Alumni-in-Residence
The primary purpose of the Alumni-in-Residence program is to provide opportunities for students to gain insights into the business world and into the thoughts and lives of successful Romain College of Business graduates. This is a great opportunity during the spring semester when a graduate is invited to talk with students and faculty.
2019:听Antone '92 and Izumi M'94 Greubel, Deputy Chief of Mission at Embassy Apia, Samoa () (post article)
2015:听David Goodman '79, CEO of Advanced Green Technologies
2014:听, marketing leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
2013:听, general manager for the Indiana office of SS&C Technologies
2012:听Luke Yaeger MBA '07, senior vice president for commercial lending, Evansville Commerce Bank
2011:听Trenton Christian '07, international sales representative, Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc.
2010:听Tracy Zeller '89, owner, Tracy Zeller Enterprises
2009:听W. Kerry Jackson '84, executive vice president, chief financial officer, and treasurer, Shoe Carnival, Inc.
2008:听, vice president and senior human resources business partner, Fifth Third Bank Southern Indiana
2007: cancelled
2006:听Derek Faughn '84, senior director for information management, Mead Johnson, a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb
2005:听Travis Hudak '00, finance manager, GE Plastics' Production Center of Excellence in Mount Vernon
2004:听Kelly Dillon '92, assistant manager of public relation, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana
2003:听J. Edward Wicht '92, staff attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement
2002:听Michael Head '80, president, First Federal Savings Bank
2001:听Steve Lowrey '76, president and CEO, Texas-based Franchise Concepts Inc.
2000:听Kenneth L. Sendelweck '76, president and chief executive officer of German American Bank in Jasper
1999:听Daniel S. Hermann '79, president, Black Beauty Coal Co.
1998:听Tina Kern '86, president, Kern Brothers Office Environment Products and Systems, Inc.
1996:听Wilder Allen '89, president, Safety Management Corporation
1995:听Randall Haaff '84, manager of finance, Total Audio Visual Services, a unit of General Electric Capital Services
1994:听Chris Melton '72, National City Bank
1993:听Terry Hitch '73, central zone manager, Eastman Kodak
1992:听Ron Bonger '81, co-founder, president, and CEO, Firehouse, Inc.
1990:听William Fisher '73, senior vice president and COO, Applied Communications, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska
Entrepreneur's Perspective Series
The Entrepreneur鈥檚 Perspective Speakers Series highlights speakers who support and convey the fundamentals of the College's entrepreneurial ecosystem, which focuses on education, engagement and entrepreneurial outcomes.
2018:听Andrew Newman, author and entrepreneur (post-release)
2016:听, chairman and founder of Academic Partnerships and Whitney University System
2015:听, founding partner of DeveloperTown
2014:听, business executive and general partner at Chair 2 Holdings LLLP听
Executive-in-Residence
The primary purpose of the Executive-in-Residence program is to provide opportunities for students to gain insights into the business world and into the thoughts and lives of business executives. This is a great opportunity when an executive is invited to talk with students and faculty.
2020:听, chief financial officer, charity: water (POSTPONED)
2017:听Kevin Hammett, president and chief executive officer, Regency Properties () (post release)
2016:听, President & Chairman, Keller Schroeder
2016:听, VP, Engineering, Tesla Motors, Inc.听
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2015:听, executive director of Evansville Regional Airport
2014:听, president & CEO of Deaconess Health System
2013:听, business executive, entrepreneur and investor
2012:听Chris Traylor, CEO of Traylor Brothers, Inc.
2011:听Pete Mogavero, CEO of Anchor Industries
2010:听, president & chief executive officer, Escalade, Inc.
2009:听Ira G. Boots, president and CEO, Berry Plastics
2008:听Tim Stonesifer, chief financial officer, SABIC Innovative Plastics
2007:听, president and CEO, Kimball International Inc.
2006:听J.P. Engelbrecht, vice president and chief operating officer, South Central Communications Corporation
2005:听Robert G. Jones, president and CEO, Old National Bancorp
2004:听Regency Commercial Associates
- James McKinney,听president and CEO
- Marian Blackford,听vice president and CFO
- Julie Clayton,听director of Administration and Project Management
- Jeff Howell, director of Property Management
- Joe Kiefer, director of Sales and Leasing
2003:听Charles D. Storms, president, and CEO, Red Spot Paint and Varnish Co., Inc.
2002:听Rick Geissinger, president and CEO, American General Financial Services in Evansville, who also serves as vice chairman of Consumer Lending for American International Group in New York
2001:听Al Ritz, founder and president, Card Management Corporation (CMC)
2000:听Alan R. Brill, president, Brill Media Company, LLC
1999:听Kay Forbes-Smith, president, KFS & Associates
1998:听Dennis Gage, president, Bradley David Productions
1997:听Alan Holaday, vice president, Whirlpool Corporation
1996:听John R. Dolan, president, Mead Johnson Nutritionals
1995:听John Lippert, chairman and CEO, National City Bank
1994 Fall:听Martin R. Imbler, President and Chief Executive Officer, Berry Plastics
1994 Spring:听Lawrence Prybil, Daughters of Charity National Health System-East Central Region
1993 Spring:听William G. Mays, Mays Chemical Company, Inc.
1992 Fall:听Steven J. Schenck, NBD, Indiana
1992 Spring:听Margaret Henderson Blair, research systems corporation
1991 Fall:听Michael Campbell, Hurco Companies, Inc. and Hurco Manufacturing Co.
1991 Spring:听Craig Schnuck, Schnucks Markets, Inc.
1990 Fall:听J. C. Anderson, Whirlpool Corporation
1990 Spring:听David Russell, The Carnival Shoes & Fashions, DAR Investments Group, Inc.
1989 Fall:听Brian Derry, General Electric
1989 Spring:听Irwin Teich, Barclay's American Business Finance
1988 Spring:听Jack F. Malaney, L. S. Ayers Department store
1987 Fall:听Robert Koch, II, George Koch Sons, Inc.
1987 Spring:听Victoria Bennett Buyniski, United Medical Resources, Inc.
1986 Fall:听John Bolger, CEO, American General Financial Services
1986 Spring:听Robert Griffin, Indiana Industries, Inc.
1985 Fall:听听H. Lee Cooper, president, Citizens National Bank
1985 Spring:听Robert W. Swan, CPA, Kemper CPA Group
1984 Fall:听J. R. Dick Harris, Southern Indiana Bank and Trust Company
1984 Spring:听Robert M. Leich, Jr., Charles Leich & Company and Charter Leasing
1983 Fall:听Brian R. Bosworth, Indiana Department of Commerce
1983 Spring:听Carolyn Georgette, Indiana Bell Telephone Company
1982 Fall:听Ray Egan, Mead Johnson Corporation
1982 Spring:听William Snyder, Whirlpool Corporation
1981 Fall:听Richard W. Shymanski, Harding, Shymanski & Company
1981 Spring:听David H. College, DeZurik Corporation
1980 Fall:听Mace Broide, U. S. House of Representatives
1980 Spring:听Andrienne E. Savage, Cummins Engine Company, Inc.
1979 Fall:听Garth Marston, The Provident Institution for Savings
1978 Fall:听Rich Davis, Evansville Courier
1978 Spring:听Richard I. Culp, Arthur Andersen & Company of Indianapolis
1977 Fall:听Everitt A. Carter, Oak Industries, Incorporated
1977 Spring:听Leon T. Kendall, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation
1976 Fall:听Beryl Robichaud, McGraw-Hill, Inc.
1976 Spring:听Robert E. Green, Executive Inn
1975 Fall:听Wendell L. Dixon, Credit Thrift Financial, Inc.
1974 Fall:听Kenneth W. Bradfield, Hahn, Incorporated
1974 Spring:听John F. Gaither, Gaither, Hortin & Koewler
1973 Fall:听Robert B. Slade, Inland Container Corporation
1973 Spring:听Alan B. Graf, Keller-Crescent Company
Innovative Speaker Series
Through its Innovative Speaker Series, the Romain College of Business strives to present a speaker who has displayed leadership and innovation in the world of business. It is an event for the University and the tri-state communities.
2024: Retired NASA astronaut Joan Higginbotham
2022:听Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
2019: General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.)
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2017:听, founding chief technology officer of Uber
2015:听, former chairman of the Federal Reserve
2013:听, legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist
Lessons Beyond the Classroom Speaker Series
The presenters in this series are experts in a variety of business areas, and they听are invited to campus to share their experiences and 鈥渓essons learned鈥 as they have progressed in their careers.听 A presentation typically involves hands-on information that is intended to encourage questions and discussion from the participants, and it is hoped the participants will gain knowledge that will be applied in their own lives and in their future careers.听
- February 28, 2024: Andy Niemeier, co-CEO, Azzip Pizza - "Ready for Change: Adapting to the Marketplace and Lessons Learned in Azzip's Journey." (91社区 news release) (post-release)
- February 13, 2024: Ross Mayfield, Investment Strategy Analyst, Baird Private Wealth Management - "Markets, Building Wealth as a Student and Careers in Investing." (91社区 news release) (post-release)
- November 15, 2023: Kyla Scanlon, Social Content Creator and Founder of the financial education company, Bread - "In This Economy? How Money and Markets Really Work." (91社区 news release) (post-release)听
- March 17, 2023: Charles Noussair, Eller Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona - 鈥淓motions and Economic Behavior鈥. (91社区 news release) (post-release)
- February 7, 2023: Ross Mayfield, Investment Strategy Analyst, Baird Private Wealth Management - "Market Outlook and Building Wealth As A Student." (91社区 news release) (post-release)
- April 8, 2019: Erik Deckers, author, blogger, and humor columnist听- "鈥淏randing Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself.鈥澨() (post-release)
- February 19, 2019: Mark Nickel, Hilliard Lyons Chief Investment Officer - "Lessons Learned as a Portfolio Manager." () (post-release)
- November 28, 2018: Erin Bemis, SCORE Google Tour 鈥 鈥淩each Customers Online with Google.鈥 ()
- October 25, 2018: Chris Hogan, Dave Ramsey Speakers Group 鈥 鈥淵our Financial Decisions Today will Determine Your Financial Future.鈥 ()听(post-release)