David and Lyn Silfen Leadership Series
At Columbia Business School, one of our great strengths is our ability to attract world-class leaders to campus to share their ideas and experience with the next generation of business innovators. The David and Lyn Silfen Leadership Series is central to this effort. The series is an unparalleled learning opportunity for the entire School community, as renowned figures come to share cutting-edge ideas, leadership styles, and personal philosophies with our students and faculty members.
As such, these exchanges provide a distinct competitive advantage for Columbia. They can be beneficial for your firm, as well. Take advantage of this unique opportunity by partaking in an open dialogue with us and cement your firm’s reputation for leadership.
Past Silfen Leadership Series Speakers
Keith Banks ’81
President, US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth
Carlos Brito
CEO, ABInBev
Dominic Barton
Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
Lord John Browne
Group Chief Executive, BP Global
Ken Buckfire ’87 and Kevyn Orr
Emergency Manager, City of Detroit
Arnold Chavkin ’77
Managing Director, Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC
Kenneth Chenault
CEO, American Express
Richard B. Clark
Chairman, Brookfield Properties
Leon Cooperman ’67
Chairman and CEO, Omega Advisors
Clay Creasey
Chief Financial Officer, Toys“R”Us, Inc.
Barry Diller
Chairman and Senior Executive, IAC
Jamie Dimon
Chairman of the Board and CEO, JPMorgan Chase
Laurence D. Fink
Chairman and CEO, BlackRock
Carly Fiorina
Former CEO, Hewlett-Packard
Carlos Ghosn
CEO, Nissan Motor Company
James Gorman ’87
Chairman and CEO, Morgan Stanley
Alex Gorsky
Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
Davide Grasso
President and CEO, Converse
Douglas Haynes
President, Point72 Asset Management
Edward J. Heffernan '86
President and CEO, Alliance Data Systems
Martina Hund-Mejean
Chief Financial Officer, MasterCard
James W. Keyes ’80
CEO, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets
Chairman, Wild Oats LLC
Catherine Kinney
Former President, New York Stock Exchange
Wendy Kopp
CEO and Co-Founder, Teach for All
Henry Kravis ’69
Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, KKR
Rochelle B. Lazarus ’70
Chairman Emeritus, Ogilvy & Mather
Richard LeFrak ’98
Chairman, LeFrak Organization
David Levin
President and CEO, McGraw Hill Education
John Martin ’94
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Time Warner
Gail McGovern ’87
CEO, American Red Cross
Ken Moelis
President, UBS Investment Bank
Anne Moore
CEO, Time, Inc.
Anne Mulcahy
Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation
Vikram S. Pandit PhD ’86
Chairman, TGG Group
Dick Parsons
Chairman and CEO, Time Warner, Inc.
Peter G. Peterson
Co-Founder, Blackstone
Ian Read
CEO, Pfizer
Paolo Rocca
Chairman and CEO, Tenaris
Stephen Roth
CEO, Vornado Realty Trust
Robert Rubin
Chairman of Executive Committee, Citigroup, Inc; Former US Secretary of the Treasury
William Rudin
President, Rudin Management
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder, Blackstone
Keith Sherin ’91
Vice Chairman and CEO, General Electric
Robert K. Steel
CEO, Perella Weinberg Partners
David Stern
Former Commissioner, National Basketball Association
Henry Swieca ’82
Co-Founder, Highbridge Capital Management
Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Talpion Fund Management LP
Craig B. Thompson
President and CEO, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Tracey Travis ’86
CFO, Estee Lauder
Jack Welch
former CEO, General Electric Company
Robert Wilmers
CEO, M&T Bank
Bob Wright
Vice Chairman and Executive Officer, General Electric Company; Chairman and CEO, NBC Universal, Inc.
Richard Saul Wurman
Founder, TED
Sam Zell
Chairman and CEO, Equity Group Investments, Tribune Company
For more information on the Silfen Leadership Series, please contact Star Sawyer at 212-854-9113 or [email protected].