CEOs, global industry leaders and Tepper School alumni visit throughout the academic year and provide excellent opportunities for small-group Q&A sessions as well as school-wide forums to discuss and debate case studies, emerging trends as well as leadership perspectives.
Tepper School of Business - Carnegie Mellon University
While studying at the CMU, Paul Fonteyne developed a skill set that helped put him on a trajectory to the top of the global pharmaceutical industry. Now serving as U.S. Country Managing Director, President and CEO of Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corporation, he shared his practical advice on leadership with students as part of the W.L. Mellon Speaker Series.
Amy Villeneuve believes in her gut instinct, and it’s led to her current position as President and Chief Operating Officer of Kiva Systems, an innovative startup acquired last year by Amazon.com. Villeneuve recently shared her “disruptive” story with Tepper School of Business students as part of the W.L Mellon Speaker series.
Through his 40 years in the financial services industry, James E. Rohr has witnessed tremendous change. As part of the W.L. Mellon Speaker Series, the chairman and CEO of The PNC Financial Services Group emphasized the importance of that change to Tepper School of Business students, faculty and administrators.
Eric Butler’s commitment to excellence has brought him success in both business and life. As part of the W.L. Mellon Speaker Series, the executive vice president of marketing and sales for Union Pacific Corp shared with students what he’s learned along the way.
The free market system offers the best hope for large numbers of people to escape poverty according to Harvey Golub, chairman of Miller Buckfire and retired chairman and CEO of American Express. In his appearance as part of the W.L. Mellon speaker Series at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, Golub told students that government regulations often backfire.
A video associated with Tepper Magazine's Spring 2012 issue. The column, called Follow the Leader, features Dina Dublon, MSIA '79 and retired executive vice president and CFO of J.P. Morgan Chase. She discusses the Tepper School, intellectual curiosity, success, leadership and social responsibility in this video.
A video associated with Tepper Magazine's Spring 2012 issue. The column, called Out of the Office, features Rich Greenawalt, MSIA '68. Out of the Office is a feature of alumni who are involved in volunteering or philanthropic endeavors. Before his frontline roles in volunteer efforts at his undergraduate alma mater, a science museum, and a public library, his career included assignments as chairman and CEO of Citibank's mortgage bank, president of Transamerica Financial, and president and COO of troubled Pennsylvania credit card and mortgage lender, Advanta Corp., which he and his team set on the path of recovery and growth.