Speakers and Entertainment
Some of the world's most recognized names in music, acting, journalism, business and politics have graced the stage at past NACDS Annual Meetings. Last year brought you, Joe Scarborough, Dr. Mark Zandi and Seal. 2010 promises to provide you with similar insightful speakers and entertainment. Check back periodically as details will be posted as they become available.
Sunday, April 25
General Michael Hayden served as director of the CIA and deputy director of National Intelligence at a time when the course of world events was changing at a rapidly accelerating rate. As the director of the country's keystone intelligence-gathering agency, he was on the frontline of geopolitical strife and the war on terrorism at a time when communication was being revolutionized. He understands the dangers, risks, and potential rewards in the political, economic, and security situations facing the planet.
After nearly forty years in the U.S. Air Force, General Hayden became director of the CIA in May of 2006. Originally appointed by President Bill Clinton to the post of director of the National Security Agency (NSA), General Hayden became the longest-tenured NSA director, serving from 1999-2005. In that time, he worked to put a human face on the famously secretive agency, directing an effort to explain to the American people the role of the NSA and also to make more visible on the national scene.
From April of 2005 to May of 2006, General Hayden was the number one military intelligence officer in the country, serving as deputy director of National Intelligence. In this capacity, he oversaw the entire intelligence community, including the CIA, NSA, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the National Reconnaissance Office. He directed all four agencies to make them work as a unit while maintaining the specialties and unique qualities that made them successful.
These responsibilities cap a military career that began in 1969, when General Hayden entered active duty in the Air Force after earning bachelor's and master's degrees from Duquesne University.
Jeffery C. Strong
Jeffery C. Strong (Jeff) is Global President and Chief Customer Officer, Johnson & Johnson, a role he assumed in September 2009. He is responsible for leading global sales for the $16 billion Johnson & Johnson consumer organization that manages brands like TYLENOL® , NEUTROGENA® , LISTERINE® , VISINE® , BAND-AID® , and JOHNSON'S® in over 80 countries around the world.
Jeff joined Johnson & Johnson after a successful 21-year career with Procter & Gamble. He began as a sales representative and moved on to customer development roles before being appointed Marketing Director for P&G Baby Care. Jeff then served as leader of half of P&G's US Wal-Mart Team and as Customer Business Development Director for Australia/New Zealand.
Jeff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Brigham Young University and an Executive MBA from the prestigious Kellogg School of Management. Jeff and his wife Sara are the parents of five children. He is an active volunteer in various community organizations.
Monday, April 26
Part journalist, part historian, all shrewd political observer, Ron Brownstein explains with lucid precision the complexities of American politics. As the political director of Atlantic Media Company—one of America's broadest-reaching and most influential distributors of political news—he produces sharp contemporary analysis on politics, the media, healthcare, and the whole range of issues informed by his strong sense of America's political and national history. He is a prolific and penetrating columnist on politics and policy, appearing regularly in the Atlantic, National Journal, and the Los Angeles Times.
Before taking over the political coverage for Atlantic Media Company, Brownstein served as the national political correspondent and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times from 1990 to 2007. In his years at the Times, he earned two finalist nods from the Pulitzer Prize Board for his coverage of the 1996 and 2004 presidential elections.
In addition, Brownstein served as chief political correspondent and columnist for U.S. News and World Report for seven months in 1998. He has also appeared frequently on Meet the Press, This Week with George Stephanopolous, Face the Nation, the Newshour with Jim Lehrer, and Washington Week in Review. He has also been a repeat guest on Charlie Rose, Nightline, the three network morning programs, MSNBC, CNBC, as well as C-Span. From 1998 through 2005, he served as an on-air political analyst for CNN.
Brownstein is the author or editor of six books. His most recent book, The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America, was named one of "ten books to curl up with" for 2007 by the New York Times.
In 1982, Ambassador Brinker with a handful of dedicated friends founded Susan G. Komen for the Cure® in her sister's memory. Within a few years, Ambassador Brinker, who led a relentless, one-woman breast cancer information and awareness campaign, succeeded in breaching the silence surrounding the disease, fundamentally changing the way it is talked about and treated. Susan G. Komen for the Cure is now the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. A year after creating the organization, Ambassador Brinker started the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure®, the most successful fundraising and education event for charity ever created.
