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Annual Dinner Gallery

2025

Walter Isaacson

Best-Selling Author of Elon Musk, Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin, among others

Michael Lewis

Best-Selling Author of The Premonition, The Blind Side, Moneyball, and The Big Short, among others

2024

Oprah Winfrey

Chairman & CEO of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, Global Media Leader, Producer, Philanthropist, Actress and Author.  Moderated by Christina Keller, Board Chair, The Economic Club of Grand Rapids and CEO & Chair, Cascade Engineering

2023

Tom Brady

Seven-Time World Champion Quarterback, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. Moderated by Doug DeVos, Founder, Continuum Ventures and Co-Chair of the Board of Directors, Amway

2022

Venus Williams

Legendary Tennis Champion, Entrepreneur & Founder
Moderated by Greg Gumbel, CBS Sports Broadcaster

2018

Robert Gates

Former Secretary of Defense

2017

The Rt. Hon. David Cameron

Former Prime Minister of United Kingdom

2016

Dr. Ben Bernanke

Former Federal Reserve Chair