Previous Speakers

Spring 2000

Steve Vinson, Former Managing Director, Barclays Capital
Claude Bennett, M.D., President and CEO of BioCryst
Richard Scrushy, Former Chairman and CEO of HealthSouth

Fall 2000

James A. Demme, President & Chief Executive Officer, Bruno’s Supermarkets, Inc.
Gary Fayard, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The Coca-Cola Company


Spring 2001

Joseph Taranto, Chief Executive Officer, Everest Reinsurance Company
Jack Ward, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer of Russell Corporation
James C. Hoyle, Jr., M.D.,  Medical Director of Clinical Operations, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, P.A.

Fall 2001

David Bullington, Vice President of Taxes, WalMart, Inc.
C. Alan Martin, Executive Vice President, Alabama Power Company
Don Bell, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, Bell MicroProducts, Inc.


Spring 2002

Linda Paulmeno Sewell, Director of Communications, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.
William  W. Brooke, Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary, Harbert Management Corporation
Paula Lillard, General Manager, Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Alabama, Inc.
Francisco N. Codina, President, Ford Customer Service Division, Ford Motor Company
Joseph B. Bolen, III, Senior Vice President, Heath Care Networks,   Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
Jon Rotenstreich, Managing Partner, Jon Rotenstreich LLC
H. Harrison Parrish, Co-Founder and Director, Movie Gallery, Inc.

Fall 2002

Charles Renfroe, Chief Executive Officer and Owner, Renfroe Enterprises
Don Birdwell, Chief Executive Officer, Sunguard, Inc.
William T. Heard, III, President, Bill Heard Chevrolet
Joe Kelley, Senior Consultant, Kroll, Inc.


Spring 2003

Rick E. Maples, Senior Managing Director, Investment Banking, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Kay Y. Wallace, Founder and Presisdent, Effective Solutions
Karole F. Lloyd, Office Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
Bill G. Smith, Chief Executive Officer, B.G. Smith and Associates
Robert E. Lowder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Colonial Bank

Fall 2003

Paul S. Hsu, Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Manufacturing Technology Inc.
Van L. Richey, President & Chief Executive Officer, American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Charles E. “Eddie” Adair, Partner, Cordova Ventures
J. Steven Roy, Former Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Movie Gallery, Inc.
J. Daniel Garrett, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, North American Bus Industries, Inc. (NABI)


Spring 2004

Bob Herz, Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board,(FASB)
Steve Mason, Vice President of Operation Services, Chick-fil-A
Marillyn A. Hewson, President, Kelly Aviation Center, Lockheed Martin affiliate
Donald M. James, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Vulcan Materials

Fall 2004

Peri A. Widener, Senior Executive, Boeing Integrated Defense
Jay Newkirk, President & Chief Executive Officer, Jay Newkirk Enterprises, Inc.
Joseph P. Borg, Director of the AL Securities Commission,
Jeffrey A. Bayer, Founder of Bayer Properties
John Watson, Chairman of Smith’s, Inc.
Hatton C.V. Smith, President of Royal Cup Coffee


Spring 2005

Ed Labry, Special Assistant to the President, First Data Corporation
Vaughn Burrell, Chairman, Long-Lewis Ford
Ray Pate, President & Chief Executive Officer, NCRIC Group
David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
Leo M. Tilman, Chief Institutional Strategist & Managing Director, Bear Stearns
William R. Dexheimer, President, ValueCentric Marketing Group, Inc.
Benjamin P. Jenkins, III, President, General Bank, Wachovia CorporationT. Alan Ritchie, Managing Partner, New Capital Partners
T. Alan Ritchie, Managing Partner, New Capital Partners

Fall 2005

 

Cobb H. Sadler, Vice President & Sr. Telecom Equipment Analyst, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
Heath P. Terry, Director, Equity Research, Internet & Entertainment Software, Credit Suisse First Boston
C. Sean Day, Chairman, Teekay Shipping Corporation
Olin King, Chairman, Crown Group
January Dennison, Chief Executive Officer & President, Technology Research Consultants, Inc.
Jeff Simon, Senior Managing Director, Co-Chief Investment Officer-Institutional Equity Division, Bear Stearns Asset Management, Inc.

Spring 2006

Edgar L. Reynolds, President of Network Operations, Cingular Wireless Corporation
James Kelsoe, Jr., Manager, High Income Fund, Morgan Keegan
Wilmer "Buddy" Parker, Partner, Gillen Parker & Withers LLC
John R. Wynn, Attorney, Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne

Fall 2006

 

Theodore J. Bender III, Managing Director, Croft & Bender LLC
Fred W. Gustin, Co-Franchisee of Applebee's and Up the Creek Fish Camp & Grills
Sandy B. Cochran, Chief Executive Officer & President, Books-A-Million
James T. McManus II, Director of Energen & President of Energen Resources, Energen Corporation

Spring 2007

William H. "Bill" Stender, Retired Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, CAS, Inc.
Irma L. Tuder, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Analytical Services, Inc.
James Stengel, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Procter & Gamble
John B. Saint, Chief Executive Officer, The Mitchell Company, Inc.
G. Thompson Hutton, President & Chief Executive Officer, White Mountains RE: Group, Ltd.

 

Fall 2007

Kirk P. Lakeman, Managing Director of Corporate Banking, Citigroup, Inc.
Lee J. Styslinger III, President & Chief Executive Officer, Altec Industries, Inc.
Robin C. Loudermilk, Jr., President & Chief Operating Officer, Aaron Rents, Inc.


Spring 2008

Gary P. Fayard, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
C. Reynolds Thompson III, Chief Executive Officer, Colonial Properties Trust
Rubin Hanan, President & Chief Executive Officer, Champs Sports
Jeff Cooke, President, Access Marketing
Cathy Leonhardt, Managing Director, P.J. Solomon

Fall 2008

Rance Sanders, President & CEO, The Sanders Trust, LLC
C. Robert Henrikson, Chairman, CEO & President, MetLife, Inc.


Spring 2009

Tracy S. Jones, President, Century Automotive Group
Ron Stewart, Retired Partner, Accenture
Kimberly Till, President & CEO, Harris Interactive
Chris Mandaleris, Deputy Director, Inspections, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

Fall 2009

Susan N. Story, Chief Executive Officer & President, Gulf Power
Christine E. Larsen, Chief Operating Officer of Treasury & Security Services, JP Morgan Chase
Ken D. Tidwell, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group


Spring 2010

George Lazenby, Chief Executive Officer, Emdeon Business Services
Matt Salmonson, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Gap
Bill Bolen, Director, Homrich Berg
Harry Anderson, Senior Vice President, Global Business and Technology Services, The Coca-Cola Company

Fall 2010

Andre Anderson, Senior Vice President, Corporate Engagement Div., Federal Reserve Bank
Richard "Rick" Smith, Chairman & CEO, Equifax Inc.
Susan Cochran, Executive Vice President & CFO, Cracker Barrell Old Country Store Inc.
Gregory Jonas, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley