Renaissance Weekend

Renaissance Weekend

Illustrative List of Past Participants

Business, Finance & Industry
Some professional notes below reflect past roles.
John Abele
Co-Founder & Chm., Boston Scientific Corp.
Harold Adams
Former Chm., RTKL International Architecture
Wayne Angell
Economist/Former Governor, Federal Reserve Board
Guido Appenzeller
Founder-CTO, Voltage Security
Adam Aron
Sr. Adviser, Apollo Group/Former Pres., Vail Associates
Roy Ash
Former Chm.-CEO, Litton Industries
Donald Baer
Chm., Burson-Marsteler/Chm., Penn Schoen & Associates
Stewart Bainum
Chm., Manor Care Corp.
Dennis Bakke
Chairman, Imagine! Schools/Co-Founder & Former CEO, AES Corporation
David Barram
Former Dir., General Services Administration & CFO, Apple, Inc.
Craig Barrett
Former Chm.-CEO, Intel
Steve Bartlett
Pres., Financial Services Roundtable/Frmr. Dallas Mayor & US Congressman
Ronald Baukol
Executive V.P., 3M Corporation
Greg Bedrosian
CEO, Redwood Capital/Co-Founder, Renaissance
Charlotte Beers
Former CEO, Ogilvy Worldwide & J. Walter Thompson and US Under Secretary of State
Adrian Bellamy
Chm., Reckitt Benckiser/Former CEO, Gucci, Body Shop & Duty Free Stores
Warren Bennis
Management Consultant & Theorist
Barry Berkus
Architect
James Berrien
Former Publisher, Forbes
Vance Bjorn
Founder-CTO, Digital Persona
Sara Blakely
Founder-Pres., Spanx
David Booth
Co-Founder-CEO, Dimensional Fund Advisors
David Bradley
Founder & Chairman, The Advisory Board Company/Owner, Atlantic Monthly
Robert Bradway
CFO, Amgen
Steven Brill
Founder, American Lawyer, Court TV
Kenneth Brody
Former Pres., US Export-Import Bank & Partner, Goldman Sachs
John Y. Brown
Former Chm., Kentucky Fried Chicken & Kentucky Governor
Linda Mason Brown
Co-Founder, Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Thomas Bruggere
Founder, Mentor Graphics Corp.
Robin Buchanan
Former Dean, London Business School
Kathryn Bushkin
Pres., United Nations Foundation & former Sr. VP, AOL/Time Warner
Louis Cabot
Former Chm., Cabot Corporation & Chm., Emeritus, Brookings Institution
Tom Campbell
Former US Congressman & Dean, Haas School of Business
Steve Case
Founder, Revolution/Former Chm., AOL/TIME-Warner & CEO, AOL
James Cash, Jr.
Prof., Harvard Business School
Richard Cashin
Managing Partner, One Equity Partners/Former Pres., Citicorp Venture Capital
Wayland Cato
Chm., Cato Stores
Richard Cavanagh
Former CEO, The Conference Board
John Chalsty
Former Chm., Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Ray Chambers
Private Equity Investor/Philanthropist
Joyce Chang
Global Head-Foreign Exchange & Emerging Markets, J.P. MorganChase
Clayton Christensen
Prof., Harvard Business School/Author The Innovator's Dilemma
Daniel Clemens
COO, EtherPad/Fndr.-Former CEO, Batiq
Jonathan Colby
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
John Cooke
Former Exec. VP, Walt Disney Company
Thomas Corcoran
Corporate Director/Former CEO, Lockheed Martin Electronics
Gary Costley
Dir., Tiffany & Co./Former Pres., Kellogg North America
Joy Covey
Fndr.-Pres., Beagle Fndtn.; First CFO & Chief Strategy Officer, Amazon.com
Gordon Crawford
Founder-Former CEO, London Bridge Software
Dan Cross
Founder, Black Diamond Group
Harlan Crow
Chm., Trammel Crow Companies
Susan Crown
Corporate Director/VP, Henry Crown & Co.
Jeff Cunningham
Chm., New England Ventures/Former Publisher, Forbes
Nader Darehshori
Former CEO, Houghton Mifflin Publishing
Kim Davis
Founder-Managing Partner, Charlesback Capital Partners
George Day
Dir., Wharton School's Mack Ctr. for Technology Innovation
Robert Denham
Former Managing Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson/Former Chm., Salomon Brothers
Gary DiCamillo
Pres., TAC Worldwide/Former CEO, Polaroid and Black & Decker Corps.
