Past Lecturers and Fellows

Spring 2021

A Conversation on Equity, Ethics and Technology
Toni Townes-Whitley ’85
President, U.S. Regulated Industries, Microsoft
in conversation with
Ruha Benjamin
Professor of African American Studies

Debra G. Perelman ’96
President and CEO, Revlon, Inc.
in conversation with
Chris Kuenne ’85
Founder and CEO, Rosemark Capital
Thu, Apr 29, 2021

The Path to Net-Zero
William Bohnett ’70
Chair, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
in conversation with
Chris Greig
Theodora D. ’78 & William H. Walton III ’74 Senior Research Scientist in the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Wed, Apr 7, 2021

General Charles Q. Brown
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
in conversation with
David H. McCormick *94 *96
Former U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs and CEO, Bridgewater Associates
Tue, Apr 6, 2021

Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Inclusivity at Princeton
José E. Feliciano ’94
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.
in conversation with
Andrea Goldsmith
Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Thu, Apr 1, 2021


2019-20

Student Discussion with Matt Arnold P20
Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Finance, JP Morgan Chase
Fri, Mar 6, 2020

Performance and Conversation with Pete Muller ’85
Recording Artist, Singer-Songwriter; Founder & CEO, PDT Partners
Tue, Nov 12, 2019

Student Meetings and Events with R. Sanders Williams ’70
Former President, Gladstone Institutes
Mon, Nov 11, 2019

Student Lunch and Learn with Carmen Rojas
Co-Founder and CEO, The Workers Lab
Fri, Nov 8, 2019

Student Meetings and Events with Carmen Rojas
Co-Founder and CEO, The Workers Lab
Thu, Nov 7, 2019

AI on the Battlefield: Ethics and Rules of Engagement
General John R. Allen USMC (Ret.)
President, Brookings Institution; Former Commander, ISA and US Forces, Afghanistan
and 
Edward W. Felten
Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs
Wed, Oct 2, 2019

Ellen Siminoff ’89
Former President and CEO of Shmoop
Tue, Oct 1, 2019


2018-19

Financial Literacy Day
Howard P. (“Pete”) Colhoun ’57 P86 CFA
Chairman, Board of Advisors, Manchester Capital Management
Tue, May 7, 2019

Janina Kugel
Chief Human Resources Officer, Siemens AG
Tue, Apr 16, 2019

John D. Diekman ’65
Founding and Managing Partner, 5AM Ventures
Fri, Apr 5, 2019

Kimberly Bryant
Founder and Executive Director of Black Girls CODE
Mon, Apr 1 and Tue, Apr 2, 2019

Michael E. Novogratz ’87 S89
CEO, Galaxy Digital
and
Sukey Cáceres Novogratz ’89 S87
Vice Chair, Joyful Heart Foundation
Tue, Feb 26, 2019

Sanjay Swani ’87
Managing Partner, SARORAS Private Capital; Chair, PIIRS Advisory Council
Tue, Dec 4, 2018

Jeremy K. B. Kinsman ’63
Former Canadian Foreign Service Officer
Wed, Oct 10, 2018


2017-18

Michael E. Novogratz ’87
Private investor
Mon, Apr 30, 2018

David W. R. Purdie
Honorary Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh
Wed, Apr 11, 2018

Dr. Arthur C. Brooks P20
President, American Enterprise Institute
Tue, Mar 27, 2018

Brad Smith ’81 S81 P15
President, Microsoft
Thu, Mar 1, 2018

Maj. Gen. Charles Frank Bolden, Jr.
Former NASA Administrator, Astronaut and Major General, USMC
Wed, Feb 14, 2018

Douglas J. Herrington ’88
SVP North America Retail, Amazon.com Inc.
Thu, Nov 30, 2017

Anastasia Golfinos Daifotis, M.D. ’82
Chief Scientific Officer, Janssen North America Pharmaceuticals
Thu, Oct 26, 2017

Shaikh Nawaf S. Al-Sabah ’94
CEO, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company
Fri, Oct 20, 2017

A. Riley Siebel ’11
Principal Software Engineer, C3 IoT
and
Edward Y. Abbo ’85
President and Chief Technical Officer, C3 IoT
Mon, Oct 2, 2017


2016-17

Mitchell R. Julis ’77 P19
Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Canyon Partners, LLC
Wed, Apr 5, 2017

