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The Speakers Assembly of Southwest Florida has brought global political leaders, industry experts, leading economists, analytical journalists, and educational professionals to enlighten and empower members on current events in an interactive format including lunch and Q&A.

PAST SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

  1. Defense
  2. Economy
  3. Education
  4. Fortune 500 Companies
  5. Health Care
  6. International and Global affairs
  7. National Government
  8. Social Issues
  9. Sports and Entertainment
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Defense

2008-2009

Major General Paul Vallely (Retired)

Senior Military Analyst, Fox News
Host of “Stand Up America” Radio Show


2007-2008

Admiral James G. Stavridis

Commander
United States Southern Command
Special Evening Presentation:
Plenary Panel on Terrorism

James J. Carafano, Ph.D.
Defense, Military Operations and Stretegy Expert on Homeland Security The Heritage Foundation

Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Cucullu
Former Special Services Lieutenant Colonel

Professor Jeffrey H. Norwitz
Special Agent, Naval Criminal Investigative Service
United States Naval War College

Robert Spencer
Author, Founder and Director
The Jihad Watch and Dhimmi Watch


2006-2007

Gen. Charles C. Krulak

Commandant (Retired)
United States Marine Corps


2002-2003

General J.B. Davis, USAF (Ret)

Former Chief of Staff
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (NATO)


2001-2002

General John H. Tilelli Jr.

USA (Retired)
President & CEO, USO Worldwide Operations

Economy

2007-2008

Roy C. Smith

Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance,
Stern School of Business
Robert O'Harrow
Reporter, Washington Post,
Associate of the Center for Investigative Reporting

2006-2007

Steve Forbes
President & CEO
Forbes, Inc.
Editor-in-Chief
Forbes Magazine
Dr. Nicholas Lardy
Senior Fellow
Institute for International Economics
Sandra Pianalto
President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

2005-2006

William Seidman
Economist and Chief Commentator
CNBC
Henrietta Holsman Fore
Director, United States Mint


2003-2004

Paul Ingrassia
President, Dow Jones Newswires
Pulitzer Prize-winning Author

2002-2003

Frank Carlucci
Former Secretary of Defense & Head of the National Security Council Currently Chairman & Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
Thomas A. James
Chairman & CEO, Raymond James Financial, Inc.

2001-2002

David M. Jones, Ph.D.
Chairman & Chief Economist, Audrey G. Lanston & Co., Inc. Commentator, CNN, CNBC, Money Line

2000-2001

John Clifton Bogle

Founder, The Vanguard Group Edward Kelly Jr.
Member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve Board

1999-2000


Ian Rolland

Former Chairman & CEO, Lincoln National Financial Services

1998-1999

William A. Osborn
Chairman & CEO, Northern Trust Corporation

1997-1998

James G. Brocksmith Jr.
KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP
Christopher Farrell
Senior Economic & Business Editor

1996-1997

Robert G. Dederick
Northern Trust Company

Education

2008-2009 Dr. Mark Rosenberg
Chancellor State University
System of Florida 1999-2000

Shirley Peterson
President, Hood College
Former IRS Commissioner

Fortune 500 Companies

2007-2008

John Mendel
Senior Vice President
Automobile Operations
American Honda Motors Co., Inc.

2006-2007

Keith Crain
Chairman
Crain Communications

2004-2005

Peter Schweitzer
Chairman, J. Walter Thompson

2001-2002

Kathleen Barclay
Vice President, Global Human Resources
General Motors Corporation
William Clay Ford Jr.
CEO & Chairman, Ford Motor Company

2000-2001

Dr. Norman Gjostein
Director of Research, Ford Motor Co.1999-2000
Kent Nelson
Former Chairman & CEO, United Parcel Service

1997-1998

John A. “Jack” Krol
President & CEO, Dupont
William Steere
CEO, Pfizer, Inc
C. Richard Wagoner Jr.
President, North American Division, General Motors

1996-1997

Dave Thomas
Founder/CEO, Wendy’s International, Inc.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Health Care

2007-2008

Ralph S. Larsen
Former Chairman & CEO
Johnson & Johnson
Henry E. Simmons, M.D.
President
National Coalition on Health Care

2005-2006


The Honorable David F. Durenberger
Chair, National Institute of Health Policy
Senior Health Policy Fellow, University of St. Thomas

2003-2004

Rear Admiral Susan J. Blumenthal M.D., M.P.A.
U.S. Assistant Surgeon General

2001-2002

Jane E. Henney, M.D.
Former Commissioner, Food and Drug AdministrationNational Government

2007-2008

Senator John B. Breaux
Senior Counsel Patton Boggs

2006-2007

Peter Baker
White House Correspondent
The Washington Post
Susan Glasser

Assistant Managing Editor
The Washington Post
Robert E. Rector
Senior Research Fellow
Domestic Policy Studies
The Heritage Foundation

2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2008-2009

David S. Broder
Pulitzer Prize Winning National
Political Correspondent,
The Washington Post

2005-2006

The Honorable Christine Todd Whitman
President, The Whitman Strategy Group
Former Administrator of the EPA
Former Governor of New Jersey

2004-2005

Michael Barone
Fox News Channel Contributor
Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report
Principal co-author of “The Almanac of American Politics”
Edwin Meese III
Chairman, The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies
Former U.S. Attorney General
Kenneth Starr
Dean, Pepperdine University’s School of Law
Former Independent Counsel - Whitewater

2004-2005

Michael Allen
White House Correspondent, Washington Post
Reeve Lindbergh
President, The Lindbergh Foundation
Author
Honorable Bill Nelson
United States Senator for Florida

2002-2003

Betty R. Franklin
Senior Editor, Forbes Magazine
William L. Winter, Ph.D.
President & Executive Director, American Press Institute (AP)
2001-2002

