Leadership Summit Schedule
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5
2007 Leadership Summit Opening Event
Location: Time Warner Building (Main Lobby Entrance: 58th Street between 8th and 9th)
- Dean Jay Light – Harvard Business School
- Honorable Charles B. Rangel – U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Keynote Address)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
Breakfast & Keynote Speaker
"Celebrating Differences within the African Diaspora"
- Raymond J. McGuire – Co-Head Global Investment Banking, Citi
The Challenges of Managing Global Constituencies
- Mihir A. Desai – Rock Center Associate Professor, Finance and Entrepreneurial Management, Harvard Business School (Moderator)
- Gunther Bright – SVP/GM Global Client Group, American Express
- Bridgette P. Heller – Global President Baby, Kids and Wound Care, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company
- Kevin M. Wise – General Manager CSI Asia-Pacific, Alcoa CSI
- Harold A. Young – Managing Director Global Head of Payments Products, Deutsche Bank AG
The Last Emerging Market: A Framework for Making Africa the Next Asia
- Rosalind Kainyah – Director Public Affairs USA, The DeBeers Group (Moderator)
- Lawrence "Larry" Drake II - Former Managing Director/CEO, Coca-Cola Nigeria & Equatorial Africa Ltd.
- Tom Iseghohi - Managing Director/CEO, Transcorp Nigeria plc.
- Dolly Mokgatle - Co-Founder, Peotona Group Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
- Adebayo “Bayo” Ogunlesi – Chairman and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners
Global Growth in Hedge Funds & Private Equity: Getting Our Fair Share
- Carla A. Harris – Managing Director Global Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley (Moderator)
- Judith Aidoo – CEO, Caswell Capital Partners, LLC
- James Collins – Director, Parish Capital Advisors LLP
- Charles E. Corpening – Managing Director, Court Square Capital Partners
- Tracy Maitland – President/Chief Investment Officer, Advent Capital Management LLC
The Caribbean Connection: Leveraging New Business Opportunities
- Jacqueline Jones – Managing Director, Knowledge Works Consulting (Moderator)
- Eleanor Brown – Managing Director, Prism Capital Services Limited
- Aubyn Hill – CEO, Corporate Strategies Limited
- Douglas Orane – Chairman/CEO, GraceKennedy Limited
- Gervase Warner – Executive Chairman, Neal & Massy Holdings Ltd.
Luncheon & Keynote Speaker
"Do Executives of Color Have A Competitive Advantage in the Global Workforce?"
- Lawrence V. Jackson – Managing Partner, Alamo Group
- Margaret J. Young - President, Mill Square Group (Moderator)
The Commercialization of Black Culture: Are We Managing Our Brand?
- Ron Allen – Correspondent, NBC News New York Bureau (Moderator)
- Derek Ferguson – CFO, Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group
- John H. McWhorter – Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
- Vanessa M. Sobers – Director Multicultural Marketing, Pepsi Bottling Group
- Hank Willis Thomas – Artist, writer and photographer; Winner 2007 Rockefeller Foundation Renew Media Arts Fellowship
Town Hall Meeting: New Paradigms of Leadership in a Global World
- J. Veronca Biggins – Partner, Hodge/Niederer/Cariana (Moderator)
- Michelle L. Collins – Advisory Board Member, Svoboda, Collins LLC
- Dennis F. Hightower – Retired Business Executive
- Henry McGee – President HBO Video, HBO
- Scott R. Royster – Executive VP/CFO, Radio One, Inc.
Gala Cocktail Reception
Gala Dinner & Keynote Speaker
"Action Items: The View from the Top"
- Ronald A. Williams – Chairman & CEO, AETNA, Inc.
Dessert & Cordial Reception
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7
Brunch & Keynote Speaker
"Creating a Legacy through Family History"
Said author Alex Haley, “In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage—to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge there is a hollow yearning."
Indeed, there is tremendous power that lies in knowing our past—a power that can give us and the rising generation a much firmer understanding of who we are and what we can become.
However, for African-Americans, learning about our family history can be especially challenging due to the lack of records, lack of individual names in slave records.
During this session, we will learn more about the why of family history, and especially the how, which will include information on the Freedman's Bank Records --a repository of family records for more than 480,000 freed slaves from the 1850s. These records offer genealogical breakthroughs for countless African Americans seeking to trace their roots.
- Marc H. Morial – CEO & President, National Urban League
- Jacqueline Adams – Senior Counselor, Burson-Marsteller (Moderator)
- Ann Fudge, Chairman & CEO, Young & Rubicam Brands, a subsidiary of WPP
- Bridgette Heller Global President, Baby, Kids, & Wound Care Franchise, Johnson & Johnson
- Carla Harris, Managing Director, Global Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley
- Cathy Hughes, Founder, Chairwoman, Radio One Inc
- Debra Lee. Chairwoman, President & CEO, Black Entertainment Television
- Renetta McCain, CEO, Starcom Mediavest Group
- Vicki Palmer, EVP Financial Services & Administration, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc
- Vikki Pryor, President & CEO SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Co.
