2025 – Seattle
“When New Information Comes To Light”
2024 – Seattle
“A Fireside Chat with Rachel Ruggeri”
Rachel Ruggeri
EVP/CFO
Starbucks
Fall 2023 – Bellevue
“Adapt, Integrate, and Collaboration: The Future of Sales”
Fall 2022 – Seattle
“When a Link Breaks: Reshaping Supply Chains”
Spring 2022 – Spokane
“Sustaining the Most Critical Supply Chain: America’s Workforce”
Alice Hardin
Vice President – Human Resources
Northwest Farm Credit Services
Wade Larson
Chief Human Resources Officer
Wagstaff, Inc.
Staci Taylor
Chief Human Resources Officer
Providence
Fall 2021 – Seattle
“Words, Action, Impact:
How 2020 and Inclusion, Diversity and Equity are Reframing Business Culture”
Philip Jacobs
Executive Director
Washington Employers for Racial Equity
Mary Kipp
President & CEO
Puget Sound Energy
Tony Rojas
President
Slalom
Spring 2021 – Virtual
“Unexpected Outcomes: COVID-19 and Business in the Pacific Northwest”
Joe Fugere
Founder & CEO
Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria
Nick Streuli
Executive Director of External Affairs
Office of the Governor
Stacey Walker
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Fortive Corporation
Fall 2019 – Seattle
“The Data Revolution: Analytics in Business and Sports”
Darren Alger
CEO
Unify Consulting
Kyle Smith
Men’s Basketball Head Coach
WSU
Wendy Turner-Williams
VP, Information Management & Strategy
Salesforce
Lisa Young
Managing Director of Corporate Partnerships
Seattle Seahawks
Spring 2019 – Spokane
“Talent and Management and Spokane: Attracting a Skilled 21st Century Workforce”
Lisa Brown
Commerce Director
Washington State
Tyler Lafferty
Serial Entrepreneur
Dale Silha
Vice President Energy & Technical Services
McKinstry
2018
“Business and the Millennial Generation: Consumers, Leaders, Game Changers”
Ann Ardizzone
Supply Chain Vice President
Alaska Airlines
Dan Spaulding
Chief People Officer
Zillow Group
Megan Hansen
Senior Vice President of People
MOD Pizza
Cole Morgan
CEO and Co-Founder
Snap! Raise
2017
“Health Care: Bold Moves in a Time of Uncertainty”
Susan Mullaney
President
Kaiser Permanente Washington
2016 and Earlier
Fall 2016
Brad Jackson
CEO & Co-Founder
Slalom
Fall 2015
Dr. Chip Hunter
Dean
WSU Carson College of Business
Fall 2014
John McAdam
President, CEO, and Director
F5 Networks, Inc.
Fall 2013
Dick Borgman
Chairman and CEO
Les Schwab Tire Centers
Fall 2012
Granger Cobb
President and CEO
Emeritus Senior Living
Fall 2011
Phyllis J. Campbell
Chairman
Pacific Northwest, JPMorgan Chase
Fall 2010
Joni Earl
CEO
Sound Transit
Spring 2010 – Spokane
Thomas M. Fritz
CEO
Inland Northwest Health Services
Spring 2010
Elson S. Floyd
President
Washington State University
Fall 2009
Eric R. Spangenberg
Dean and Maughmer Freedom Philosophy Chair
WSU College of Business
Spring 2009 – Spokane
Ted Baseler
President and CEO
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
Fall 2008
Tod Leiweke
CEO, Seattle Seahawks
President, First & Goal Inc.
Spring 2008 – Spokane
Jeff Pinneo
CEO
Horizon Air
Winter 2008
Colleen B. Brown
President and CEO
Fisher Communications, Inc.
Fall 2007
Bill Ayer
CEO
Alaska Air Group, Inc.
Winter 2007
Sally Jewell
President and CEO
REI
Winter 2006 – Spokane
Harold B. Gilkey
Chairman and CEO
Sterling Financial Corporation
Fall 2006
Bob Herbold
Executive VP and COO (retired)
Microsoft Corporation
Spring 2006
Richard Kovacevich
Chairman and CEO
Wells Fargo & Company
Fall 2005
Scott E. Carson
Executive Vice President, Sales
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Winter 2005
Blake Nordstrom
President
Nordstrom, Inc.
Fall 2004
Kerry Killinger
President, Chair, and CEO
Washington Mutual
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