Past Speakers-Keynote Dinners

2006-2007 PROGRAM:
Craig Jackson, CEO, Barrett-Jackson
Rob Gillette, President & CEO, Honeywell Aerospace
Karim Khoja, CEO, Roshan Afghanistan
Todd McFarlane, Owner, TMP International
Matthew Hart, President & COO, Hilton Hotel Corporation
Robert Sarver, Owner, Phoenix Suns
John Gamauf, President, North America Tire, Bridgestone/Firestone
Bob Parsons, CEO & Founder, The Go Daddy Group, Inc.

2005-2006 PROGRAM:
Laura Roberts, CEO, Pantheon Chemical
Debra Kelly-Ennis, Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo
David Moffett, CFO, US Bank
Bryan Bartlett, Retired Chief Engineer, Saudi Aramco
Don Murray, CEO, Resources Global Professional
John McAdams, President & CEO, F5
Richard Schneiders, CEO, Sysco Corporation
Scottsdale Center for the Arts Authors & Art Event
Tom Lewis, Owner & CEO, T.W. Lewis (Leadership Award)

2004-2005 PROGRAM:
David Cavazos, Acting Aviation Director, Sky Harbor International Airport
Todd Maclin, Executive Vice President, JRMorganChase
David Kong, President & CEO, Best Western International
Vincent Roig, Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Student Services Corporation
Burt Tansky, President, CEO and Director,Neiman Marcus
Debra Kelly-Ennis, President & CEO, SAAB Cars, USA
Doug Ducey, President & CEO, Cold Stone Creamery
Phil Francis, President & CEO, Petsmart

2003-2004 PROGRAM:
Captain’s Hoss, Pearson & Jon McBride Owners, ATSI
Sheika Lubna Al Qasimi, CEO, Tejari
Brad Tilden, CFO, Alaska Airlines
Steve Sanghi, President, Chairman & CEO, Microchip
Anders Berggren, President, Electrolux Commercial Outdoor North America
Jerry Moyes, CEO, Swift Transportation
Rojon Hasker, SVP Marketing, Safeway
Dennis Kuester, President & CEO, M & I Bank
Mike Fong President, Calence, Inc. (Leadership Award)

2002-2003 PROGRAM:
Max Poll, Chief Executive, Int’l Genomics Consortium
Peter J. Solomon, Chairman, President & CEO Peter J. Solomon Company
John Coors, President, Coors Tech
Dr. George Ebbs, President, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Dr. Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
Arthur Levitt, Former SEC Chairman and best-selling author
Donald G. Sodorquist, Retired Senior Vice-Chairman, Walmart Stores
Kirk Lanterman, President & CEO, Holland America
John Bebbling, Owner,Tempe Paint & Decorator, Inc. (Leadership Award)

2001-2002 PROGRAM:
Anne Mariucci, President, Del Web
Cyrus Freidheim, Jr. Vice Chairman, Booz Allen & Hamilton
Steve Bartlette, President & CEO, Financial services Roundtable
Walter E. Boomer, President & CEO, Rogers Corporation
Leonard M. Harlan, President, Castle Harlan, Inc.
Peter Fine, President & CEO, Banner Health Systems
Patrick Sullivan, CEO, Interact Commerce Corporation
John F. Antioco, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Blockbuster, Inc.
Eddie Basha, CEO, Bashas’ (Leadership Award)

2000-2001 PROGRAM:
Roy Vallee, Chairman & CEO Avnet, Inc.
Jack Swonson, President, USAA
Gary Michael, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Albertson’s
Russell W. Meyer, Chairman of the Board, Cessna Aircraft Companies
Douglas Foshee, Chairman, CEO and President,  Nuevo Energy Company
Richard B. Myers, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Elizabeth Sanders, President, Sanders Partnership
Ed Ast, President and CEO, Shasta Industries (Leadership Award)
Steve Ast, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Shasta Industries (Leadership Award)

1999-2000 PROGRAM:
Jim Ivy, CEO, Savin Corporation
Nathan Schulhof, CEO, audiohighway.com
Eric Crown, CEO, Insight Enterprises, Inc.
Dr. Paul Jones, Jr. Chairman & CEO, Compass Bancshares, Inc.
Roger Penske, CEO, Penske Corporation
Jonathan Ornstein, Chairman, Mesa Airline Group & Virgin Express
Marcie Rossell, VP, Corporate Economist & Investment Spokesperson, Oppenheimer Funds
Al Piergallini, President & CEO, Novartis Consumer Health North America
Steve Bunger, Chief Executive Officer, Mobile Mini, Inc. (Leadership Award)