Business Leadership Celebration

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2022 Business Leadership Celebration

Thank You to Our 2021 BLC Sponsors

Opportunity Sponsors

American Piledriving Equipment, Inc.
Fritzky Family
Gary & Barbara Wipfler
Zevenbergen Capital Investments LLC

Table Sponsors

A portion of every sponsorship supports education at the University of Washington Foster School of Business and is tax-deductible. A premium of $100 per attendee will be deducted from each sponsorship gift receipt (i.e. a table of ten at $1,000 premium).

For questions or to support this event and business education at the UW, please contact:

Eileen Bhatia
Assistant Director of Corporate Relations
206.616.9178
[email protected]

Past distinguished leadership award recipients and speakers

2021

Keynote Speaker: Indra Nooyi

Former Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo

Award Recipients:
Mary Knell (BA ’82), Annie Young-Scrivner (BA ’91)

2019

Leadership Faculty Showcase

Award Recipients: Brad Tilden (EMBA ’97), Shelly Reynolds (BA ’87)

2018

Keynote Speaker: Barry McCaffrey

Retired Four-Star General

Award Recipients:
Pete Shimer (BA ’84), Nancy Zevenbergen (BA ’81), Firoz Lalji, Martin Selig (BA ’59)

2017

Keynote Speaker: James Whittaker

Award Recipients:
Companies of the Century – Boeing, PACCAR and Nordstrom

2016

Keynote Speaker: Margo Georgiadis

President for the Americas, Google
Board Member, McDonald’s

Award Recipients:
Gary Wipfler (UW ’81), Jeffrey Brotman (UW ’64, JD ’67)

2015

Keynote Speaker: John W. Thompson

CEO, Virtual Instruments; Chairman of the Board, Microsoft

Award Recipients: Gary Furukawa (UW ’81), John Jacobi (UW ’62), Steve Singh

2014

Keynote Speaker: Robert A. Iger

Chairman & CEO, The Walt Disney Company

Award Recipients: Dan Baty (BA ’65), Kemper Freeman (UW ’63), Nancy Jacob (BA ’67)

2013

Keynote Speaker: Richard Kovacevich

Chairman Emeritus, Wells Fargo & Company

Award Recipients: David Bonderman (BA ’63), Tom Crowley (BA ’89), Dan Fulton (MBA ’76), Kate Kingen (BA ’09)

2012

Keynote Speaker: Alan Mulally

President & Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Company

Award Recipients: Howard Behar, Dorrit Bern (BA ’72), Don Root (BA ’61)

2011

Keynote Speaker: Jamie Dimon

President & Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase

Award Recipients: L. Patrick Hughes (BA ’57), John N. Nordstrom (BA ’59), Bruce A. Nordstrom (BA ’55)

2010

Keynote Speaker: Mark Parker

President & Chief Executive Officer, Nike, Inc.

Award Recipients: Charles K. Barbo (BA ’63), Mark A. Emmert (BA ’75), Jon F. Hemingway (BA ’79)

2009

Keynote Speaker: Marilyn Carlson Nelson

Chairman of Carlson

Award Recipients: Phyllis Campbell (MBA ’87), Chris DeWolfe (BA ’88), Don Nielsen (BA ’60)

2008

Keynote Speaker: Reggie Fils-Aime

President & COO Nintendo of America, Inc.

Award Recipients: Gerald Grinstein, Eileen O’Neill Odum (BA ’77), Mark Pigott

2007

Keynote Speaker: Jim McNerney

CEO The Boeing Company

Award Recipients: William S. Ayer (MBA ’78), Leslie Koo (BA ’77), Ray Williams (BA ’59)

2006

Keynote Speaker: Clayton I. Bennett

Owner of the Seattle SuperSonics and Storm

Award Recipients: Lex N. Gamble (BA ’59), Sally Jewell, Leonard H. Lavin

2005

Keynote Speaker: John Connors

Partner at Ignition; Former CFO Microsoft

Award Recipients: Gary Shansby (BA ’59), Budd Gould (BA ’62)

2004

Keynote Speaker: Mike McGavick

CEO Safeco Corporation

Award Recipients: Stanley B. McDonald (BA ’43), Yoshihiko Miyauchi (MBA ’60)

2003

Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Immelt

CEO General Electric

Award Recipients: Herb T. Mead (BA ’56), Wallace E. Opdycke (BA ’59), William P. Kinnune, Jr. (BA ’61), Y. K. Park (BA ’59)

2002

Keynote Speaker: Kevin Sharer

CEO Amgen

Award Recipients: Alice W. Sandstrom (BA ’34), Michael Garvey, Gary E. Milgard (BA ’57)

2001

Keynote Speaker: John W. Stanton

CEO Western Wireless Corporation; Former CEO Voice Stream/T-Mobile

Award Recipients: Marion O. Garrison (BA ’39), George Kozmetsky (BA ’38), Orin C. Smith (BA ’65)

2000

Keynote Speaker: James K. Glassman

Financial and Political Analyst

Award Recipients: Neal Dempsey (BA ’64), Wayne M. Perry (BA ’72), William C. Huang

1999

Keynote Speaker: Richard Karlgaard

Publisher Forbes Magazine

Award Recipients: Norman J. Metcalfe (BA/BS ’65, MBA ’67), Edward V. Fritzky, Charles M. Lillis (BA ’68, MBA ’69)

1998

Keynote Speaker: Howard Schultz

CEO Starbucks Coffee Company

Award Recipients: William A. Fowler (BA ’66), Kerry Killinger

1997

Keynote Speaker: Andy Grove

CEO Intel

Award Recipients: Kirby L. Cramer (MBA ’62), William H. Gates III

1996

Keynote Speaker: David Coulter

CEO Bank of America

Award Recipients: John W. Ellis, Michael L. Darland (BA ’65, MUP ’69)

1995

Keynote Speaker: John H. Eyler, Jr.

CEO FAO Schwarz

Award Recipients: Arthur W. Buerk, Jr. (BA ’58), Sally Narodick

1994

Keynote Speaker: David R. Hinson

Administrator Federal Aviation Administration

Award Recipients: James B. Douglas (BA ’30), Ron D. Crockett, Charles M. Pigott

1993

Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Rozanne Ridgway

Former Ambassador to East Germany and Finland

Award Recipients: Andrew V. Smith

1992

Keynote Speaker: Alan Greenspan

Federal Reserve Board Chairman

Award Recipients: Richard P. Cooley, Elmer Nordstrom (BA ’26), Everett Nordstrom (BA ’23), Lloyd Nordstrom, Frank A. Shrontz, Samuel N. Stroum