Overview and Speakers

The CEO Speaker Series features alumni and friends of the college who are in leadership positions (at the level of CEO, partner, chairman, etc.) The series brings business leaders to the UNC Charlotte campus to present to and interact with undergraduate and graduate students. 

Recent presenters of the CEO Speaker Series have included alumni Robert A. Niblock, previously of Lowe’s Companies, Inc., Susan DeVore of Premier, Inc., Demond T. Martin, investor and philanthropist, and Manuel L. Zapata, P.E., President of Zapata, Inc. Speakers have also included friends of the College: Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. of TIAA, Kelly King of BB&T, Tom Skains, previously of Piedmont Natural Gas, and Mark Beck, previously of JELD-WEN.

The CEO Speaker Series is organized several times a year by the Belk College of Business external relations team and the Niblock Student Center, which prepares graduates to enter a business career and become leaders in the workplace and the community. Through their stories, successes and lessons, speakers of the CEO Speaker Series provide a transformational experience for students.