Jamie Dimon
Chm. & CEO, J.P. Morgan Chase
Richard Elkus
Former Co-Chm., KLA-Tencor Instruments
Charles Elson
Corporate Governance Authority
Charles Engles
Former CEO, Cutanix Corp. & Stillwater Mining
Federico Faggin
Co-Founder & CEO, Synaptics/Former Co-Founder & CEO, Cygnet
Roger Ferguson
Pres., TIAA-CREF/Frmr., V.Chm., Federal Reserve Board
James Ferguson
Former Chm.-CEO, General Foods
William Ferguson
Former CEO, NYNEX Corp.
Lawrence Fish
CEO, Citizens Financial Group
Cynthia Fisher
Founder & Former CEO, Viacell
Anthony Frank
Former US Postmaster-General/Corporate Director
Daniel Franklin
Executive Editor, The Economist
Foster Friess
Chm., Brandywine Funds
David Fuente
CEO, Office Depot
James Fuller
Former Executive V.P., New York Stock Exchange
Orit Gadiesh
Chm., Bain & Company
Joanna Rees Gallanter
Founder, Venture Strategy Partners
George Gallup
Co-Chm., The Gallup Organization
Rick Goings
CEO, Tupperware
Marshall Goldsmith
Management Consultant
Buck Goldstein
Co-Founder & Former Chm., Information America
Richard Goldstein
Former Chm.,-CEO, Int'l Flavors & Fragrances and CEO, Unilever US
Jerry Goodman
Emmy-winning TV Host & Author/"Adam Smith"
Josh Gotbaum
Chm., US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp./Former US Asst. Sec'y of the Treasury & Man. Dir., Lazard Freres
David Gottesman
Managing Partner, First Manhattan Co.
Judson Green
Former President, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Glen HIner
Former CEO, Owens Corning Corporation
Paul Haaga
Executive Vice President, Capital Research & Management Co.
Gary Hamel
Management Consultant & Author
John Hancock
Former CEO, W.H. Smith Group
Sidney Harman
Founder & Chm., Harman International Industries and former US Deputy Secretary of Commerce
Darryl Hartley-Leonard
Former CEO, Hyatt Hotels
Jack Hazel
CEO, William A. Hazel Dev't-Contracting
Robert Heidrick
Former V.Chm., Heidrick & Struggles
Alexis Herman
Corporate Director/Former US Secretary of Labor
Regina Herzlinger
Prof., Harvard Business School & Corporate Director
Jack Hidary
Dir., Redpoint Ventures & Trickle Up Microenterprise/Former Chm., Dice.com
Danny Hillis
Co-Founder, Thinking Machines, Metaweb Technologies, Freebase
Michael Hoffman
Sr. Managing Dir., Blackstone Group
Lord (Clive) Hollick
Partner, KKR & Former CEO, United Business Media
Robert Hormats
US Under Secretary of State/Former Vice-Chm., Goldman Sachs/Former US Asst. Secretary of State & Deputy Trade Representative
Kenneth Hubbard
Executive Vice President, Hines
Glenn Hubbard
Dean, Columbia Business School/Former Chm., Pres. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers
Reed Hundt
Former Chm., Federal Communications Commission/Corporate Director
Neville Isdell
Former Chm., & CEO, Coca-Cola Company
Tom James
Chm., Raymond, James & Co.
Dale Jones
V.Chm., Heidrick & Struggles
Steve Jones
CEO, Jones Sodas/Former Chief Marketing Officer, Coca-Cola Company
Steve Jurvetson
Venture Capitalist, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Henry Juszkiewicz
CEO, Gibson Guitar Corporation
Jeffrey Kang
Executive Director, Urban Medical Group
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Prof., Harvard Business School/Author, World Class
Mitch Kapor
Founder, Lotus Dev't Corp.
Donald Katz
Founder, Audible
James Katzman
Venture Capitalist, Co-Founder, Tandem Computers
Henry Kaufman
Investment Manager & Former Managing Director, Salomon Bros.
Jonathan Kemper
CEO, Kansas City Commerce Bank
Robert Kibble
Co-Founder, Mission Ventures/Former Gen. Ptnr., Paragon Ventures
Nemir Kirdar
Founder-Chm., Investcorp
Sally Kleberg
Former Director, King Ranch & Trustee, Duke University
Ward Klein
CEO, Energizer-Schick-Wilkinson Sword Holdings
James Koch
Founder & CEO, Boston Brewing-Samuel Adams Beer
Robert Kogod
Philanthropist, Former Chm., Robt. E. Smith Cos.
