PHIL HUMNICKY
Business Leaders Visit Georgetown
LESLIE KOSSOFF-NORDBY
Naina Lal Kidwai, group general manager and country head of HSBC India, on Oct. 6, 2010
J. Alexander “Sandy” Douglas Jr., president, Coca-Cola North America, on Feb. 9
“Unleashing New Ideas” on Nov. 15, 2010, kicked off D.C. Entrepreneurship Week with a keynote lecture by Ken Langone, co-founder of The Home Depot and former director of the New York Stock Exchange.
The Georgetown McDonough School of Business and PwC US co-hosted a U.S. and Global Financial Reform Conference on Oct. 25–26, 2010. Government leaders, business executives, policymakers, regulators, and academics discussed the challenges and opportunities of domestic and global financial reform in the regulatory landscape. Keynote speakers included Donald Kohn (left to right), former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve; Jill Sommers, commissioner of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission; and Neil Wolin, deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
LESLIE KOSSOFF-NORDBY
Suzanne Clark, president and CEO, Potomac Research Group, on Jan. 24
RAFAEL SUANES
Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, and Kara Swisher, co-executive editor of “All Things Digital,” at The Wall Street Journal, on Oct. 4, 2010
Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business Real Estate Finance Initiative and NAREIT hosted a panel discussion featuring five real estate experts, as well as a conversation with real estate entrepreneur Sam Zell, chairman of Equity Group Investments, on Sept. 29, 2010.
PORTER WATKINS
Upcoming Events
T. Boone Pickens, founder and chairman of BP Capital Management, on Oct. 6, 2010
Seth Goldman, “TeaEO” of Honest Tea, on Sept. 27, 2010
Monday, April 11, 4:30 p.m., Lohrfink Auditorium: The Business of Sports Panel with Woody Johnson, owner of the NFL’s New York Jets; Ted Leonsis, owner of the NHL’s Washington Capitals and NBA’s Washington Wizards, as well as CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment; Sheila Johnson, managing partner of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics and CEO of Salamander Hospitality; and Edward Cohen,
one of the principal owners of the MLB’s Washington Nationals. Moderated by George Daly, dean of Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. Thursday, May 5: The Flash Crash: A Year Later Thursday–Sunday, June 2–5: Alumni Reunion Weekend Thursday–Friday, Sept. 22–23: Georgetown/PwC Global Finance Conference
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