Recently named Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control by the World Health Organization, Ambassador Brinker serves to raise awareness about cancer as a global public health problem. Globally known as a change agent, Ambassador Brinker was included in TIME's "100 Most Influential People" in 2008. She served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary from 2001-2003 and most recently served as U.S. Chief of Protocol from 2007-2009 where she was responsible for coordinating ceremonial events for visiting heads of state as well as overseeing all protocol matters for Presidential or Vice Presidential travel abroad.
For her work in the search for a cure for cancer, Ambassador received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama on August 12, 2009, at the White House.
Tuesday, April 27
Jack Bailey joined GlaxoSmithKline in 2009 to lead the Private, Public and Institutional Customers (PPIC) division for US Pharma. This division pulls together Government Affairs, Public Policy, Payer Markets and Medical Center Sales, ensuring a holistic approach to federal and state policy, medical institutions and payers.
Prior to joining GSK, Jack enjoyed a successful eighteen-year career with Eli Lilly, most recently serving as Senior Vice President, Account-based Markets Division. Jack began as a sales representative and worked in marketing and business development. He was appointed general manager for Eli Lilly South Africa and later area director for the Sub-Saharan region.
Jack received his BS in biology with a concentration in genetics from Hobart College, Geneva, New York and his MBA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which included a year long internship at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
Jack and his wife, Robin reside in Raleigh, North Carolina with their two children, Emily and John.
Jim Collins is a student and teacher of enduring great companies — how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies. Having invested over a decade of research into the topic, Jim has authored or co-authored four books, including the classic BUILT TO LAST, which has been a fixture on the Business Week best seller list for more than six years, and has been translated into 29 languages. His work has been featured in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company.
Jim's book, GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... And Others Don't, attained long-running positions on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Business Week best seller lists, has sold 3 million hardcover copies since publication and has been translated into 35 languages, including such languages as Latvian, Mongolian and Vietnamese.
His most recent book, HOW THE MIGHTY FALL: And Why Some Companies Never Give In, was published on May 19, 2009.
Driven by a relentless curiosity, Jim began his research and teaching career on the faculty at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992. In 1995, he founded a management laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, where he now conducts research and teaches executives from the corporate and social sectors. Jim holds degrees in business administration and mathematical sciences from Stanford University, and honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado and the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University.
Jim has served as a teacher to senior executives and CEOs at over a hundred corporations. He has also worked with social sector organizations, such as: Johns Hopkins Medical School, the Girl Scouts of the USA, the Leadership Network of Churches, the American Association of K-12 School Superintendents, and the United States Marine Corps. In 2005 he published a monograph: Good to Great and the Social Sectors.
In addition, Jim is an avid rock climber and has made one-day ascents of the North Face of Half Dome and the Nose route on the South Face of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. He continues to climb at the 5.13 grade.Daryl Hall and John Oates are the number-one selling duo in music history.
Just as they started as devoted disciples of earlier soul greats, Daryl Hall & John Oates now are frequently cited as influencers of today's stars. Their artistic fan base includes Rob Thomas, John Mayer, Brandon Flowers of the Killers, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and MTV's newest hipsters Gym Class Heroes, who dubbed their tour "Daryl Hall for President Tour 2007."
Hall & Oates' 1973 debut album, Abandoned Luncheonette, yielded the Top 10 single, "She's Gone," which also went to #1 on the R&B charts when it was covered by Taveras.
From the mid-'70s to the mid-'80s, the duo would score six #1 singles, including "Rich Girl" (also #1 R&B), "Kiss on My List," "Private Eyes," "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (also #1 R&B), "Maneater" and "Out of Touch" from their six consecutive multi-platinum albums—'76's Bigger Than Both of Us, '80's Voices, '81's Private Eyes, '82's H2O, '83's Rock N Soul, Part I and '84's Big Bam Boom. The era would also produce an additional five Top 10 singles, "Sara Smile," "One on One," "You Make My Dreams," "Say It Isn't So" and "Method of Modern Love."
Daryl Hall's latest project is a monthly Internet series, Live from Daryl's House (www.livefromdarylshouse.com). In the Fall of 2008, John Oates released his critically acclaimed solo album, 1000 Miles of Life. Most recently, Daryl Hall & John Oates released their first box set, Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall & John Oates. The box set includes four CDs containing 74 tracks (16 of them previously unreleased).
The fortieth anniversary of their first meeting finds Daryl Hall and John Oates very much at the height of their powers making their own kind of soul, with a new generation of musicians recognizing not only their historic track record of success, but also their continuing influence and achievements.