Kay Koplovitz
Founder-Former CEO, USA Network
John Koskinen
Chm., Freddie Mac; former Pres., US Soccer Fndtn.; Pres., Palmieri Co.; Deputy Mayor, Washington, DC; & Deputy Dir., OMB
Philip Kotler
Prof., Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management/Author, Marketing Management
Steven Krausz
General Partner, US Venture Partners
Andrew Lack
CEO, Bloomberg Multimedia/Former President, NBC
Richard Lambert
Pres., Confederation of British Industries/Former Editor, Financial Times
Gary Lauder
Founder, Lauder Venture Partners
Glen Lewy
Venture Capitalist/Former Chm., BT Wolfensohn
Philip Livingston
V.Chm., Approva Corp./Former Mbr., Super Bowl Champion Oakland Raiders & CFO, World Wrestling Federation
Bruce Llewellyn
CEO, Philadelphia Coca-Cola & Former Pres., US Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Dennis Lockhart
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Gay Love
Former Ch., PrintPack, Inc.
James Lowry
Management Consultant, Bain & Co./Chm., Chicago Public Library
Li Lu
Founding Partner, Himalaya Capital Ventures/Former Student Leader, Tiananmen Square
Eugene Ludwig
Founder-Chm., Promontory Financial; former US Comptroller of the Currency & Vice Chm., Bankers Trust
Mark Lundstrom
CEO, BioScale
Frederic Malek
Founder, Thayer Capital & former Pres., Marriott Hotels
Robert Marbut
Founder & Former Chm., Hearst-Argyle TV/Former CEO, Harte-Hanks Communications
Marilyn Marks
Former Pres., Dorsey Trailers
Michael Marston
Former General Partner, Sequoia Partners/Vineyard Owner
Jack Martin
Founder-Chm., Public Strategies
Walter Massey
Chairman, Bank of America/Former President, Morehouse College
Sir Deryck Maughan
Partner, KKR & Former Chairman, Citigroup International
Alexis Maybank
Co-Founder, Gilt Group
Alonzo McDonald
Former CEO, McKinsey
Gene McDonald
Pres., Duke Management Group
Robert McGee
Former President, Occidental Petroleum Int'l
Robert McKinney
Chm., First Indiana Bank/Frmr. Chm., Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Mary Jo Meisner
VP, The Boston Foundation/V.Chair, Community Newspaper Co.
Robert Merton
Economics Nobel Laureate
Robert Metcalfe
Co-Inventor, Ethernet/Founder 3Com
Danny Meyer
Owner, Union Square Cafe & Gramercy Tavern
Stephens Millard
Silicon Valley Serial Entrepreneur
Eric Mindich
Founder, Eton Park/Former Partner, Goldman Sachs
Nell Minow
Founder, The Corporate Library
Theodore Mitchell
CEO, NewSchools Venture Fund/Former Pres., Occidental College
Ernest Monrad
Chm., Northeast Investors Trust
Leslie Moonves
Chairman, CBS
Sandra Moose
Corporate Director/Former Managing Partner-NE, Boston Consulting Group
Woody Morcott
Former Chm.-CEO, Dana Corp.
Dianna Morgan
Former Sr. VP, Walt Disney World & Ch., Univ. of Florida Bd. of Trustees
John Morgridge
Chairman, Cisco Systems
George Munoz
Former Chm., Overseas Private Investment Corp.
John Mutz
Former Pres., PSI Energy-Cinergy & Pres., Lilly Endowment
Ferdinand Nadherny
Former Pres., Russell Reynolds Associates
Barry Nalebuff
Co-Founder, Honest Tea/Prof., Yale School of Management
Arnold Nemirow
Former CEO, Bowater
William Neukom
Former Pres., American Bar Assn. & General Counsel, Microsoft Corp.
Steve Newcomb
Founder-CEO, Virgance, Powerset, Vox Civitas
Peter Norton
Creator, Norton Utilities/Arts Patron
James Oberweiss
Founder, Oberweiss Funds & Chm., Oberweiss Dairy
Philip Odeen
Chm., AES Corp./Frmr. Chm., Avaya & TRW
Candace Carpenter Olson
Founder & Former iCEO, Village
Ruth Owades
Founder-CEO, Calyx & Corolla
Sharon Patrick
Former CEO, Martha Stewart Living, Inc.
Deval Patrick
Massachusetts Governor/Former US Asst. Atty.-Gen. & General Counsel, Coca-Cola Co.
Alan Patricof
Founder & Former Chm., APAX Partners
Nancy Pedot
Former CEO, Gymboree Corp.
Gil Penchina
CEO, Wikia/Angel Investor
Lawrence Perlman
Former CEO, Ceridian Corp.
Jeffrey Peterson
Former President, Trust Co. of the West
Michael Porter
Professor, Harvard Business School/Author, The Competitive Advantage of Nations
David Pottruck
Former CEO, Charles Schwab
Robert Pozen
Chm., MFS Investment Mgmt./Former Pres., Fidelity Investments
William Raduchel
Venture Capitalist/Former Sr. Executive, AOL TIme Warner, Sun Microsystems, Xerox
Carol Li Rafferty
Sr. VP, China Investment Corp.