- Paula Sneed, EVP Global Marketing Resources & Initiatives, Kraft Foods
- Deborah Wright, Chairwoman & CEO Carver Bancorp
- Peter Bynoe- Partner, DLA Piper Outside
- Carla Harris, Managing Director, Global Capital
- Christopher Williams, Chairman, Williams Capital Group
- Bruce Gordon, President and CEO, NAACP
- Robert Johnson, Chairman Black Entertainment Television
- John W. Thompson, CEO Symantec
- Ann Fudge, Chairman & CEO, Young & Rubicam Brands, a subsidiary of WPP
- Frederik W. Hill, Executive Vice President, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
- Renetta McCann, CEO, Starcom Americas
- Vicki Palmer, Executive Vice President, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
- Paula Sneed, Senior Vice President, Marketing Resources, Kraft Foods
- John W. Thompson, Chairman & CEO, Symantec Corp.
- Lloyd G. Trotter, CEO & President, GE Consumer and Industrial
- Al Zollar, General Manager, Tivoli Software, IBM
- Eula Adams, SEVP, First Data Corp.
- Arnold Donald, CEO, Merisant
- Bruce Gordon, President of Retail Markets, Verizon
- Carla Harris, Head, Equity Private Placement, Morgan Stanley
- Cathy Hughes, Chairman and Founder, Radio One
- Lawrence Jackson, SVP for Supply Operations, Safeway
- Robert Johnson, Founder & CEO, BET
- Thomas Jones, CEO of Global Investments, Private Banking, and Asset Management, Citigroup
- Vernon Jordan, Senior Managing Director, Lazard LLC
- Paula Sneed, President, E-Commerce & Marketing, Kraft
- John Thompson, CEO, Symantec
- Lloyd Trotter, President & CEO, GE Industrial Systems
- Christopher Williams, Founder & CEO, Williams Capital
- Alfred Zollar, General Manager, Lotus Software, IBM
- Don H. Barden, Chairman & CEO, Barden Companies, Inc.
- Lewis E. Byrd, General Partner, Opportunity Capital Partners, III. L.P.
- Cathy Hughes, Chairman and Founder, Radio One
- John H. Johnson, Chairman and CEO, Johnson Publishing Company
- Terry L. Jones, General Partner and President, SYNCOM III and SYNCOM Capital Corporation, Inc.
- Scott R. Royster, Executive Vice President and COO, Radio One
- Frederick Terrell, Managing Partner and CEO, Provender Capital Group, LLC
- R. Donahue Peebles, President and Chief Executive Officer, Peebles Atlantic Development Corporation
- J. Donald Rice, Jr., President & CEO , Rice Financial Products Company
- John W. Rogers, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Ariel Capital Management
- Christopher J. Williams, Founder, Chairman and CEO, The Williams Capital Group, L.P. and Williams Capital Management, LLC
- Deborah C. Wright, President and CEO, Carver Bancorp, Inc.
- Ann M. Fudge, Chairman & CEO, Young & Rubicam Brands, a subsidiary of WPP
- Frederick W. Hill, EVP, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
- Rennetta McCann, CEO, Starcom Americas, a subsidiary of Starcom MediaVest Group
- Charles E. Phillips, Jr., Co-President & Director, Oracle Corp.
- Vicki R. Palmer, EVP, Coca-Cola Enteprises, Inc.
- Paula Sneed, SVP, Marketing Resources, Kraft Foods, Inc.
- John W. Thompson, Chairman & CEO, Symantec Corp.
- Lloyd G. Trotter, CEO & President, GE Consumer and Industrial
- Al Zollar, General Manager, Tivoli Software, IBM
- Michelle Collins, Co-Founder, Managing Director & Operating Partner, Svoboda, Collins, LLC
- Carla A. Harris, Managing Director, Global Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley
- Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Capital Management, LLC
- Terry Jones, Founder/General Partner, SYNCOM Management Co. Inc.
- Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Senior Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
- William E. Kennard, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
- William M. Lewis, Jr., Managing Director & Co-Chairman, Investment Banking, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
- Raymond J. McGuire, Managing Director & Co-Head, Global Investment Banking, Citigroup
- Valerie Mosley, Partner & SVP, Wellington Management Co. LLP
- Colbert G. Narcisse, COO, Global Private Client Group, Merrill Lynch
- J. Donald Rice, Jr., President, Rice Financial Products Co.
- John W. Rogers, Founder, Chairman, CEO & Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Capital Management
- George L. Van Amson, Managing Director, Institutional Equities, Morgan Stanley, Inc.
- Christopher Williams, Founder, Chairman & CEO, The Williams Capital Group LP
- Willie Woods, Jr., President, ICV Capital Partners
- Robert L. Johnson, President & CEO, RLJ Companies
- Debra Lee, Chairman & CEO, BET
- Henry McGee, President, HBO Video
