Leadership In Focus: Executive Insights

Leadership In Focus: Executive Insights is a guest speaker program at the Smeal College of Business initiated in the spring 2007 semester, which brings high-profile business leaders to the college to connect with students, faculty, and administrators.

The program adds a new dimension to the Smeal educational experience, by allowing Smeal students—undergraduates, MBA students, and Ph.D. candidates—to learn firsthand from business leaders and innovators who are on the frontlines of today’s changing business environment.

Executive Insights guests are greeted with a reception hosted by Smeal Dean James Thomas, during which they network with Smeal faculty and discuss the latest issues affecting their specific organizations. They also meet in small groups with interested students who are alumni of their internship programs or are future employees and interns. Each visit culminates with an interactive on-stage conversation with Dean Thomas in front of students and faculty.

Spring 2008 Speakers

February 8

Robert Pasterick
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Commercial Airplanes
Boeing, Inc.

April 1

Dennis M. Nally
Chairman and Senior Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers

April 11

James Stengel '83 M.B.A.
Global Marketing Officer
Procter & Gamble, Inc.

Past Speakers

Ernie Accorsi
Former General Manager
New York Giants

Joseph Amado
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Philip Morris USA

James Clifton
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Gallup Organization

Julie McHugh '86
Company Group Chairman of Global Virology Business
Johnson & Johnson, Inc.

Art Rooney II
President
Pittsburgh Steelers

Andrew Seck
Manager, Business Planning & Support and Vice President for Corporate Affairs
Shell

Stephen Sheetz '69
Chairman
Sheetz, Inc.

James Turley
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ernst & Young