Honorable Warren B. Rudman
U.S. Senator, 1980-1992

2000-2001

Peter Copeland
Editor & General Manager, Scripps Howard News Service
Robert Siegel
National Public Radio Host, “All Things Considered”

1999-2000

David R. Mercer
National Executive Director, YMCA
Honorable Richard Thornburgh
Former Attorney General of the United States

1998-1999

Susan Crandell
Executive Editor, Ladies Home Journal
Tom Curley
President & Publisher, USA TODAY

Honorable Arthur A. Hartman
Former Ambassador, USSR & France (Retired)

1997-1998

Dan K. Thomasson
Editor, Scripps Howard News Chief of Washington Bureau

1996-1997

Muriel Fox
Executive VP, Carl Byoir Agency
Ann McFeatters
White House Correspondent
Honorable Richard S. Schweiker
Former U.S. Congressman, Senator & Cabinet Member
Honorable Porter Goss
U.S. House of Representatives

International and Global Affairs

2008-2009

Michael Tobin
Senior War Correspondent Fox News

2005-2006

Dr. Dan Borgia
FGCU International School of Business
Peter T.R. Brookes
Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs
Director, Heritage Foundations’s Center for Asian Studies
New York Post Columnist
Sir Eldon Griffiths
President, Orange County World Affairs Council
Director, Center for International Business, Chapman University
Former Member of Parliament
Dr. Charles Kimball
Chair of the Religion Department, Wake Forest University

2004-2005

Isabel Cutler
Author and Photographer
Walter L. Cutler
President, Meridian International Center
Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Expert on International Terrorism
Ambassador Randall Tobias
United States Global Aids Coordinator

2003-2004

Tom Fenton
CBS News
Senior European Correspondent Covering Europe, Africa, Asia and the Iraqi War
Ambassador Tony P. Hall
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture

2000-2001

Honorable Lee Hamilton
President, Woodrow Wilson International Center
U. S. Congress 1995-1999

1999-2000

Tom Fenton
Chief European Correspondent, CBS News

1998-1999

Dr. Jackson Janes
Executive Director, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies

1997-1998

Ljubica Z. Acevska
Ambassador, Republic of Macedonia

National Government

2007-2008


Senator John B. Breaux
Senior Counsel Patton Boggs

2006-2007

Peter Baker
White House Correspondent
The Washington Post
Susan Glasser
Assistant Managing Editor
The Washington Post
Robert E. Rector
Senior Research Fellow
Domestic Policy Studies
The Heritage Foundation

2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2008-2009

David S. Broder
Pulitzer Prize Winning National
Political Correspondent,
The Washington Post

2005-2006

The Honorable Christine Todd Whitman
President, The Whitman Strategy Group
Former Administrator of the EPA
Former Governor of New Jersey


2004-2005

Michael Barone
Fox News Channel Contributor
Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report
Principal co-author of “The Almanac of American Politics”
Edwin Meese III
Chairman, The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies
Former U.S. Attorney General
Kenneth Starr
Dean, Pepperdine University’s School of Law
Former Independent Counsel - Whitewater

2004-2005

Michael Allen
White House Correspondent, Washington Post
Reeve Lindbergh
President, The Lindbergh Foundation
Author
The Honorable Bill Nelson
United States Senator for Florida

2002-2003

Betty R. Franklin
Senior Editor, Forbes Magazine
William L. Winter, Ph.D.
President & Executive Director, American Press Institute (AP)

2001-2002

Honorable Warren B. Rudman
U.S. Senator, 1980-1992


2000-2001

Peter Copeland
Editor & General Manager,
Scripps Howard News Service
Robert Siegel
National Public Radio Host, “All Things Considered”

1999-2000

David R. Mercer
National Executive Director, YMCA
The Honorable Richard Thornburgh
Former Attorney General of the United States

1998-1999

Susan Crandell
Executive Editor, Ladies Home Journal
Tom Curley
President & Publisher, USA TODAY
The Honorable Arthur A. Hartman
Former Ambassador, USSR & France (Retired)

1997-1998

Dan K. Thomasson
Editor, Scripps Howard News Chief of Washington Bureau

1996-1997

Muriel Fox
Executive VP, Carl Byoir Agency<
strong>Ann McFeatters
White House Correspondent
The Honorable Richard S. Schweiker
Former U.S. Congressman, Senator & Cabinet Member
The Honorable Porter Goss
U.S. House of Representatives

Social Issues

2008-2009

John Rother
AARP Policy & Strategy Director

2001-2002

Eugene R. Tempel, Ed.D., CFRE
Executive Director, National Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University


1998-1999

Judith N. Brown
Chair of National Board of Directors, AARP (Retired)


Sports and Entertainment

2008-2009

David Owen
Staff writer, The New Yorker,
and contributing editor Golf Digest, Author

2007-2008

Kevin Kallaugher
Political Cartoonist
“The Economist”

2005-2006

Mark Russell
Tenth Anniversary Evening Celebration

2003-2004

Yogi Berra
Former New York Yankee Catcher
Member, National Baseball Hall of Fame

2002-2003

Jay W. Ireland III
President, NBC Television Stations
Dale A. Petroskey

President, American Baseball Hall of Fame

2001-2002


Michael Uslan
Film Producer, Batman Series and other films

2000-2001

Earl Bruce
Former Head Football Coach, Ohio State University
Erich Kunzel
Principal Pops Conductor, Naples, Cincinnati, & National Symphony Orchestras

1998-1999

Tom Fazio
CEO, Fazio Golf Course Designers

1997-1998

J. Howard “Bumpy” Frazer
H. Howard Frazer Company

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  

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