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2025 Seminar CommitteeThe Seminar is an informal organization. No permanent staff. No corporate office. We exist through the volunteer efforts of our Seminarians. A Committee of about 30 Seminarians develops the program and the list of those invited, meeting
regularly throughout the year. A modest “Blue Book” of guidelines, available to any Seminarian, passes from Committee to Committee each year. Committee members serve three-year terms. The Seminar has three officers: Chair, Program
Chair and Secretary-Treasurer.
2025 Seminar Committee OfficersCHAIR William Chandler lululemon PROGRAM CHAIR William Chandler Liberty Global SECRETARY-TREASURER Frank Tramble Duke University 2025 Seminar Committee MembersPaul Andrew
Harvard University Gautham Appaya
Wabtec Nicholas Ashooh
Apco Worldwide Ian Bailey
American Cancer Society Kathryn Beiser
Eli Lilly & Company Invitations Co-Chair Joanne Bischmann
Harley Davidson (retired) Experience Co-Chair Catherine Blades
CoreCivic Board of Directors John Calvelli
Wildlife Conservation Society Beth Foley
Edison International Jeremy Gaines
PBS Paul Gennaro
New York Life Inez Gutzmer
AFLAC Debbie Jarvis
Jarvis Group Steve John
HSBC Carrie Kurlander
Chick-fil-A Emily Lenzner
Lenzner Strategies Michael Mand
Creative Artists Agency Clay McConnell
Airbus (retired) Kelly McGinnis
Levi Strauss & Co. Allyson Park
Walmart Jane Randel
Karp Randel LLC Experience Co-Chair Shona Sabis
Corteva Michael Schoenfeld
Brunswick Group Blake Simpson
Adtalem Global Education Anna Soellner
Brigette Trafford
Enterprise Alumni Teneshia Warner
Egami Group The Seminar Committee ChairsDISTINGUISHED LEADERS HAVE SERVED as Committee Chairs of The Seminar throughout the decades. In the following list, each Committee Chair’s company affiliation is current to their time of service.
2024 Brigitte Trafford
Enterprise Alumni 2023 Emily Lenzner Motion Picture Association 2022 Kelly McGinnis Co-Chair Levi Strauss & Co. 2022 Michael Schoenfeld Co-Chair Duke University 2020-2021 Karen van Bergen Omnicom University 2019 Catherine Blades Aflac 2018 Ray Day IBM 2017 C. Clarkson Hine Beam Suntory Inc. 2016 Jane Randel Karp Randel LLC 2015 Clay McConnell Airbus Group, Inc. 2014 Betty Hudson National Geographic Society 2013 Gerard K. Meuchner Henry Schein, Inc. 2012 Raymond C. Jordan Johnson & Johnson 2011 Joan Wainwright TE Connectivity 2010 Johanna Schneider Business Roundtable 2009 Charlotte R. Otto Procter & Gamble 2008 Stephen Johnson Union Bank 2007 Jon C. Iwata IBM 2006Phyllis J. Piano
Amgen 2005 Michael J. O’Neill American Express 2004 Diane B. Dixon Avery 2003 David F. Demarest Visa International 2002 Nicholas J. Ashooh American Electric Power 2001 Howard Paster Hill & Knowlton 2000 John T. Wooster AIG 1999 Elliot S. Schreiber Nortel Networks 1998 Willard D. Nielsen Johnson & Johnson 1997 Marilyn Laurie AT&T 1996 Edward C. MacEwen GTE 1995 Grant N. Horne Pacific Gas & Electric 1994 Joyce Hergenhan General Electric 1993 Stephen J. Kay Empire BlueCross BlueShield 1992 Barry F. Wiksten CIGNA 1991 Ronald E. Rhody Bank of America 1990 David J. Metz Eastman Kodak 1989 David A. Fausch Gillette 1988 Thomas J. Fay Aetna
1987 Mardie MacKimm
Kraft 1986 Wayman B. Jones Grumman 1985 Frank E. Davis, Jr. Koppers Company 1984 Harold Burson Burson-Marsteller 1983 Thomas E. Burke Thomas E. Burke Company 1982 Richard R. Mau Rockwell International 1981 Robert V. Guelich Montgomery Ward 1980 William A. Durbin Hill & Knowlton 1979 William H. Shepard ALCOA 1978 Robert L Fegley General Electric 1977 Richard A. Aszling General Foods 1976 William Lydgate Earl Newsome & Company 1975 Thomas W. Stephenson DuPont 1974 Ellis N. Brandt Dow Chemical 1973 John J. Verstraete 3M 1972 William W. Weston Sun Oil 1971 George A. Lawrence Exxon 1970 George A. Lawrence Exxon
1969 Ruddick C. Lawrence
Conoco 1968 Dan J. Forrestal Monsanto 1967 Glenn Perry DuPont 1966 John D. Paulus Allegheny Ludlum 1965 George W. Griffin, Jr. GTE 1964 Arthur Smith, Jr. Dow Chemical 1963 John K. Murphy Pennsylvania Railroad 1962 John L. Fleming ALCOA 1961 Walter G. Barlow Opinion Research 1960 Phelps H. Adams U.S. Steel 1959 Thomas F. Robertson Eastman Kodak 1958 Dale S. McFeatters Westinghouse 1957 Bruce Watson General Foods 1956 Emery N. Cleaves Celanese 1955 Holcombe Parkes National Association of Manufacturers 1954 Claude Robinson Opinion Research 1953 George H. Freyermuth Exxon 1952 E.S. Bowerfind Republic Steel The Seminar Annual Forum ContactDebbie Reid, Annual Forum and Seminar Director
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