H.E. (Gene) Rainbolt
CEO, BancFirst Forporation
Bruce Rauner
Private Equity Investor
Naval Ravikant
Managing Director, Hit Forge/Web Developer
William Roberti
Former CEO, Brooks Brothers, Inc.
Robert Rogers
Chm., Texas Industries
Jim Rogers
Investor/Author, Investment Biker
Alton Romig
Exec. VP-COO, & frmr. Chief Tech Officer, Sandia National Labs/Frmr. Ex.VP, Integrated Technology
James Roosevelt, Jr.
CEO, Tufts Health Plan and Former Deputy Administrator, US Social Security Administration
David Rose
Chm., Rose Technology Ventures/Founder-Chm., New York Angels
Wilbur Ross
Chm.-CEO, Wilber Ross & Company
Pleasant Rowland
Founder, American Girl
Landon Rowland
Chm. Emeritus, Janis Capital Group/Former CEO, Kansas City Southern Railroad
Peter Rummell
Former CEO, St. Joe Corporation/Former Pres., Rockefeller Properties & Pres., Disney Real Estate
Robert Saldich
Former CEO, Raychem Corp.
John Sall
Co-Founder & Sr. VP, SAS Institute
Roger Sant
Co-Founder & former Chm., AES Corporation/Former Chm., World Wildlife Fund
Gary Schilling
Economist/Investment Commentator
Myron Scholes
Economics Nobel Laureate
William Schroeder
CEO, Diamond Multimedia Systems/Former CEO, Conner Peripherals
Scot Sellers
Founder-Chm., Archstone Communities
Kevin Sharer
Chm.-CEO, Amgen, Inc.
William Sharpe
Economics Nobel Laureate
David Shaw
Founder-CEO, D.E. Shaw & Co.
Gary Shilling
Economics Consultant & Financial Advisor
Jay Sidhu
Former CEO, Sovereign Bank
Muriel Siebert
Founder & Chair., Muriel Siebert & Co. Securities
Jeremy Siegel
Prof., Wharton School of Finance
Wayne Silby
Founder, Calvert Funds
J. Walker Smith
President, Yankelovich Partners
Alan Solomont
US Ambassador to Spain/Former Heathcare Entrepreneur
Jay Stein
Founder-Chm., Stein Mart
Carl Stern, Jr.
Former Pres., Boston Consulting Group
Clinton Stevenson
President, Trimark Pacific Homes/Former Olympian
Thomas Stewart
Former Editor, Harvard Business Review
Jeff Stiefler
Former Pres., American Express Corporation
Joseph Stiglitz
Economics Nobel Laureate/Former Chm., Pres.' Coun.-Econ. Adv. & Chief Econ., World Bank
William Strong
General Partner, Equinox Partners
Lee Styslinger
CEO, Altec Industries
Thomas Theobald
Former President, Citicorp
Peter Thiel
Founder, PayPal
Richard Thoman
Former CEO, Xerox Corp. & Nabisco Int'l/Former CFO, IBM
Garrett Thornburg
CEO, Thornburg Mutual Funds
Thomas Tierney
Founder, Bridgespan Group/Former CEO, Bain & Company
Andrew Tobias
Author/Financial Writer
Leonard Tow
Former Chm., & CEO, Citizens Utilities
John Trask
Pres., First Carolina Corp.
Ted Turner
Founder, CNN & Turner Broadcasting
Carole Uhrich
Former Exec. VP, Maytag Corporation
Peter Vermilye
Former CEO, Alliance Capital & Chief Investment Officer, Citicorp
Thomas Wajnert
Founder-Former Chm., AT&T Capital Corp.
Jay Walker
Founder & former CEO, Priceline.com
Robson Walton
Chairman, Wal-Mart
Robert Waterman
Co-Author, In Search of Excellence
Sherron Watkins
TIME's 2002 "Person of the Year"
Anthony Welters
CEO, AmeriChoice
Hugh Westbrook
Founder-Former Chm., Vitas Healthcare Corp.
David Westin
President, ABC Television
Josh Weston
Honorary Chairman & former CEO, Automatic Data Processing
Bill White
Mayor, Houston and Former US Deputy Secretary of Energy
John Wieland
Chm., John Wieland Homes
Wendell Willkie
General Counsel, Mead-Westvaco Corp. & Former General Counsel, US Commerce Department
Alexandra Wilson
Co-Founder, Gilt Group
Harold Wit
Former Chm., Allen & Company
Roy Wunsch
Chm., CEO, Veritas Music/Former Pres., Country Music Assn.
Alan Wurtzel
Co-Founder & former CEO, Circuit City Stores
Peter Yu
Managing Partner, AIG Capital Partners/Former Pres., Harvard Law Review
Sergio Zyman
Former Chief Marketing Officer, Coca-Cola
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