Visiting Executives/Guest Lecturers 
 
Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series and Executive Networking Events
The Graduate School of Management hosts high-level executives and business leaders to campus for special speaking engagements. These speakers share their experiences—their ups, downs, struggles and successes. Attendees enjoy participating in question-and-answer sessions as well as one-on-one conversations.

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Robert A. Fox Executive-in-Residence Program
Each year the School invites a senior-level, often recently retired, executive to teach a course on management strategy. The Robert A. Fox Executive-in-Residence Program gives students and faculty a unique opportunity to work closely with a top business leader. Students take the basic analytical skills they have learned in other courses and see how they apply in real business situations.

In addition to class lectures, the executive-in-residence typically interacts with students informally, speaks at Business Partnership events and invites other high-level executives to guest lecture in his or her class.

Executive Leadership Seminar
Launched in 2007, this seminar brings successful corporate leaders to the Bay Area MBA program to teach important lessons from the frontlines of industry. Executives share their first-hand experiences of the complexities of today's business world, inspiring students to seek new ways to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

This year's Executive Leadership Seminar is taught by Jim Wunderman, president and CEO of the Bay Area Council, a business-backed public policy organization.

Special Guest Speakers
Faculty incorporate real-world management issues into their classes by inviting executives from key areas of business to guest lecture. These executives candidly share their experiences, focusing not only on their successes but also the challenges they have faced in their careers and what they learned from them.

Recent guest lecturers have included:

Riley Bechtel CEO and President Bechtel Group		Lewis Platt Former CEO Hewlett-Packard Company
Rick Lenny Chairman, CEO, President The Hershey Company		Paul Orfelea Founder Kinko's
Eric Koivisto Director of Advertising Microsoft Corporation		Michael Rogers President, CEO and Chairman  Varatouch Incorporated
Russell Childs Vice President of Operations NEC		Yuji Kage Chairman UBS Brinson Asset Management, Japan
Thomas A. Debrowski Senior Vice President of Operations The Pillsbury Company		John Collins Retired President and COO The Clorox Company