All Past Speakers Geno AuriemmaHead CoachUConn Women’s Basketball George AylwardPresident and Chief Executive OfficerVirtus Investment Partners Sulin BaProfessor Associate Dean of Academic and Research SupportUConn School of Business Gina BarrecaBest-Selling Author and Professor of EnglishUniversity of Connecticut Andy BessetteExecutive VP & Chief Administrative OfficerTravelers Regina Black LennoxExecutive Director, Satell Family FoundationDirector of Philanthropy Progressive Business Publications Lisa BordersPresidentWomen’s National Basketball Associations (WNBA) Barbara BrooksVice PresidentThe Center For Professional Excellence Melinda BrownSVP, Corporate ControllerCoach, Inc. John CaineChief Product OfficerPriceline.com Mary CaravellaAssociate Professor in-Residence, MarketingUConn School of Business Richard CarbrayOwnerApex Pharmacy and Home Health Center Kathryn CassidySenior Vice President and TreasurerGeneral Electric Company & GE Capital Dr. Yong ChangHead of B2B Solution Team & Global B2B CenterSamsung Electronics, Co. Ltd. Bob ChauvinFormer PresidentTyco SimplexGrinnell John CiullaPresidentWebster Financial Corporation and Webster Bank Eric ConsolazioVP, IT Customer Solutions GroupCigna Robin CoulterProfessor and Department HeadMarketing Department, UConn School of Business Manon CoxPresident & CEOProtein Sciences Laura DambierSVP, Partner Solutions for Life, Claims & DistributionLincoln Financial General Martin E. DempseyChairmanJoint Chiefs of Staff Charlie DensonPresidentNike Brand Anne DiamondChief Executive OfficerUConn’s John Dempsey Hospital UConn Health Guest Lecturer, School of Medicine Bob DiamondFounder & CEOAtlas Merchant Capital Rich DinoAssociate ProfessorManagement Department, UConn School of Business John ElliottInterim Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Auran J. Fox Chair in BusinessUConn Mitchell EtessChief Executive OfficerMohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (MTGA) Matt FleuryPresident & CEOConnecticut Science Center John FodorCo-FounderNextGen Recruiters Tim FoltaFaculty DirectorConnecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation David GangCEO and Co-FounderPerfect Sense Digital Clint GartinChairman of Investment BankingMorgan Stanley Marty GavinPresident & CEOConnecticut Children’s Medical Center Lucy GilsonAssociate DeanUConn School of Business Richard GrazianoPresident and General ManagerWPIX-TV Nathan GrubeExecutive DirectorTravelers Championship Susan HerbstPresidentUniversity of Connecticut Chandler HowardPresident & CEOLiberty Bank Jason HoweyPresident & CEOOKAY Industries Michael JacksonVice President & General Manager of Global BasketbalNike Lucille JanatkaSenior Vice President, Hartford HealthCare & President/CEOMidState Medical Center Carl JohnsonManaging PartnerBlumShapiro Carol JuelEVP and Chief Information OfficerSynchrony Financial Wendy KahnChief Executive and Brand PresidentStuart Weitzman Margaret KeanePresident & CEOSynchrony Financial Melissa KivettSenior Vice President, Strategy OfficerPrudential Annuities Warde ManuelAthletic DirectorUniversity of Connecticut John MathieuProfessorManagement Department, UConn School of Business Dr. J. Michael McQuadeSVP for Science and TechnologyUnited Technologies Corporation Nancy MeyerPublisherHartford Courant Media Group Lincoln MillsteinSVP & Special Assistant to the CEOHearst Corporation Corliss MontesiVP Finance and CFOSikorsky Aerospace Services Karen MunsonOwnerMunson’s Chocolates Denis NaydenManaging PartnerOak Hill Capital Ronald PacePresidentDecorative Products Joseph PapaChief Executive Officer, Chairman of the BoardValeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. John Patrick Jr.Chairman, President & CEOFarmington Bank Mardelle PenaSVP Human ResourcesVirtus Investment Partners Christine PotterVP, Innovation & Technology for Construction & Do It Yourself GroupStanley Black & Decker Steven RaabPresidentSports New York (SNY) Deborah ReifFormer President & CEO,GE Equipment Services Greg ReillyAssociate Professor, ManagementAcademic Director, Graduate Programs in Human Resource ManagementUConn School of Business Aaron SaakVice President and General ManagerTyco SimplexGrinnell Bob SeelertAuthor and CEO EmeritusSaatchi & Saatchi Bill SimonPresident & CEOWalmart U.S. John SkipperPresidentESPN, Inc. David SouderInterim DeanUConn School of Business Rear Admiral Sandra StoszSuperintendentUnited States Coast Guard Academy Daniel ToscanoCo-Head of Global Leveraged & Acquisition FinanceMorgan Stanley Peter Valenti IIIDivision President, Breast and Skeletal Health SolutionsHologic Inc. Frank WaltmanExecutive VP, Head of Product ManagementVirtus Investment Partners Jon WheelerPartnerThe Clarion Group Elease WrightFormer SVP Human ResourcesAetna