Since 1985, nearly 300 nationally prominent business and public leaders have participated in our Friends of Finance Executive Speaker series. Some of the individuals who have participated are listed below. Please submit your suggestions for potential speakers to fof@utulsa.edu.
| Speaker | Title/Company |
|---|---|
| Shane Wharton | President, Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores |
| Sharon Prince | CEO & Founder, Grace Farms Foundation |
| Judy McReynolds | CEO, ArcBest Corp |
| Dax Craig | President & Cofounder, Pie Insurance |
| Tom Biolchini | Chairman, Vast Bank |
| Pierce Norton | President & CEO, ONEOK |
| Jared Peterson | EVP, AAA, & Founder, RoadFest |
| Alan Armstrong | President & CEO, Williams |
| Keith Bailey | Chairman, President, and CEO, Williams |
| James Barnes | President, CEO & Chairman, MAPCO, Inc. |
| James Bell | CFO, The Boeing Company |
| Clay Bennett | Chairman, Dorchester Capital, LLC |
| Robert Biolchini | President & CEO, PennWell Corporation |
| Tom Biolchini | Chairman, Vast Bank |
| Roy Bliss | President and COO United Video Satellite Group |
| Peter C. Boylan III | President and COO, TV Guide, Inc. |
| Tim Boyle | President and CEO, Columbia Sportswear Co. |
| Steve Bradshaw | President & CEO, Bank of Oklahoma |
| William Brodsky | Chairman and CEO, Chicago Board Options Exchange |
| Nancy Buese | EVP and CFO, Newmont Corporation |
| Herman Bulls | CEO Public Institutions, Jones Lang LaSalle |
| Chester Cadieux | Chairman, Quik Trip Corporation |
| Joseph Cappy | Chairman, CEO & President, DTAG |
| Mark Casady | Chairman & CEO, LPL Financial |
| Michael Cawley | CEO & President, Noble Foundation |
| Charles Clough | Chief Investment Strategist, Merrill Lynch |
| Anne Chow | SVP, Premier Client Group, AT&T |
| Michael L. Conley | EVP and CFO, McDonald's Corporation |
| Carlin Conner | former CEO, SemGroup |
| Sean Connolly | President, USA Campbell Soup Company |
| Dax Craig | President and Co-Founder, Pie Insurance |
| Robert Crandall | Chairman and CEO, AMR Corporation |
| Jeff Davis | CEO, U.S. Beef Corporation |
| Pete Delaney | Chairman, President & CEO, OG&E Energy Corp. |
| Jamie Dimon | Chairman & CEO, BankOne |
| Todd Dobson | EVP & CFO, MidFirst Bank |
| Mike Dubose | Global VP - Corporate & Major Accounts, W. W. Grainger |
| Archie Dunahm | Chairman, President & CEO, Conoco-Phillips |
| Michael Durham | President and CEO, The SABRE Group |
| Tom Durkin | Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System |
| Wright Elliot | Executive Vice-President, Chase Manhattan Bank |
| Cy Elmburg | Chairman & CEO, Blitz, U.S.A., Inc. |
| Cary Evert | President, North American Operations, Hilto, Inc. |
| Tom Fanning | Chairman, President & CEO, Southern Company |
| Chris Farrell | Economics Editor, Business Week |
| Steve Feilmeier | EVP and CFO, Koch Industries, Inc. |
| Diana Ferguson | SVP, Sara Lee Corporation |
| James Firestone | President, Xerox North America |
| Morton Fleischer | Chairman, Pres. & CEO, Franchise Finance Corp. |
| Gary Forsee | Chairman & CEO, Sprint Corporation |
| Randy Foutch | Chairman & CEO, Laredo Petroleum |
| Richard, Fuld, Jr. | CEO, Lehman Brothers, Inc. |
| Vicki Fuller | former, Chief Investment Officer, New York State Common's Retirement Fund |
| Esther George | President, Kansas City Federal Reserve |
| David Glass | President & CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
| Paul Haaga, Jr. | EVP, Capital Research & Management Company |
| Michael Hagedorn | Vice Chairman and CFO, UMB Financial Corp. |
| Hans Helmerich | President & CEO, Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Jake Henry, Jr. | President & CEO, Saint Francis Health System |
| Douglas Hill | Managing Partner, EdwardJones |
| Thomas Hoenig | President, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
| J. Clifford Hudson | Chairman and CEO, Sonic Corporation |
| Donald Humphreys | SVP and Treasurer, Exxon Mobile Corporation |
| Alice Jackson | President, Xcel Energy-Colorado |
| Roger Jarvis | Chairman, President & CEO, Spinnaker Exploration |
| James Jones | U.S. Ambassador to Mexico |
| Chansoo Joung | Managing Director, Energy Warburg Pincus, LLC |
