Business Leadership Celebration

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2021 Business Leadership Celebration

Per King County and University guidelines, we will require proof of COVID vaccination or a negative COVID test within 72 hours of the event to attend. Thank you for understanding.

Join the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business for a special evening as we honor inspiring leaders who’ve built great organizations, made outstanding contributions to their industry and shaped the future of business. The evening will feature a keynote by Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo, and award presentations to Mary Knell of Wells Fargo, Nobel Prize-winning financial economist William F. Sharpe, and Annie Young-Scrivner of Wella Company. More than 600 business leaders, Foster supporters, and students are expected to attend. Event proceeds directly support student scholarships and fellowships. Click here for more information.

This Year’s Keynote Speaker:

Indra Nooyi

Former Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo
Indra Nooyi, named “Most Powerful Woman in Business” five times by Fortune magazine, currently serves as a corporate director of Amazon. Nooyi was CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018 and served as Chairman of its board of directors from 2007 to 2019. Prior to the top job at PepsiCo, she held leadership roles in finance, corporate strategy and development, and strategic planning before being elected Director and becoming President and CFO in 2001. Nooyi, perennially ranked among the world’s top women corporate leaders by Forbes and Fortune, also has served on the boards of Schlumberger Limited and the International Cricket Council.
 

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

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