Past Speakers
2011 - 2012
| Aucoin, Berney | VP/Head of Trading, Sequent Energy Management |
| Barron, Walt | VP/Strategy Director, Peter Mayer Advertising |
| Beam, Aaron | Former CFO, HealthSouth |
| Beer, Ken | CFO, Stone Energy Corp. |
| Bernanke, Ben | Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank |
| Bertrand, Jim | Leonard, Street and Deinard |
| Blocher, Jesse | North Carolina University |
| Bol, Jasmijn | University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign |
| Bradley, Millie | Former General Auditor, ExxonMobil |
| Butler, John | University of Texas at Austin |
| Byrd, Daryl | President and CEO, IberiaBank |
| Centeno Lappas, Federico | Help Argentina |
| Chen, Po-Chang | University of Illinois |
| Cook, Kelly | VP, Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) |
| Denis, Dave | University of Pittsburgh |
| Dimon, Jamie | Chairman & CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Dittmer, Thomas | Co-founder, Refco |
| Donatone, Lorna | Sodexho North America |
| Dougher, Rayola | Sr. Economic Advisor, American Petroleum Institute |
| Dunlap, Dave | Superior Energy |
| Eckbo, Espen | Dartmouth University |
| Fernando, Chitru | University of Oklahoma |
| Fraiche, Donna D. | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz |
| Freeland, Robert Gray | American Express |
| Gergin, Daniel | Pulitzer Prize winning author; chairman, Cambridge Energy |
| Research Associates | |
| Glieber, Dennis | The Olinger Group |
| Grebski, Jacek | COO, Badger Media Inc. |
| Grinney, Jay | President and CEO, HealthSouth Corporation |
| Hagelmann, Bjorn | COO, MRE Consulting |
| Hebert, Curt | Lexicon Strategy Group |
| Hecht, Michael | Greater New Orleans Inc. |
| Hoang, Kris | University of Alberta, Edmonton |
| Hobbs, Ben | Johns Hopkins University |
| Hrnjic, Emir | National University of Singapore |
| Huang, Peggy | Indiana University |
| Hitchcock, Susan | SHEroes, Turknett Leadership Group |
| Irvine, Paul | University of Georgia |
| Jacobs, Leslie R. | Strategic Comp |
| Jegadeesh, Narasimhan | Emory University |
| Jones, Steve | Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. |
| Karolyi, Andrew | Cornell University |
| Keefe, Gerald | Managing Director, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
| Kelly, Bryan | University of Chicago |
| Kitwiwattanachai, Chanatip | University of Illinois |
| Knoll, Dominik | New Orleans World Trade Center |
| Konicki, Roberta | Sr. VP, Energy Markets Div., MacQuarie Energy LLC |
| Laborde, John P. | Founder, Tidewater |
| LeBlanc, Larry J. | Vanderbilt University |
| Leverett, Heather | Partner/Commodities, Optimus Recruiting and Staffing |
| Lin, Jerchern | University of Southern California |
| Lin, Ji-chai | Louisiana State University |
| Ma, Guang | University of Texas at Dallas |
| Malloy, Chris | Harvard University |
| Mancheski, Matt | Tidewater Corporate Services LLC |
| Mao, Lei | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| Massad, Timothy | U.S. Treasury |
| Maurer, Virginia | University of Florida |
| May, Anthony | University of Oklahoma |
| McClendon, Bill | Author, Deal Makers - Negotiating More Effectively Using Timeless Values |
| McCusker, Christopher | Tulane University |
| Melendreras, Ed | Entergy |
| Melera, Poppi | Director, Optimus Recruiting and Staffing |
| Miller, Bruce | Dailey & Associates |
| Miller, Rodrick T. | New Orleans Business Alliance |
| Milnes, Andy | Head of Supply and Training of the Americas, BP |
| Moreau, Janine | Port of New Orleans |
| Moret, Stephen | Louisiana Economic Development |
| Motta, Stanley | Chairman, Copa Airlines |
| Nolfo, Matthew J. | Bloomberg LP |
| Norman, Tammy | VP, Mergers & Acquisitions, Shell Energy North America |
| Pan, Xuhui | McGill University |
| Peecher, Mark | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Perelman, Jeremy | J. Goldman & Co. |
| Petrowski, Joe | CEO, Gulf Oil |
