BGBA Symposium 2004: "Leaving a Legacy Through Business Leadership" - Friday, October 15
The Johnson Graduate School of Management's Black Graduate Business Association (BGBA) is pleased to announce the BGBA Symposium 2004: "Leaving a Legacy Through Business Leadership," being held on Friday, October 15, 2004. The symposium, held at Cornell's Sage Hall, will highlight and discuss individuals and initiatives that have helped improved the quality of life and standard of living for future generations of people of color.
| 12-2 pm | Registration and Welcome |
| 2-3:30 pm | Panel Sessions: |
| The Diversity of Leadership |
 | Julius Pryor, Director of Diversity, Johnson & Johnson |
| Walter Benjamin, Senior Manager of Global Accounts, Microsoft |
| Brian Anderson, Audit Committee Chair, W. W. Grainger |
| Eric James, Seniro Manager, Deloitte Consulting |
| Melissa Thomas-Hunt, Professor, Cornell University |
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| Urban Development & Real Estate |
| Joseph Holland, Entrepreneur |
| Phillip Eisenberg, CEO, Urban American |
| Phillip Butler, Real Estate, Toll Brothers |
| Brad Olsen, Senior Lecturer, Cornell University |
| Milton Curry, Professor of Architecture, Cornell University |
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| 3:45-5:15 pm | Panel Sessions |
| Entrepreneurship & Private Equity |
| Sam Jones, CEO, Centurion |
| Edward Olebe, Director of Business Development, American Express |
| Colin Hill, chairman and CEO, Gene Network Sciences |
| Zach Shulman, Professor, Cornell University |
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| Affirmative Action |
| Rick Adams, Marketing, IBM |
| Terry Plater, Cornell University |
| Essie Calhoun, Chief Diversity Officer, Eastman Kodak |
| Iesha O'Deneal, Manager Global Diversity, Pfizer |
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| 6-7:00 pm | Reception |
| John Clark to receive the Wilbur Parker Award |
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| 7:30-10 pm | Closing Dinner and Keynote Address by Toni Hoover, Vice President and Development Site Head for Global Research, Pfizer |
Sponsors of the event include Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Lehman Brothers, City Group, and American Express.
For more information about the event visit: http://forum.johnson.cornell.edu/students/orgs/bgba/symposium.htm.
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