Confirmed Speakers for 2018 Conference

Learn more about speakers from previous years by visiting our speaker pages for the 2013, 2014, and 2016 conferences.

2018 Host

Geno Auriemma

Geno Auriemma

Head Coach

UConn Women’s Basketball

2018 Academic Director

Lucy Gilson

Lucy Gilson

Associate Dean

UConn School of Business

2018 Keynote

Robin Roberts, Co-Anchor, “Good Morning America” - ABC NEWS (ABC/Heidi Gutman)

Robin Roberts

Co-Anchor

“Good Morning America”

2018 Speakers

Cindi Bigelow

President & CEO

Bigelow Tea

John Cocco Corporate Vice President, Innovation Henkel Corporation, General Industrial Division Rocky Hill CT

John Cocco

Corporate Vice President, Innovation

Henkel Corporation, General Industrial Division

Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti

Acting Commissioner

New Jersey Department of Transportation

Carol Juel

Carol Juel

EVP and Chief Information Officer

Synchrony Financial

Rebecca Lobo

Basketball Analyst

ESPN

Tracy Long VP, Service - Building Solutions, N. America Johnson Controls

Tracy Long

VP, Service - Building Solutions, N. America

Johnson Controls

NICKI MAHER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHARITY BY DESIGN

Nicki Maher

Founder

Open Saturday Collaborative

Thomas J. Marshella

Thomas Marshella

Managing Director and Co-Head of Corporate Finance in the Americas

Moody's Investors Service, Inc

Alan Murray

Alan Murray

Chief Content Officer, Time Inc.

President, Fortune

Dan Orlovsky

Dan Orlovsky

Former Quarterback

National Football League

John (Jack) C. Roche

John (Jack) Roche

President and Chief Executive Officer

The Hanover Insurance Group

Kim Sayles

Kim Sayles

Officer-Technician Counter Sniper (Office of Protective Operations/Special Operations Division)

U.S. Secret Service

Elicia Pegues Spearman

Vice President of Human Resources

Hubbell Commercial & Industrial (HCI) Group, Hubbell Incorporated

2018 Faculty Moderators and Presenters

Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference 2014

Mary Caravella

Associate Professor in-Residence, Marketing

UConn School of Business

Geno Auriemma UConn Leadership Conference 2014

John Elliott

Interim Provost &
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Auran J. Fox Chair in Business

UConn

Lucy Gilson

Lucy Gilson

Associate Dean

UConn School of Business

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Greg Reilly

Associate Professor, Management
Academic Director, Graduate Programs in Human Resource Management

UConn School of Business

Cinthia Satornino

Assistant Professor, Marketing

UConn School of Business

David Souder

David Souder

Interim Dean

UConn School of Business