| Pierce, Anson | McDonald's |
| Prilmeier, Robert | Ohio State University |
| Olson, John | Sanders Harris Morris |
| O'Shea, Erin | Bloomberg LP |
| Perkin, Nic | Receivables Exchange |
| Rice, Paul | FairTrade USA |
| Rice, Sarah | University of Connecticut |
| Slocum, Michael C. | Capital One Bank |
| Stelly, Chris | Film & Television, Louisiana Economic Development |
| Telford, Dana | Family Business Consulting Group |
| Ticktin, Richard | CEO, SynergyLabs |
| Veihmeyer, John | Chairman and CEO, KPMG |
| Wang, Jin | Queen's University |
| Wenzel, Patricia | Merrill Lynch |
| Whited, Toni | University of Rochester |
| Williams, Ryan | Georgia State University |
| Yamarone, Richard | Bloomberg Brief: Economics |
| Zhang, Shage | Vanderbilt University |
| Zhu, Wenzie | University of Maryland |
| Zimmerman, Paul | Lexicon Strategy Group |
2010 - 2011
| Abernathy, Fred | Harvard University |
| Adamson, Seabron | VP, Tudor Investment Corp. |
| Agerton, David | Shell Oil |
| Aldag, Ray | Wisconson-Madison |
| Allen, Zach | Pan EurAsian Enterprises, Inc. |
| Andrews, Al | CEO, Thriv |
| Arias Aranda, Daniel | Department of Business Management, University of Grenada, Spain |
| Augustine, Justin T. | Veolia Transportatin, Inc. |
| Avery, Michelle | Laporte Sehrt Romig and Hand |
| Babst, Beau | Moped Medical |
| Bares, Warren | J. Maxime Roy Inc. |
| Barrick, Murray | Texas A&M |
| Barron, Paul | Tulane University |
| Basmajian, David | Director, Communications & Publications, Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai |
| Baynham, Linda | Tulane University |
| Bea, Robert | Professor, Berkley University |
| Bergeron, Lindsey; Paul Hodges; Cat Howard | Northwestern Mutual |
| Bergey, Paul K. | North Carolina State University |
| Berner, Kyle | Feelgoodz |
| Bernhard, Scott | Grow Dat |
| Bial, Deborah | The Posse Foundation |
| Biliang, Hu | Beijing Normal University |
| Blaine, Joshua S. | Credit Suisse |
| Bosworth, Seth | MFIN ‘07 |
| Bouwman, Christa | Case Western Reserve University |
| Bracci, Dina | Taylor Energy |
| Branham, Phillip E. | President, B&L Group |
| Bromiley, Phil | University of California, Irvine |
| Bromwich, Michael | Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement |
| Brooks, Allen | PPHB |
| Brown, Larry | Georgia State University |
| Caire, Douglas | SBA Lending Consultants |
| Calvo, Brandon | Johnson Rice & Co. |
| Campello, Murillo | UIUC |
| Canavan, Pat | Motorola |
| Candler, Matt | 4.0 Schools |
| Carney, Bill | Congressman from New York |
| Carroll, David L. | Wake Forest University |
| Chang, Angusan | Director of Administration KEE Group |
| Chen, Eugene | VP KEE Group |
| Chiang, Keenton | Commercial Officer, US Consulate General, China |
| Chu, Stellar | Senior Commercial Specialist, American Consulate General, China |
| Clarkson, Thomas B. | Institute of Regenerative Medicine |
| Collins, Larry | Louisiana Economic Development |
| Comer, Patrick | Federated Sample/ Jackson Square Group |
| Conley, Renae | Entergy |
| Connors, Stephen R. | Analysis Group for Regional Energy Alternatives |
| Conroy, Ed | Tulane Men's Basketball |
| Cook, Kelly | DSW |
| Cordes, Craig | Cordina |
| Cramer,Jim | Host, CNBC’s Mad Money |
| Crigler, Jeremy | Tulane University |
| Cummins, Bill | JPMorganChase |
| DeSouza, Delilah | U.S. Export Assistance Center |
| Devito, Danny | Regional Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Brazil |
| Diaz, Pablo | Alabama International Trade Center |
| Dickerson, Dusty | Sr. Financial Analyst, HRI Properties |
| Dickson, Rick | Tulane University |
| Dondis, Joel | Sucre |
| Dugal, Steven | Northwestern Mutual |
| Eaglstein, Brett | Bloomberg |
| Evans, Tracy | Denbury Resources |
| Fang, Emily | CEO KEE Group |
| Fee, Edward | Michigan State University |
| Fernandez, Blake | Howard Weil |
| Fischmann, Tom | Body Evolution |
| Fogarty, Robert | Evacuteer.com/ Dear World |
