IN for Faculty and Staff IN for MBA Students
BANNER: 2008 Business Leadership Banquet Coming This October
PREVIOUS SPEAKERS:

2007  Jim McNerney, CEO The Boeing Company
2006 
Clayton I. Bennett, Owner of the Seattle SuperSonics and Storm
2005 
John Connors, Partner at Ignition; former CFO Microsoft
2004  Mike McGavick, CEO Safeco Corporation
2003
Jeffrey Immelt, CEO General Electric
2002 Kevin Sharer, CEO Amgen
2001 John W. Stanton, CEO Western Wireless Corporation; former CEO Voice Stream/T-Mobile
2000 James K. Glassman, Financial and Political Analyst
1999 Richard Karlgaard, Publisher Forbes Magazine
1998 Howard Schultz, CEO Starbucks Coffee Company
1997 Andy Grove, CEO Intel

1996 David Coulter, CEO Bank of America
1995 John H. Eyler, Jr., CEO FAO Schwarz
1994 David R. Hinson, Administrator Federal Aviation Administration
1993 Ambassador Rozanne Ridgway, former Ambassador to East Germany and Finland
1992 Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Board Chairman

STREAMING VIDEO:
2007
 
PHOTO: Jim McNerney, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Boeing Company

The Foster School of Business was honored to feature Jim McNerney, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Boeing Company, as the keynote speaker for the 2007 Business Leadership Banquet held on November 1.

View a streaming video of Mr. McNerney's keynote address

2006
 
PHOTO: Clayton I. Bennett

The Business School was proud to feature Clayton I. Bennett, new owner of the Seattle SuperSonics and Storm, as our keynote speaker at the 2006 Business Leadership Banquet.

2005
 

The UW Business School was honored to feature John Connors, a partner at Ignition and former Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft Corporation, as the keynote speaker for the 2005 Business Leadership Banquet held on Thursday, October 13.

View the Banquet 2005 Keynote via Windows Media Player - Dial-Up Users

View the Banquet 2005 Keynote via Windows Media Player - Broadband Users

2004
 

The UW Business School was honored to feature Mike McGavick, Chairman, President and CEO of Safeco Corporation, as the keynote speaker for the 2004 Business Leadership Banquet on September 23.

View a streaming video of Mr. McGavick's keynote address titled
"Responsible Business Leadership: Special Times for an Eternal Need."

2003
 

The UW Business School was honored to feature Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric, as the keynote speaker for the 2003 Business Leadership Banquet October 30.

Modem users: CLICK HERE to view the speech online (Windows Media 56k)

Broadband Users: CLICK HERE to view the speech online (Windows Media 150k)

Distinguished Leadership Award Recipients:

2007
William S. Ayer, MBA '78
Leslie Koo, BA '77
Ray Williams, BA '59

2006
Lex N. Gamble, BA '59
Sally Jewell
Leonard H. Lavin

2005
Gary Shansby, BA '59
Budd Gould, BA '62

2004
Stanley B. McDonald, BA '43
Yoshihiko Miyauchi, MBA '60

2003
Herb T. Mead, BA '56
Wallace E. Opdycke, BA '59
William P. Kinnune, Jr., BA '61
Y. K. Park, BA '59

2002
Alice W. Sandstrom, BA '34
Michael Garvey
Gary E. Milgard, BA '57

2001
Marion O. Garrison, BA '39
George Kozmetsky, BA '38
Orin C. Smith, BA '65

2000
Neal Dempsey, BA '64
Wayne M. Perry, BA '72
William C. Huang



1999
Norman J. Metcalfe, BA/BS '65, MBA '67
Edward V. Fritzky
Charles M. Lillis, BA '68, MBA '69

1998
William A. Fowler, BA '66
Kerry Killinger

1997

Kirby L. Cramer, MBA '62
William H. Gates III

1996
John W. Ellis
Michael L. Darland, BA '65, MUP '69

1995
Arthur W. Buerk, Jr., BA '58
Sally Narodick

1994
James B. Douglas, BA '30
Ron D. Crockett
Charles M. Pigott

1993
Andrew V. Smith

1992
Richard P. Cooley
Elmer Nordstrom, BA '26
Everett Nordstrom, BA '23
Lloyd Nordstrom
Frank A. Shrontz
Samuel N. Stroum

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