CEN

Spotlight

	Jay Walker '77 Chairman of Walker Digital Management, LLC and Founder of priceline.com		Ambassador Richard Burt '69 Chairman of Diligence LLC
	Bill Nye '77 "The Science Guy"		Sheila Johnson Co-founder, Black Entertainment Television (BET)

Welcome to the CEN Speakers Hall! Here you’ll find notable Cornellians—CEO’s, entrepreneurs, authors, small business owners and others from myriad industries—who have spoken at CEN events. To see what was discussed, who attended, or background information on our speakers, click on the below links to learn more.

Kurt Abrahamson, CALS ’83, Director, Sales Operations, North America Sales, Google Inc.

CEN NYC presents "Google takes Manhattan via Ithaca "

Sunny Bates '78 President & Chief Executive Officer of Sunny Bates Associates

CEN DC presents "Leveraging Personal and Professional Networks for Career Advancement"

Steve Belkin '69 Chairman and Founder of Trans National Group (TNG)

CEN Boston presents “Lessons Learned by an Entrepreneur”

Mark Belnick '68 former EVP & Chief Corporate Counsel, Tyco Intl Ltd.

CEN Metro New York presents "When the Tables Turn in Business & Law."

Ambassador Richard Burt '69 Chairman of Diligence LLC

CEN DC presents New Risks in a Global Economy

Mark Canlis '97 Hotel Owner, Canlis Restaurant

CEN Seattle presents: Your Holiday, Our Challenge; Lessons from the front lines of Hospitality

Abby Joseph Cohen '73 Chair of the Investment Policy Committee at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

CEN Metro New York presents "Back to Basics: Economic Growth and the Financial Markets"

Ken Colling '67, MBA '69 President and CEO, Seattle Goodwill

CEN Seattle presents No Margin, No Mission - Lessons on Guts, Glory, and Profitability from the Non-Profit World

Roy Danis '78 Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing, W.J. Deutsch & Sons, Ltd.

CEN Northern California presents "Yellow Tail - A Wake-up Call for the Wine Industry”
CEN Metro New York presents "Entrepreneurial Flavoring" How the Beer, Wine and Spirits Industry keep their products interesting and tasteful for mass consumption and brand loyalty.

Robert Diener, JD ’82 Co-founder of Hotels.com

CEN South Florida presents: “Conservative Entrepreneurship”

Cindy Froggatt '85 author of "Work Naked: Eight Essential Principals for Peak Performance in the Virtual Workplace"

CEN Metro NY Presents Cynthia Froggatt MS '85

Prof. Stuart L. Hart S.C. Johnson Professor of Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management

CEN Metro New York: Is proud to bring Cornell Alumni "Sustainable Global Business Strategies for 2005 and Beyond”

Byron F. Hoover MBA’90 Marketing Director, Jose Cuervo

CEN Metro New York presents "Entrepreneurial Flavoring" How the Beer, Wine and Spirits Industry keep their products interesting and tasteful for mass consumption and brand loyalty.

Dr. Nathaniel Hupert Assistant Professor of Public Health and Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

CEN Metro New York: "From Bioterrorism to Natural Disasters" The School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering and Weill Cornell Team to Address Public Health Challenges of the New Century.

Sam Kamel '85 Senior Director, Business Development, Microsoft

CEN Seattle in partnership with the CCWW and WRO present: “Challenges in Growing a Business; 9 Lessons from Large and Small Companies & 1 Dirty Little Secret”

Len Kennedy ’74, JD ’77 General Counsel of Sprint Nextel

CEN DC, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office and the Cornell Club of Washington, DC proudly present Len Kennedy ’74, JD ’77, General Counsel of Sprint Nextel as he speaks about “What’s next on the Horizon for the Telecommunication Industry?”

Andy Kessler '80 Best Selling Technology and Finance Author

Boston: CEN Boston Presents Best Selling Technology and Finance Author Andy Kessler '80
Metro New York: CEN Metro New York Presents "The End of Medicine" featuring Andy Kessler '80, Author and Former Hedge Fund Manager

Knight Kiplinger '69 Editor in Chief of The Kiplinger Letter, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine and KiplingerForecasts.com

CEN Washington DC presents "What's Ahead for the U.S. Economy: Global Tension, Economic Stimulus and Cut-Throat Competition."

Peter Knight '73 Director of Medicis Pharmaceutical, EntreMed, Pharmaceutical Resources, Inc., and the Schroder Mutual Fund and Hedge Fund family of funds

CEN DC presents "Presidential Campaigns - the Ultimate Start up"

Scott Koenig '73 President and CEO of MacroGenics, Inc.

Bethesda, MD: CEN presents “Building a Biotechnology Company after the Biotech Bubble”

Todd Krasnow '79 Founder of Zoots

CEN Boston presents "Staples for Success: the basics for building a business"

Jules Kroll '63 Founder of Kroll, Inc.

CEN Metro New York presents "Persistence"

Dr. Robert Langer '70 Institute Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT

CEN Boston presents, "When Conventional Science Becomes Unconventional for the Good of All."

Bill McAleer '73, MBA '75 Co-Founder & Managing Director, Voyager Capital

CEN Seattle in partnership with the CCWW and WRO present: “Challenges in Growing a Business; 9 Lessons from Large and Small Companies & 1 Dirty Little Secret”

Kevin McGovern '70 Chairman and CEO of McGovern Capital LLC