The purpose of this lecture series is to expose students and faculty to opinion leaders whose ideas will impact business and society. These leaders have developed a national reputation for expertise related to the subject matter of their presentation.

Past distinguished lecturers include:

• Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN
• Condoleezza Rice, Former U.S. Secretary of State
• Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer.
• Madeleine Albright, Former U.S. Secretary of State and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
• Robert Gates, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
• George F. Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist
• Alan Simpson & Erskine Bowles, Co-Chairs - National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
• David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• Colin Powell, Former Secretary of State and Retired Four-Star General
• Sandra Day O'Connor, Former Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Mikhail Gorbachev, Former President of the Soviet Union
• Queen Noor of Jordan
• Rudolph Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York City
• John Major, Former British Prime Minister.