Rice to headline OSU's Tulsa Business Forums speaker series
Monday, September 28, 2009
(September 28, 2009 Stillwater, OK) – Former U.S. Secretary of State and national
security advisor Condoleezza Rice is slated to headline the roster of exciting speakers
for the 2009-2010 Tulsa Business Forums series. The Tulsa Business Forums feature
international business and political leaders, authors and policymakers who bring critical
and timely information to the Oklahoma business community. In addition to Rice, other
speakers for the 2009-2010 series include William D. Cohan and J. Alexander M Douglas,
Jr.
The Tulsa Business Forums are sponsored by the Spears School of Business and its
corporate partners and coordinated by the Center for Executive and Professional Development
at Oklahoma State University.
The 2009-2010 series will debut Oct. 15, 2009, at the Tulsa Crowne Plaza Hotel with
a luncheon and presentation from noon to 1:30 p.m. by William D. Cohan titled “House
of Cards: How and Why the Financial Market Melted Down.”
Cohan has insider knowledge and insights into the current financial crisis from his
time as a Wall Street senior banker. He has authored two well-known books: The Last
Tycoons, winner of the 2007 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year
Award, and published in March of this year, House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched
Excess on Wall Street.
Rice will serve as the second speaker in the series; her remarks are scheduled for
Feb. 4, 2010, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Tulsa Mabee Center.
The series will wrap up on March 24, 2010, with Douglas, President of Coca-Cola North
America, at the Tulsa Renaissance Hotel. A luncheon and Douglas’ presentation, “Global
Sustainable Leadership—Transforming How We Do Business,” will run from noon until
1:30 p.m.
For more information or to register, contact the OSU Center for Executive and Professional
Development in the Spears School of Business by phone at 866-678-3933 or 405-744-5208.
You may also e-mail cepd@okstate.edu or register online at cepd.okstate.edu.