Wyc K. Grousbeck ’83
Managing Partner and CEO, Boston Celtics
and
Kevin T. Callaghan ’83
Managing Director, Berkshire Partners
Tue, Mar 28, 2017

CAPT Ryan B. Scholl, USN
Commanding Officer, USS Harry S. Truman
Thu, Mar 9, 2017

Andy Florance ’86
Founder and CEO of the CoStar Group
Tue, Feb 28, 2017<

Arnold E. Holtberg ’70
Independent Education Consultant, Holtberg Educational Consulting, LLC
Tue, Dec 6, 2016

John H. Scully '66
Managing Partner, SPO Partners
and
Regina Kulik-Scully S66
CEO, RPR Marketing Communications
Thu, Dec 1, 2016

Admiral Michael Mullen, USN
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thu, Nov 17, 2016

Jeremy C. Stein ’83
Professor of Economics, Harvard University
Wed, Nov. 9, 2016

Elizabeth Prus Myers ’92
Managing Director/Global Head, J.P. Morgan Securities
and
Christopher J. Ventresca ’88
Head, Mergers and Acquisitions, North America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Co.
Thurs, Sept 29, 2016


2015-16

The Reverend Canon Paul Wright
Clerk of the Closet; Sub-Dean, HM Chapels Royal
Sun, Apr 24, 2016

Trevor D. Traina ’90
CEO of IfOnly, Entrepreneur & Private Investor
Thu, Apr 14, 2016

Roger M. Perlmutter
Executive Vice President, Merck; and President, Merck Research Laboratories
Thu, Apr 7, 2016

Michael Crawford CMG
Former Senior British Foreign Service Officer
Tue, Apr 5, 2016


2014-15

 
Eric E. Schmidt ’76
Executive Chairman, Google Inc.
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Kenneth A. Hersh ’85
Chief Executive Officer, NGP Energy Capital Management
 
The Hon. Thomas S. Ellis, III ’61
Federal Judge
 
Mark Wilf ’84
Principal, Garden Homes, and Owner and President, Minnesota Vikings
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Rose Marcario
CEO of Patagonia
 
Yan Huo *94
Co-Founder/CIO, Capula Investment Management LLP
 
Julie E. Silcock ’78
Managing Director and Co-Head, Houlihan Lokey Investment Banking
 
Bill McDermott
Chief Executive Officer, SAP
 
Admiral Mike Rogers
Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service
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Thomas M. Siebel P11
Co-Founder/Chairman, C3
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William N. Hait, M.D., Ph.D.
Global Head, Research & Development, Janssen, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
 
William J. B. Brady, III ’87
Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse; Chairman, Credit Suisse Global Technology Group
 
Francis Cuss
Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Bristol-Myers Squibb
 

2013-14

 
William H. Heyman ’70
Vice Chair & Chief Investment Officer, The Travelers Companies, Inc.
 
Kathryn Hall ’80
CEO & CIO, Hall Capital Partners
 
Timothy C. Brown P15
CEO and President of IDEO
 
Thomas A. Kelley P14
Partner, IDEO, and author
 
Danielle S. Allen ’93
UPS Foundation Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science
 
Andrew K. Golden
President, PRINCO
 
John Y. Chang ’91
Vice President, Otology, Acclarent, Inc.
 
Anshu Jain P14 P16
Co-CEO, Deutsche Bank
 
Barbara Byrne P10 P13 P15 P16 h76
Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Barclays Bank PLC
 

2012-13

 
Gerald L. Parsky ’64
Chairman, Aurora Capital Group
 
Emily Mann
Artistic Director and Resident Playwright, McCarter Theatre
 
Thomas A. Barron ’74
Author and Conservationist, Evergreen Management Corp
 
John C. (Jack) Bogle ’51
Founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and President of the Bogle Financial Markets Research Center
 
Silas R. Riener ’06
Dancer and Faculty Member, NYU Playwrights Horizons, and Gallim Dance’s Clinton Hill Arts Center
 
William H. Janeway ’65
Managing Director and Senior Advisor, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications, Warburg Pincus
 

2011-12

 
Robert S. Murley ’72 and Mary Pivirotto Murley ’76
Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse First Boston, Chicago
 
Meg Whitman ’77
President and CEO, Hewlett Packard
 
Jodi Picoult van Leer ’87
Author
 
John H. Porter P11
Managing Director, Global Strategic Bank Portfolio, Barclays Capital
 