| Peter Kagan | Managing Director-Energy, Warburg Pincus, LLC |
| Gary Kelly | Vice President-Finance, Southwest Airlines |
| David Kemper | Chairman, President and CEO, Commerce Bancshares, Inc. |
| Thomas Kivisto | President & CEO, SemGroup, LP |
| Michaell Krimbill | President & CFO, Energy Transfer Partners |
| Richard Kunzer | Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management |
| David Kyle | Chairman, President & CEO, ONEOK, Inc. |
| Craig LaBarge | CEO and President, LaBarge, Inc. |
| David Lamp | President, Holly Corporation |
| Theresa Lang | SVP and Treasurer of Merrill Lynch |
| Tim Latimer | Co-Founder, Fervo Energy |
| Bob Lawless | President, The University of Tulsa |
| David Lesar | President and CEO, Halliburton |
| Kenneth Lewis | President, Bank of America |
| Greg Lippert | President & CEO, Mazzio's Corporation |
| Robert Litan | Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution |
| William Lobeck | President & CEO, Vanguard Car Rental |
| Brent Longnecker | President, Longnecker & Associates |
| John Lowe | SVP, Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Kimberly Lubel | President & CEO, CST Brands |
| Stanley Lybarger | President & CEO, BOK Financial Corp. |
| Steve Malcolm | Chairman, President & CEO, Williams |
| Brian Mandell | EVP, Marketing & Commercial, Phillips 66 |
| Roberto Mandini | Executive Vice-President, CITGO Petroleum Corporation |
| Colin Marshall | President & CEO, Cloud Peak Energy |
| John McCoy | Chairman and CEO, Bank One |
| A.H. "Chip" McElroy | President & CEO, McElroy Manufacturing, Inc. |
| C. Douglas McMillon | President and CEO, Wal-Mart International |
| Mike Mears | CEO, President and Chairman, Magellan Midstream Partners |
| Alfred Mockett | Managing Director, British Telecom |
| David Moffett | Senior Advisor-Carlyle Group; Previously served as CEO of Freddie Mac, and CFO and Vice-Chairman of US Bancorp |
| Jim Mulva | President, Phillips Petroleum |
| James Newsome | Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| Larry Nichols | Chairman & CEO, Devon Energy Corporation |
| Pierce Norton | President and CEO, ONEOK |
| James F. Parker | Vice Chairman & CEO Southwest Airlines |
| Drew Pearson | Chairman, Drew Pearson Marketing |
| Thomas Petrie | Vice Chairman, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch |
| Boone Pickens | Founder and Retired CEO, MESA |
| Robert Prince | Founder and 1st President of Friends of Finance; Co-Chief Investment Officer Bridgewater Associates, Inc. |
| David Rainbolt | President & CEO, BancFirst Corporation |
| Tom Reece | CEO of Dover Corporation |
| John Richels | President & CEO, Devon Energy |
| Jim Rogers | Author of Investment Biker |
| Edward Rust Jr. | President and CEO, State Farm Insurance |
| Paul Saville | SVP, Core Network & Technology Solutions, Lumen |
| John Schlifske | President, Northwestern Mutual |
| Stacy Schusterman | Chairman & Co-CEO, Samson Investments |
| H. Lee Scott, Jr. | President & CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
| Tiffany Sewell-Howard | CEO, DitchWitch |
| Raymond Siegfried, II | Chairman, The Nordam Group |
| Sally Smith | President & CEO, Buffalo Wild Wings |
| Charles Stanley | President and CEO, QEP Resources, Inc. |
| Roger Staubach | Chairman & CEO, The Staubach Company |
| Janice Stoney | Former EVP, U.S. West (Quest) |
| Jerry Stritzke | President & CEO, Coach, Inc. |
| Scott Sullivan | CFO, VP & Treasurer, WorldCom |
| Maureen Sweeny | Vice President, IBM Business Consulting Group |
| David Tippeconnic | President and CEO, CITGO Petroleum Corporation |
| Steadman Upham | President, The University of Tulsa |
| Fred Vierra | President of TCI International |
| Al Walker | CEO, Anadarko Petroleum |
| Frank Wang | President & CEO, Saxon Publishers |
| Ed Whitacre | Chairman and CEO, SBC Communications, Inc. |
| Jim Wilburn | President & CEO, WinnerComm, Inc. |
| Michael Wiley | President & COO, ARCO |
| John Wooden | Head Basketball Coach, Emeritus, UCLA |
| Felix Wright | Chairman & CEO, Leggett & Platt, Inc. |
| John Zeglis | President, AT&T |
| Edward J. Zore | President & CEO, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network |