and The Last Tycoons
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Presentation and Luncheon: noon-1:30 p.m.; Crowne Plaza Hotel
“House of Cards: How and Why the Financial Market Melted Down”
William Cohan is a former Wall Street senior banker and best-selling investigative journalist with insider knowledge and insights into the current financial crisis. He has written two books about Wall Street: The Last Tycoons, which won the 2007 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, and House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street. The latter book, published in March 2009, dealt with the current financial crisis and the collapses of Bear Sterns and Lehman Brothers. Previously, Cohan was a Vice President at Lazard Fréres, a Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Merrill Lynch, and a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase. 
Condoleezza Rice
Former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Presentation: “Remarks by Condoleezza Rice;” 10-11:30 a.m.; Tulsa Mabee Center
“Questions and Answers with Condoleezza Rice”
Condoleezza Rice served as the 66th U.S. Secretary of State from January 2005 to 2009. Before serving as America’s chief diplomat, she served as assistant to the President for national security affairs (national security advisory) from January 2001-2005. She is currently the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Rice served as a member of the board of directors for the Chevron, Charles Schwab, and Transamerica corporations. 
J. Alexander M. Douglas, Jr.
President of Coca-Cola North America
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Presentation and Luncheon: noon-1:30 p.m.; Renaissance Hotel
“Global Sustainable Leadership – Transforming How We Do Business”
J. Alexander M. Douglas, Jr., (Sandy) has been President of Coca-Cola North America since August 2006. As such, he is responsible for all of The Coca-Cola Company’s operations in the United States and Canada. Coca Cola North America is a unit of The Coca-Cola Company, the world’s largest beverage company. Prior to this appointment, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer where he led the company’s global customer and commercial leadership organization. Prior to joining Coca Cola in 1988, he was at The Procter & Gamble Company. |
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