Our Speakers

Liz Walker, Keynote Speaker, ELP Luncheon, October 23, 2008

The program draws upon UMass Boston and other leading private and public sector institutions for its faculty and speakers.

Each year of the program we are fortunate to have Marshall Carter, Deputy Chairman of the NYSE Euronext Board speak to the ELP fellows about his path to leadership. Mr. Carter has served on the NYSE Group board since November 2003 and has been chairman of that board since April 2005. Mr. Carter is the former chairman and chief executive officer of the State Street Bank and Trust Company, and of its holding company, State Street Corporation (United States), where he served from 1992 until his retirement in 2001.

Also featured each year is a session with Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston. At this session, fellows present the team project findings to the Mayor.  The projects are based on client needs that address Greater Boston issues and Mayor Menino is an avid audience member as well as a speaker. 

We are also pleased to hear from top executives and civic leaders such as Steven Ainsley, publisher of the Boston Globe; Reverend Ray Hammond of the Ten Point Coalition; Hubie Jones, founder of the Boston Children’s Choir; Gloria Larson, President of Bentley College; Sandra Lynch, the first U.S. Circuit Court Chief Judge; Ralph Martin, Partner at Bingham Dana LLP; Jose Masso, Director of Communications at the Nellie Mae Foundation; Sam Tyler, President of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau; Elaine Ullian, CEO, Boston Medical Center; and Ellen Zane, CEO, Tufts Medical Center.

Each fall we hold our Annual ELP Luncheon to celebrate the graduation of each cohort of emerging leaders. Past keynote speakers include Dr. Ronald Heifetz, Mayor Thomas Menino, Dr. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, The Honorable Michael Dukakis, Robert Kraft, Ted Kelly, Marshall Carter, The Honorable Edward Kennedy, Paul Levy, The Honorable Deval Patrick, and Liz Walker. Joining the ranks will be Jeff Taylor, Founder of Monster.com in his keynote speech on October 7, 2009.

Other prominent speakers include:
Rick Friedel, Peter Castello and Sean Murphy of AT&T
John Herlihy of The Bank of New York Mellon
Donna Cupelo of Verizon
Micho Spring of Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Robert Smyth and Tom Hollister of Citizens Bank
Missy Carter of Work Life Decisions
Charles Gifford of Bank of America
Cleve Killingsworth, William Van Fassen, Steve Booma, and Fredi Shonkoff of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Wayne Budd of Goodwin Proctor
Dr. Barry Zuckerman, Dr. Chi Huang of the Boston Medical Center
Jack Wilson, President of the University of Massachusetts
Eduardo Tobon of Sovereign Bank
Rosalind Gorin of HN Gorin Associates
Sheryl Marshall of Axxon Capital
Chazy Dowaliby of the Patriot Ledger
Marita Rivera of the WGBH Educational Foundation
Marjorie Arons-Barron of Barron Associates Worldwide
Joanna Lau, Lau Technologies
Clayton Turnbull, Waldin Group
Javier Marin, Hispanic News
Maureen Feeney and Sam Yoon, Boston City Councilors