Distinguished Lecture Series

High profile entrepreneurs and business leaders interested in participating as a Distinguished Lecture Series speaker should contact the Office of Development at  (954) 262-5065.

Recent Speakers

February 24, 2009
Peter A. Manos, Medtronic

January 22, 2009
Bonnie C. Hathcock, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Humana Inc.

November 12, 2008
Joe Natoli, Senior Vice President for Business and Finance and Chief Financial Officer, University of Miami

October 21, 2008
John Polstein, Chief Executive Officer, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions

February 4, 2008
Jordan Zimmerman, Founder and Chairman of Zimmerman Advertising

January 14, 2008
Nancy H. Bailey, Chairman and CEO of Nancy Bailey & Associates, Inc.


Past Speakers

Photo of Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson of Black Entertainment Television &
The RLJ Companies


Adrienne Arsht
Chairman TOTALBANK

Christopher Asplundh
Chairman & CEO Asplundh Tree Expert Company


Nancy H. Bailey
Chairman and CEO of Nancy Bailey & Associates, Inc.

Phil Bakes
Far & Wide Travel Corp.


Mitchell W. Berger
Berger, Davis & Singerman, P.A.

Ron Bergeron
Bergeron Land Development, Inc.


Michael Bienes
Entrepreneur/Philanthropist

David Blyer
President, COO & Co-founder SPSS Vento Software Group


Larry Bossidy
Honeywell Intl., Inc. - Former Chairman & CEO & Author

Michael Carricarte, Sr.
Amdex Insurance Group/USA Medical Services


Rick Case
Rick Case Automotive Group

Nicholas Castaldo
Pollo Tropical, Pres. & COO


Melvin Chasen
Intercede

Debi Davis
Fit America


Jorge de Cespedes
Pharmed Group

Fred DeLuca
Subway


Carl DeSantis
CDS International Holdings, Inc. Rexall-Sundown

John DiBenedetto
V.P. Learning and Development - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.


Mark A. Emkes
Chariman and CEO of Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc., and Bridgestone Firestone North America Tire, LLC

Itchko Ezratti
Founder & Pres. G.L. Homes


Arthur J. Falcone
Falcone Group, LLC

Louis Gerstner, Jr.
Retired Chairman and CEO, IBM Corporation


Steven J. Halmos
Halmos Holdings

Hamid Hashemi
Muvico Theaters


Bonnie C. Hathcock
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Humana Inc.

Dr. Paul Hersey
Center for Leadership Studies, Inc.


H. Wayne Huizenga
Huizenga Holdings, Inc.

Robert L. Johnson
Black Entertainment Television & the RLJ Companies


Kenneth Kies
Managing Director of the Federal Policy Group, Clark Consulting

Susan Kronick
Group President - Federated Department Stores, Inc.


Richard Langhorne
The Langhorne Co.

Kenneth Langone
Invemed Associates, LLC


Ovid Lewis
Past President of NSU

Peter A. Manos
Medtronic


Michael Maroone
President & COO AutoNation, Inc.

Frank McKinney
Entrepreneur, Author, Philanthropist


Joe Natoli
Senior Vice President for Business and Finance and Chief Financial Officer, University of Miami

George C. Nolen
Pres. & CEO Siemens Corporation


Marilyn Ounjian
Founder and chief executive officer of CareersUSA

Charles Palmer
North American Co., Ltd. & North American Co. LLC


Charlie Pearlman
Atlas, Pearlman, Trop, & Borkson, P.A.

John Polstein
Chief Executive Officer, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions


Alan Potamkin
Co-Chairman, Potamkin Companies

James Randi
2000 James Randi Educational Foundation


Beverly Raphael
President and CEO, RCC Associates

Stephen A. Ross, Ph.D.
MIT Sloan School of Management


Al Salas
Koning Restaurants International (Pizza Hut)

Michael Scheck
Sweet Paper Sales, Corp.


Carl Singer
Chairman, Viragen, Inc.

Caesar Souza
Odebrecht


Rosa Sugranes
Iberia Tiles

John F. Tenaglia
John Tenaglia Consulting, Inc.


The Honorable Clarence Thomas
Associate Justice, US Supreme Court

N. K. "Trip" Tripathy
Macy's Florida


His Excellency, Sir Orville Turnquest
Governor-General of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas

G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
Chairman & CEO, General Motors Corp.


Douglas Warner, III
JP Morgan Chase & Co., Inc.

Jack Welch
Jack Welch, LLC - Consultant, (former Chairman & CEO of GE)


General Charles E. Wilhelm
United States Southern Command

Sanford Ziff
Sunglass Hut


Jordan Zimmerman
Founder and Chairman of Zimmerman Advertising

George Zoley
Wackenhut