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 Robert A. Niblock of Lowe’s Companies, Inc., Susan DeVore of Premier, Inc., Kelly King of BB&T and Tom Skains of Piedmont Natural Gas, Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. of TIAA, and Demond T. Martin, investor and philanthropist.
The Fall 2018 speaker will be Manuel L. Zapata, P.E., President of ZAPATA Group and UNC Charlotte alumnus. Register for the Fall 2018 CEO Speaker Series.
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.
Mark Beck
JELD-WEN, Inc.
2018 Spring Speaker
Demond T. Martin
Investor and Philanthropist
2017 Fall Speaker
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
TIAA
2017 Spring Speaker
Susan DeVore
Premier, Inc.
2016 Fall Speaker
Tom Skains
Piedmont Natural Gas
2016 Spring Speaker
Kelly King
BB&T
2016 Spring Speaker
Robert A. Niblock
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
2015 Fall Speaker
2017 Spring Speaker
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. of TIAA
2016 Fall Speaker
Susan DeVore of Premier, Inc.
2016 Spring Speakers Kelly King of BB&T
and Tom Skains of Piedmont Natural Gas
2015 Fall Speaker Robert A. Niblock
of Lowe's Companies, Inc.