FES 2008-2009 Season Speakers

DAVID BARGER    MORE
Founder & CEO of JetBlue

November 

David Barger will join us November 12, 2008.
David Barger founded JetBlue in August 1998 as President and Chief Operating Officer, and was named Chief Executive Officer in May 2007. JetBlue began operations in 2000 from its base at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and today serves 53 destinations across the U.S. and Caribbean. At the end of 2007, JetBlue operated a fleet of 104 Airbus A320 aircraft and 30 EMBRAER 190 aircraft.

Under his leadership, JetBlue returned to profitability for the 2007 fiscal year, welcomed its 100th Airbus 320 aircraft to the fleet, and introduced “BetaBlue,” the first aircraft of its kind in the United States to feature onboard texting and e-mail. JetBlue was also recognized with the Airbus Operational Excellent Award for operating the World’s Most Reliable A320 Fleet.

David studied at the University of Michigan where he majored in Economics and Political Science, and in 2007 endowed the Barger Leadership Institute in the Organizational Studies Programs. The institute was one of the first programs in the nation to offer leadership-learning experiences to undergraduates through specially designed fellowships, internships and research.

David is a member of the Board of Governors and Treasurer of the Flight Safety Foundation, an independent, non-profit, international organization engaged in research, auditing, education, advocacy and publishing to improve aviation safety. He is a First Vice President of the Wing’s Club, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing aviation through discussion, education and community support activities and will become President of the Club in March of 2009.

David is also active in Public Education Needs Civic Involvement in Learning (PENCIL), based in New York City. Since 2003 he has been paired with Principle Monica George to help develop a professional development program designed to retain new teachers and support the staff of PS 153, the Adam Clayton Powell in West Harlem, New York.

February 

Dov Seidman will join us February 10, 2009.
Dov Seidman is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of LRN, the global leader in ethics and compliance management and education, which empowers companies to drive business performance through values-based corporate cultures.  The author of HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything in Business (and in Life), Dov teaches companies to make responsible conduct part of their everyday business practice, creating a distinct and sustainable competitive advantage.

March 

Ronald Heifetz will join us March 11, 2009.
MRonald Heifetz, Founding Director of the Center for Public Leadership and King Hussein bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, is known worldwide for his seminal work on the practice and teaching of leadership.  His research focuses on how to build adaptive capacity in societies, businesses, and nonprofits.  For twenty-five years, his courses on leadership have been among the most highly valued in the University.  Ronald is the author of numerous books including Leadership Without Easy Answers and his bestselling study, Leadership on the Line:  Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading, which he co-authored with Marty Linsky.

Ronald speaks extensively in the U.S. and abroad and consults widely with senior executives in government, business, and nonprofit organizations.  Additionally, he is a founding principal in Cambridge Leadership Associates.

A graduate of Columbia University, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School, he is both a doctor and a musician.  He trained initially in surgery before deciding to devote himself to the study of leadership in politics and business.  Ronald completed his medical training in psychiatry and as a cellist he studied with the great Russian virtuoso, Gregor Piatigorsky.

May 

Doug Hall will join us May 6, 2009.
Doug Hall is the founder and CEO of the Eureka! Ranch International, a Cincinnati, OH based inventing, training and research firm that advises some of the world's top corporations such as Nike, Walt Disney and American Express.  You may not know Doug as his work for corporate giants is highly secretive, but you surely know many of his inventions.  Research indicates that the average American home contains 18 products or services Doug and his team have had a hand in developing.  And that's only a small portion of his creative focus.  The majority of Eureka! Ranch clients are industrial, B-2-B or service-focused.

After earning a degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Maine, Doug spent 10 years working at Procter & Gamble where he rose to the rank of master marketing inventor and shipped a record nine new business initiatives in 12 months.  In 1990, he retired from corporate life and founded what is today known as "America's #1 Idea Company" (Inc. Magazine), the Eureka! Ranch.
 
Doug is the leading pioneer in using Six-Sigma and Total Quality Management techniques to transform the art of innovation into a reliable science.  His research includes hard data on 6,000+ innovation teams and 10,000+ quantitatively tested business concepts. 
 
Doug is a best-selling author of four books including Jump Start Your Business Brain and Jump Start Your Marketing Brain. Known for his plain talk, energetic style and bold approach, Doug has a passion for transforming the art of marketing and innovation into a reproducible science.

• Jon Luther
• Rod Beckstrom
• Mark Thompson
• Anne Mulcahy

• Professor C.K. Prahalad
• Carly Fiorina
• Michael Treacy
• Richard Teerlink