On behalf of Dori Pap, Assistant Director, Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship at Georgia Tech:
Dear Advisors,
Please encourage your students to attend the weekly
IMPACT series (every Wednesday
at 4:30pm) in the CoB LeCraw Auditorium. The Series brings in
Presidents and CEO’s from Fortune 500 companies, from outstanding
nonprofit organizations and successful entrepreneurs (many of them GT
alum) to talk about their
leadership experiences, successes and failures, and the career path
they took from college to where they are now. It’s a unique opportunity
for students to get in front of these leaders, ask them questions, and
have an opportunity for one-on-one time after
the talk.
Here is the list of speakers for this season (flyer
attached) – hope to see many of your students there and should you have
any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes for the New Year and new semester!
IMPACT Speakers – Wednesdays at 4:30, LeCraw Auditorium, CoB
JANUARY
14 – Paul Brown, CEO, Arby’s
Alum Paul Brown has served as the Chief Executive
Officer of Arbys Restaurant Group, Inc., the second largest
quick-service sandwich chain in the U.S., since May 2013. He served as President, Brands and Commercial Services for Hilton Worldwide,
a global hospitality company, from 2008 to April 2013.
Prior to that, he was with Expedia Inc., an online travel company, for
four years, most recently serving as President, Expedia North America
and Expedia Inc. Partner Services Group.
Full bio
21 – Rohit Malhotra, Center for Civic Innovation
Rohit Malhotra, is the Executive director of Center
for Civic Innovation, a resource hub and open campus for civic
innovators and social entrepreneurs in downtown Atlanta. Before this,
Malhotra worked at a variety of interesting positions
such as: social media for President Obama’s first run for the White
House, Bono’s “One Campaign,” served as an Ash Center Government
Innovations Fellow for the White House-Executive Office of the
President.
28 – Faruq Hunter, President, Genius Corps
Faruq Hunter is the founder and President of
GeniusCo and its subsidy GeniusCorps. He has traveled and worked in over
90 countries, servicing both the public and private sectors and is the
Head Geek in charge connecting innovative start-up
communities across 180 countries with Geeks Gone Global. Mr. Hunter has
been featured in Black Enterprise Magazine for creating a legacy of
wealth and stability for your family and selected as one of the top 50
most important African American's in technology.
Full bio
FEBRUARY
4 – Scott Jenkins, GM, New Falcons Stadium
Scott Jenkins comes to the Falcons from the Seattle
Mariners, where he spent the past seven-and-a-half years as vice
president of ballpark operations. Before his time with the Mariners,
Jenkins served as vice president of stadium operations
and facility management for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Full bio
11 – Katharine Kelley, President, Green Street Properties
Katharine has more than 16 years of experience in
the real estate development business. Prior to Green Street, Katharine
was Senior Vice President at Post Properties, where she led the team
that developed the flagship, $120 million Riverside
by Post mixed use development, which gained national recognition for
product innovation. Most recently, she honed her entrepreneurial skills
as a Co-founder and President of internet company Blue Rock Avenue.
Full bio
18 – Ai-jen Poo, Director, National Workers Alliance
Recent McArthur Genius grant recipient Ai-jen Poo
is a labor organizer whose compelling vision of the value of home-based
care work is transforming the landscape of working conditions and labor
standards for domestic or private-household
workers. The estimated 1–2 million domestic workers—housekeepers,
nannies, caregivers for the elderly or disabled—in the United States today are excluded from most federal and state labor laws and to address that Ai-jen has created a vibrant, worker-led labor
movement and spearheaded successful legislative campaigns at the national and international levels.
Full bio
25 – Katie Huie, SM Elavon
At Elavon, Katie serves as an innovative change
agent. These efforts contribute to business growth and incent cultural
change. She has a passion for business challenges and creative problem
solving.
MARCH
4 – Lara Hodgson, President, NOWaccount
GT alum Lara has launched product and service
businesses, raised capital, and served in executive management roles
with Nourish, Insomnia Consulting LLC, Dewberry Capital Corporation, DCH
, Dunk, and iXL, an Internet development company.
Lara has extensive experience in brand development, corporate strategy,
business development, marketing, and operations.
Full bio
11 – Willie Tillery, Director, Nuance
Willie Tillery co-founded Accelarad in 1999 while
earning his Masters of Science in electrical engineering at the Georgia
Institute of Technology. At the time, he recognized an opportunity for
cloud technology in radiology. Due to his vision
and leadership, today Accelarad's network covers more than 1,700 facilities and hosts the exchange of over 400 million medical images annually.
25 (Williams Lecture) – Robert Pozen, Former Chair MSF Investment Management
Robert C. Pozen is Senior Lecturer at Harvard
Business School and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He was
formerly Chairman of MFS Investment Management®, which manages over $200
billion in assets for over five million investors
worldwide. He was formerly vice chairman of Fidelity Investments and
president of Fidelity Management & Research Company, the investment
advisor to the Fidelity mutual funds.
Full bio
