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Distinguished Speaker Series

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THE AWB DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES brings a prominent national or regional business leader to the Seattle Pacific University School of Business and Economics each year. Decision makers, risk takers, and leaders of the regional and national corporate world share their personal experiences and philosophies with students through this program. Students and faculty receive real-world insight into the issues they regularly explore in the classroom.

The online RSVP option has now ended for this event.  You may contact Kathy Stegman at kstegman@spu.edu with your questions.

 

“SPU’s School of Business and Economics’ graduates, students, and faculty offer a perfect conduit for ‘engaging the culture, changing the world.’ Association of Washington Business is proud to associate with such an outstanding institution of higher learning by sponsoring The Association of Washington Business Distinguished Speaker Series.”  

           —Don Brunell, President, Association of Washington Business

Previous speakers have included: 

2001–02 Tom O’Keefe, CEO, Tully’s Coffee
2002–03 Blake Nordstrom, President, Nordstrom Inc.
2003–04 Jonathan Klein, CEO, Getty Images
2004–05 James D. Sinegal, CEO, Costco Wholesale Corp.
2005-06 Sally Jewell, President and CEO, Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI)
2006-07 Bob Bunting, Former Chairman of the Board for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
2007-08 F. Kemper Freeman, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kemper Development Company, President of Bellevue Square Managers, Inc.
2008-09 Scott E. Carson, Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company; President and CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
2009-10 Bonnie Wurzbacher, Senior Vice President, Global Customer Leadership, The Coca-Cola Company
2010-11 John W. Stanton, Chairman of the Board, Trilogy International Partners

Series sponsorship is provided by AWB, the Association of Washington Business.