Melvin Jacobs Retail Leadership Lecture Series Past Speakers

• April 24, 2002: Arthur Martinez, former Chairman and CEO, Sears, Roebuck and Company
• October 24, 2002: Leonard Lauder, Chairman of the Board, The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
• February 12, 2003: Allen Questrom, Chairman and CEO, J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
• “J.C. Penney Turnaround : A Work In Progress”
• October 27, 2003: Burt Tansky, CEO, Neiman Marcus
• “Specialty Retailing at its Best”
• February 23, 2005: LTG William “Gus” Pagonis
• “A Discussion on Leadership in the Military and in the Civilian Corporate World of Retail”
• September 27, 2005: Kenneth Walker, FAIA
• “Design as a Marketing Tool”
• April 26, 2007: Joe Solimando, CIO, Disney Consumer Products
• “Licensing, Retail and the Use of Technology at Disney Consumer Products”
• April 14, 2009: Christine Cook, SVP, Digital Advertising Sales, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
• “Marketing, the Market and Metrics”