| Forman, Ron | Audubon Institute |
| Fraiche, Donna D. | Chair of the Women's Initiative/ Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC |
| Frank, Jolene | Latin/Hispanic Business Development Manager, U.S. Foodservice |
| Fuentes, Tom | Republican Party of Orange County |
| Gentry, Brett | LaoWei's Restaurant |
| Giarrusso, Joe | Liskow and Lewis/ Young Leadership Council President |
| Goff, Stephen | US TransCarbon LLC. |
| Goin, Russel | VP, International and Corporate Human Resources, Rent-A-Center |
| Golden, Neil | Chief Marketing Officer, McDonald's |
| Goodly, Tim | Sr. VP, CNN Worldwide |
| Gregoire, Courtney | NEI Director |
| Grinney, Jay | HealthSouth Corporation |
| Grundmeyer, Brad | Cox Communications |
| Guldin, Sarah | Ogilvy & Mather, China |
| Hadlock, Charles | Michigan State University |
| Hakes, Jake | Federal Macondo Commission |
| Hamawy, Ben | Mignon Faget CEO |
| Hardy, Cecile | NOLA Couture |
| Hauter, Dirk | ExxonMobil, China |
| He, Andrew S. | Fullgoal Fund |
| Hecht, Michael | Greater New Orleans Inc. |
| Hines, Bill | Jones Walker |
| Hingle, Jerry | Southern United States Trade Association |
| Hitchcock, Susan | SHEroes |
| Hoenig, Jay | Asia Pacific, Hill & Associates |
| Houston, Joel | University of Florida |
| Huang, Peggy | Indiana University |
| Huang, Wayne | Division for Service Industry Investment, Suzhou |
| Jacobs, Leslie R. | Strategic Comp |
| Jain, Prem | Georgetown University |
| Jiang, Chun | University of International Business and Economics, Beijing |
| Jiang, Haishan | China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong |
| Johnson, Cappy | Orleans Capital Management |
| Jones Jr., Robert O. | Regional Senior Commercial Officer, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Carribean |
| Kahn, Omar | Pittsburg Steelers |
| Kaplan, Steve | Business Owner and Author |
| Karayiannakis, George | Onboard Products, American Airlines |
| Katz, Myron | New Orleans businessman and energy expert |
| Kemp, Kelly | U.S. EXIM |
| Kenwood, Clifford | Rebirth Capital/ American Community Renewable Energy Fund |
| Kethman, William | Novate Medical Technologies |
| Kini, Omesh | Georgia State University |
| Knox, Brie | U.S. Export Assistance Center |
| Krishnamurty, Srini | North Carolina State University |
| Kuan, Jenny | Stanford University |
| Kuo, Kaiser | Baidu.com |
| Lacey, Steven G. | Economic Office, US Consulate General, China |
| Lawrence, Rolanette & Berdon | 3L Partners LLC |
| LeBeouf, Sabrina | LeBeouf Consulting |
| LeBlanc, Joe | Professor of finance & entergy trading |
| Leitner, Lauren | Lauren's Biscotti |
| Lemmon, Michael | Professor, Finance Dept., University of Utah |
| Lenker, Max | RaceTrac Petroleum |
| Lin, Dong | Offering & Listing department, Shanghai Stock Exchange |
| Lipson, Marc | University of Virginia |
| Liu | Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. |
| Liu, Genfa | China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong |
| Lo, Chun | Asia Pacific, Mettler-Toledo Corporation |
| Locke, Gary | U.S. Secretary of Commerce |
| Loomis, Landon | U.S. Embassy, China |
| Maillet, Bonnie Blue | Boysenblue/Celtec International Inc. |
| Makk, Andrew F. | Energy Capital Partners |
| Martin, Tom | Zehnder Communications |
| Maurer, Ralph | Tulane University |
| Maurin, Jimmy | Stirling Properties |
| McBride, John | Magic Seasoning Blends |
| McCartney, Liz & Rosenburg, Zack | St. Bernard Project |
| McCrossen, Brent | AudioSocket |
| McDougal, Luther | Sr. VP, Porfolio Manager, Merrill Lynch |
| Medbery, Jennifer Schnidman | Drop the Chalk |
| Melendreras, Ed | Entergy |
| Mi, Hong | Zhejiang University |
| Miller, Michael | OBOCS |
| Miller, Rodrick T. | New Orleans Business Alliance |
| Ming, Ma | Shanghai Yong Fan Financial Services |
| Morris, David | Managing Director, Oracle Capital Partners LLC |
| Mulherin, Harold | University of Georgia |
