Past Notable Speakers
Alan Beaulieu
President, ITR Economics
Alec Ross
Author, The Industries of the Future
Alex Gorsky
Chairman, Johnson & Johnson
Amity Millhiser
Vice Chair & Chief Client’s Officer, PwC
Anja Manuel
Co-Founder & Partner, Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC
Ann McLaughlin
Secty. of Labor, U.S. Dept. of Labor
Ari Weinzweig
Co-Founding Partner, Zingermans
Arthur C. Brooks
President, American Enterprise Institute
Bo Burlingham
Author, Small Giants
Dr. Bob Arnot
Special Foreign Correspondent, NBC
Bob Beckel
“Common Ground” Column, USA Today
Bob Woodward
Pulitzer Prize-winning Author & Columnist
Brian Sheth
Vista Partners
Cal Thomas
“Common Ground” Column, USA Today
Calvin Johnson, Jr.
Retired, Detroit Lions
Catherine Crier
Legal Journalist, Court TV Anchor
Charles Krauthammer
Pulitzer Prize Columnist & Pol. Commentator
Chris Illitch
Illitich Holdings
Chris Wallace
Host, Fox News Sunday
Christie Todd Whitman
Administrator, U.S. Environ. Protection Agency
Cokie Roberts
ABC News Analyst, Co-Anchor & Author
Daniel Pink
Author, Thought Leader
David Broder
Political Analyst
David Brooks
New York Times
David Wessel
Economics Editor, Wall Street Journal
Debbie Dingell
House of Representatives, Michigan 12th District
Debbie Stabenow
U.S. Senator
Dick Cheney
Former Vice President, United States
The Honorable Dick Thornburgh
U.S. Attorney General
Major Dan Rooney,
Retired, USAF, Founder, Folds of Honor
Donald Miller
CEO, StoryBrand
Edsel Ford
Board Director, Ford Motor Co.
Eugene Robinson
Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist
Frank Abagnale
Author, Catch Me If You Can
Frank Luntz
Pollster, American Political Consultant
Frank Popoff
Chairman, Dow Chemical
Fred Upton
House of Representatives, Michigan 6th District
Frederik G.H. Meijer
Chairman of the Board, Meijer
Gail Buckner
Vice President, Putnam Investment
Gretchen Carlson
Journalist, Author & News Anchor
Gretchen Whitmer,
Governor, State of Michigan
Indra Nooyi
CEO, PepsiCo
Jacques Panis
President, Shinola
James Bradley
Author “Flags of our Fathers” & “Fly Boys”
James P. Hackett
President & CEO, Ford Motor Co.
Jane Bryant Quinn
Financial Author, Columnist
Jane Garvey
Federal Aviation Administration
Jerry Greenfield
Co-Founder, Ben & Jerry’s
JJ Ramberg
Host, MSNBC’s Your Business
John Hockenberry
Correspondent, Dateline NBC
Josh Linkner
ePrize Founder & Best-selling Author
Juan Enriquez
Author, Chairman & CEO, Biotechonomy
Juan Williams
Political Analyist, Fox News
Karl Rove
Political Strategist
Karl Zinsmeister
VP The Philanthropy Roundtable
Katherine Gehl
Author, The Political Industry
Kirk Gibson,
Retired, MLB Player
La June Montgomery Tabron
Former Secretary of Labor
Lynn Martin
Former Secretary of Labor
Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr.
President & CEO, Forbes, Inc.
Mark Halperin
Co-Host, With All Due Respect
Dr. Mark S. Schlissel
President, The University of Michigan
Marsha Evans
President & CEO, American Red Cross
Martha Seger, Governor
Federal Reserve System
Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland
Matt Stinchcomb
Co-founder, Etsy.com
Michael Fertik
Founder, Reputation.com
Michael Norton
Author, Happy Money
Michael Smerconish
Radio Host & Newspaper Columnist
Milind Pant
CEO, Amway
Mitch Albom
Best-selling Author
Neil Pasricha,
Best-selling Author, The Book of Awesome
Patrick Kennedy
Founder, One Mind 4 Research
Patti Poppe,
President & CEO, Consumers Energy
Paul H. O’Neill
Secretary of the Treasury
Paul Hense, CPA
Founder, Money Talks
Peter, Diamandis
Founder, XPRIZE
Platon
World Renowned Photographer
Quentin L. Messer, Jr.
CEO, MEDC and President & Chair, Michigan Strategic Fund
Rana Foroohar
Time Columnist, The Curious Capitalist
Richard Barton
Founder, Expedia and Zillow
Rolf Benirschk
Co-Founder Legacy Health Strategies
Ron Insana
CNBC Analyst
Mayor Rosalynn Bliss
City of Grand Rapids
Shawn Achor
Author, The Happiness Advantage
Sheryl Sandberg
COO, Facebook
Stephen Dubner
Co-Author Freakonomics Series
Dr. Steven Levitt
Economist, Co-Author, Freakonomics
Teresa Weatherall Neal
Superintendent, Grand Rapids Public Schools
Tom Izzo
Head Coach, MSU Basketball
Tom Ricketts
Chairman, The Chicago Cubs
Tommy Lasorda
Sr. V.P., Dodger Organization
Tony Hsieh
CEO, Zappos
Tucker Carlson
Journalist, Political Commentator
Verne Harnish,
Best-selling Author, Rockefeller Habits
Vincent Stanley,
Executive, Patagonia
William H. Gray, III
President, UNCF
William U. Parfet
President, The Upjohn Company
William Taylor
Founding Editor, Fast Company
