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Corporate Leaders at Haas

Many successful executives have visited campus to share their insight and expertise with the Haas community. These industry leaders are keynote speakers for the annual conferences that are organized by students. The Haas School of Business also hosts a number of speaker series such as the Dean's Lecture Series, Peterson Series on Entrepreneurship and The Berkeley Entrepreneur's Forum.

Laura Alber, President, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Chris Anderson, Editor, Wired Magazine

Jack Calhoun, President, Banana Republic

Paul Campbell, Founder, HP Gaming Business

Deborah Blackwell, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Cascade Communications

Steve Blatter, Senior Vice President, Sirius Satellite Radio

Louis Burns, Vice President, Intel

Bill Campbell, Chairman, Intuit

John Chen, CEO, Sybase

James E. Canales, President and CEO, James Irvine Foundation

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Vice President for Asia-Pacific & Latin America, Google

Carol Dahl, Chief of Staff, Gates Foundation Global Health Discovery Program

Cammie Dunaway, Executive VP Sales & Marketing, Nintendo of America, Inc.

Chen Feng, Chairman, Hainan Airlines Company (China)

Peter Georgescu, Chairman Emeritus, Young & Rubicam

Reed Hastings, Founder and CEO, Netflix

David Hyman, Founder & CEO, MOG.com

Junzo Kawakami, President of Worldwide Research and Development, Hitachi

Matt Kistler, Senior VP, Sustainability, Walmart Stores

Michael Lewis, best selling author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The New New Thing, and contributing writer to the New York Times

George Lucas, Founder and Chairman, Lucasfilms

John Mackey, Chairman & CEO, Whole Foods Market

Jennifer Maxwell, Co-founder, PowerBar

Sharon McCollam, Executive Vice President, COO & CFO, Williams-Sonoma

Dave Olsen, Co-founder, Starbucks

David O'Reilly, Chairman and CEO, Chevron Corporation

Paul Otellini, CEO, Intel

Stephen Pratt, Founder, CEO & Managing Director, Infosys Consulting

John Riccitiello, CEO, Electronic Arts

Nils Tcheyan, Director for Strategy and Operations (Africa), World Bank

Alice Waters, Chef, Author, Proprietor, Chez Panisse

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Ricardo Guajardo, MBA 72, former Chairman and CEO of BBVA Bancomer, one of Mexico's largest banks, is one of many top executives who have spoken at the Haas School. He spoke on issues of economic development in Latin America.