| Murry, Wayne | Whitney Bank |
| Nanda, Vikram | McDonough Chair in Finance, Georgia Tech University |
| Ng, David C. | Economic Office, US Consulate General, China |
| Ng, Sandy | Ogilvy & Mather, China |
| Ning, Jia | Tsinghua University |
| O'Brien, Gale | Strategic Opportunities Group |
| Olson, Eric | Plant Manager at River Bend Station |
| Olson, John | Sanders Harris Morris |
| Ondecheck, Ron Jr. | Altira Group LLC. |
| Parkman, Jim & Hanson, Michael | Parkman Whaling Investment Bankers |
| Patterson, Caroline | People's Health |
| Peng, Claire | Account Manager, KEE Decorative Technology Inc. |
| Perez, Tom | Asst. Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice |
| Periguan, Zhu | Baoshan Training Institute |
| Perkin, Nic | Receivables Exchange |
| Pfleger, Gregory | Cultural Affairs, U.S. Consulate General, China |
| Phalen, Earl | Reach Out and Read/ Summer Advantage USA |
| Pinson, Bret | Pinson & Associates |
| Pollet, Joshua | Michigan State University |
| Puri, Manju | Duke University |
| Q, Josh | Central Intelligence Agency |
| Qui, Karen | Manager of Events, Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai |
| Ralston, Graham | Whitney Bank |
| Ran, Hong Pi | Development Center, Suzhou |
| Rangan, Kash | Merrill Lynch |
| Reece, Ben | DelTree Studios |
| Reith, Charles | VP, Remote Energy Solutions |
| Reutter, Joy | RSM McGladrey Network |
| Rivas, Deborah | Robert Baird & Co. |
| Robinson, David | Duke University |
| Rodi, John | U.S. MMS |
| Roemer, Buddy | Business First Bank |
| Ryan, Harley E | Georgia State University |
| Sabathia, Ken | LOOP, Inc. |
| Salazaar, Ken | U.S. Department of Interior |
| Saucier, Jeffrey P. | Ochsner Health System |
| Sawyer, Melissa | Youth Empowerment Project |
| Schindler, Walter | SAIL Venture Partners, LLC. |
| Schmieder, Joe | Family Business Consulting Group |
| Schultz, Chris | Voodoo Ventures/ Launch Pad |
| Schuman, Amy | Family Business Consulting Group |
| Schwarsenbach, Malcolm | Trumpet Advertising |
| Seelig, Rachel | Financial Analyst, Gap Inc. |
| Seemuller, William | Veolia Transportatin, Inc. |
| Shen, Andy | Division for Service Industry Investment, Suzhou |
| Shore, Bill | Share Our Strength |
| Simmons, Bertie | Principal of Furr High School |
| Sioshansi, Ramteen | Ohio State University |
| Smith, Katherine | It Straps On |
| Smith, Ted | Federal Reserve Bank |
| Sosa, Carlos | U.S. Small Business Admin |
| Speece, Fred Jr. | Speece Thorson Capital Group |
| Stelly, Brenda A. | Oil Center Research International |
| Stolz, Trey | IBERIA Capital Partners |
| Suggs, Carroll | Former Chairman, Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. |
| Teague, Jeffrey | Crown Products |
| Thornton, Doug | Louisiana Superdome |
| Tuazon, Liz | Law Office Technology consultant |
| Tuminello, Peter | Sequent Energy |
| Turknett, Robert and Lyn | Turknett Leadership Group Atlanta |
| Turner, Neil | AllTran |
| Ulmer, Robert R. | University of Arkansas |
| Vargas, Rebeca | Sr. VP of Marketing, JPMorganChase |
| Villere, St. Denis J. | St. Denis J. Villere & Co. |
| Vitrano, Robbie | Naked Pizza |
| Walker, Scott | Information officer, U.S. Consulate General, China |
| Wang, Weijing | International and Commercial Bank of China |
| Waterfield, Tim | Tulane University |
| Weiss, Robert A. | J.P Morgan |
| Williamson, Tim | The Idea Village |
| Wilson, Trevor | Jones Walker |
| Woodlief, Tony | Market-Based Management Institute |
| Xi, Qin | Shanghai Capital Investment Co |
| Xiang, Jian | Offering & Listing department, Shanghai Stock Exchange |
| Xu, Moqi | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Xudong, Gao | Tsinghua University |
| Yamarone, Richard | Senior Economist, Bloomberg Brief Economics |
| Yu, Yunke | LSU Center for Energy and Environmental Studies |
| Zhang, Shage | Vanderbilt University |
| Zhihui, Jiang | Development Center, Suzhou |
| Zhu, Alvin | Mott MacDonald |