Peter C. Wendell ’72
Managing Director, Sierra Ventures
 
Dave G. Offensend ’75
Chief Operating Officer, New York Public Library
 

2010-11

 
Carlos Ghosn
Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance
 
Leonard Schaeffer ’69
Founding Chairman and former CEO of WellPoint Health Networks, Inc. and Judge Widney Chair and Professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Policy, Planning, and Development
 
William Holekamp P12
Holekamp Corporation
 
William Clay Ford, Jr. ’79
Executive Chairman of the Board, Ford Motor Company
 
Aaron Patzer *04
Founder, Mint.com
 
Al Hubbard
President of E & A Industries Inc.; Former Assistant to President George W. Bush for Economic Policy; and Director of the National Economic Council
 
William C. Powers ’79
Managing Director, Pacific Investment Management Company
 
Sir Gordon Wu ’58
Chairman and Managing Director, Hopewell Holdings, Ltd.
 

2009-10

 
David M. Rubenstein
Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
 
Daniel J. Warmenhoven ’72
Chairman and CEO, Network Appliance
 
Rajiv Vinnakota ’93
Co-Founder and Managing Director, The SEED Foundation
 
Paul Haaga ’70
Executive Vice President, Capital Research and Management Company
 
Joshua Bolten ’76
John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School and Former Chief of Staff for George W. Bush
 

2008-09

 
Thomas M. Siebel P11
Founder, Siebel Systems
 
Steve Forbes ’70
President, CEO, and Editor in Chief, Forbes Inc.
 
The Honorable Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. ’70
U.S. District Court Judge
 
Peter Wendell ’72
Founder and Managing Director, Sierra Ventures
 

2007-08

 
J. Warren Gorrell, Jr. ’76
Partner and Chair, Hogan & Hartson LLP
 
Nicholas J. Nicholas, Jr. ’62
President, Navy Walk Partners
 
Barbara Cassani *84
Chair, Vueling Airlines
 
Christopher R. Loose ’02
Founder, SteriCoat Corp.
 
Paul B. Gridley ’74
Chairman and CEO, U.S. Shipping Partners
 

2006-07

 
The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes ’54
Former U.S. Senator, Maryland
 

2004-05

 
A. Scott Berg ’71
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer
and
Roger S. Berlind ’52
Theatrical and Film Producer, Berlind Productions
 

2003-04

 
Jeff Bezos ’86
Founder and CEO, Amazon.com
 

2002-03

 
The Honorable Jeremy Kinsman ’63
Canadian Ambassador to European Union
and
T. R. Reid III ’66
London Bureau Chief, The Washington Post
 

1999-2000

 
John Little ’80
CEO and Founder, Portal Software, Inc.
 
Jared P. Schutz ’96
Chairman and Founder, Proflowers.com
 
Barbara Cassani *84
CEO, Go Fly Limited Airlines (British Airways)
 

1998-99

 
Meg Whitman ’77
President and CEO, eBay
 

1996-97

 
Andrew Jarecki ’85
CEO, Moviefone
 

1995-96

 
F. Helmut Weymar P90
Founder and President, Commodities Corporation
 

1994-95

 
Robert Campbell ’590
Chairman and CEO, Sun Co.
 
Sherman Mullin ’570
Retired President, Lockheed Corp.
 

1993-94

 
Christopher R. Larson ’81
Microsoft Executive
 
Philip Condit *65
Chairman and CEO, Boeing Company
 

1992-93

 
Dick Ebersol P94
President, NBC Sports
 
Joel Rosenman ’63
CEO, JR Capital and Managing Member, Woodstock Ventures
 

1991-92

 
John F. Fort, III ’63
Director, Tyco International
 
Donald Fisher P76 P79 P83
Co-Founder, GAP, Inc.
 

1990-91

 
Thomas Frist, Jr. P91 P93
Co-Founder, Hospital Corporation of America
 
Carl Icahn ’57
Chairman of the Board, Icahn Associates
 

1989-1990

 
Peter Wendell ’72
Founder and Managing Director, Sierra Ventures
 

1988-89

 
Keith Gollust ’67
Partner, Gollust Tierney & Oliver
 
William E. Simon
Founder, William E. Simon & Sons; Chair of the U.S. Olympic Foundation; and Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
 

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