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.
| First Name | Last Name | Title/Company |
|---|---|---|
| Bob | Adelson | Managing Partner, Osage Venture Partners and Osage University Partners |
| 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 |
| Tom | Biolchini | Chairman, Vast Bank |
| Robert | Biolchini | President & CEO, PennWell Corporation |
| 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 |
| Chet | Cadieux | CEO, QuikTrip |
| Joseph | Cappy | Chairman, CEO & President, DTAG |
| Mark | Casady | Chairman & CEO, LPL Financial |
| Michael | Cawley | CEO & President, Noble Foundation |
| Anne | Chow | SVP, Premier Client Group, AT&T |
| Charles | Clough | Chief Investment Strategist, Merrill Lynch |
| Michael L. | Conley | EVP and CFO, McDonald's Corporation |
| Carlin | Conner | former CEO, SemGroup |
| Sean | Connolly | President, USA Campbell Soup Company |
| Dax | Craig | President & Cofounder, 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 |
| Judy | McReynolds | CEO, ArcBest Corp |
| 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 |
| Rick | Muncrief | President and CEO, Devon Energy |
| James | Newsome | Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| Larry | Nichols | Chairman & CEO, Devon Energy Corporation |
| Pierce | Norton | President & CEO, ONEOK |
| James F. | Parker | Vice Chairman & CEO Southwest Airlines |
| Drew | Pearson | Chairman, Drew Pearson Marketing |
| Jared | Peterson | EVP, AAA, & Founder, RoadFest |
| Thomas | Petrie | Vice Chairman, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch |
| Boone | Pickens | Founder and Retired CEO, MESA |
| Sharon | Prince | CEO & Founder, Grace Farms Foundation |
| Robert | Prince | Founder and first president of Friends of Finance; Co-Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater Associates |
| 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 |
| Kevin | Sabin | President and CEO, Arvest Bank |
| 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 |
| Dana | Weber | CEO, Webco Industries |
| Shane | Wharton | President, Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores |
| 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 |
| David | Zenthoefer | CEO, MIRATECH |
| Edward J. | Zore | President & CEO, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network |