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Guest Speakers
The Duquesne MBA Sustainability program attracts interest and participation from an ever-widening circle of corporate, government, not-for-profit and other partners.
Our Distinguished Speakers bring to campus key sustainability leaders who address current business issues, leadership, ethics, and other relevant topics. The exposure that students gain to senior managers enhances classroom discussion and informs your career options and decisions.
SPRING 2009 SMBA LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Bob Stearns, President, Enlightened Leadership, and Malcolm Baldridge Award Examiner.
Topic: Total Quality Control Processes
FALL 2008 SMBA LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Dr. Richard Liroff, Executive Director, Investors Environmental Health Network
Topic: "Stakeholder Role in Environmental Policy Formation"
Dr. Tom Tuffey, Director, Center for Energy, Enterprise & Environment
Topic: "Reducing our Energy Footprint"
Mr. George Halkias, Vice President, Kimball Corp
Topic: LEED Certified Design and Construction
Rachel Carlson Legacy Conference - Green Chemistry: Solutions for a Healthy Economy at Duquesne University:
Speakers included Dr. Paul Anastas, founder of the principles of green chemistry; Dr. Terry Collins, Thomas Lord Professor of Green Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University; and entrepreneurs who are using green chemistry to solve problems.
HR Sustainability Forum on Creating a Sustainable Organization:
This full-day event, presented by HR Leadership Forum and Duquesne University, featured Bob Garrity, Vice President, Environmental Sustainability at Giant Eagle; Bob Kumpf, Chief Administrative Officer, Bayer MaterialScience; and Professors Sroufe and Sivasubramaniam from the MBA Sustainability faculty.
SPRING 2008 SMBA LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Professor William Frederick, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh and author of Corporation, Be Good! The Story of Corporate Social Responsibility
Bob Stearns, President, Enlightened Leadership, and Malcolm Baldridge Award Examiner.
Topic: Total Quality Control Processes
FALL 2007 SMBA LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Dr. Gerd Schweitzer, Bayer Corp., Cologne, Germany
Topic: Sustainability Practices within German Process Industries
Brent Laubaugh, Aldi Corp.
Topic: Greening the Supply Chain
Rodney E. Slater, former United States Secretary of Transportation; Chairman, Driving America’s Future
Topic: Fuel emission standards and proposals to change them.
Highmark Corporation Sustainability Workshop
Topic: "The Human Challenges of Change" Participants in this problem-solving work session included 11 Highmark executives charged with leading a company-wide sustainability effort, MBA students and Duquesne professors.
ANNUAL DUQUESNE MBA SUSTAINABILITY SYMPOSIA
The Donahue Graduate School of Business and Duquesne University's Beard Center for Leadership in Ethics welcome some of the world’s leading experts on best-practices, financial implications, and the ultimate role of a leader in growing and maintaining a sustainable business at our annual sustainability symposium.
Sustainable Business: Capitalizing on Opportunities - November 2008
- Christine Todd Whitman, president of The Whitman Strategy Group (and former Governor of New Jersey and EPA administrator)
- Daniel C. Esty, co-author, Green to Gold and member of Obama transition team
- Dr. Alan R. Miciak, dean, Palumbo-Donahue School of Business
- Greg Babe, president & CEO, Bayer Corporation
- Todd M. Bluedorn, CEO, Lennox International
- Joseph C. Guyaux, president, PNC Financial Services Group
- Diane P. Holder, president and CEO, UPMC Health Plan
- John T. Buckley, SVP and director of corporate social responsibility, BNY Mellon
- Nate Hurst, director, stakeholder engagement, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
- Susan Baker Shipley, SVP & managing director, Citizens Bank
- Dr. Norbert Verweyen, vice president, RWE (Germany)
- William R. Blackburn, president of William Blackburn Consulting and author of The Sustainability Handbook
Sustainable Business: Beyond the Bottom Line - November 2007
- Georg Kell, Executive director of the UN Global Compact
- John P. Surma, Chairman and CEO, United States Steel Corporation
- Steven D. Lydenberg, Chief Investment Officer, Domini Social Investments
- Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, Aspen Institute
- Sy Holzer, Regional President, PNC Bank
- J. Brett Harvey, President and CEO, CONSOL Energy Inc.
- David S. Shapira, Chairman and President, Giant Eagle
- Cathy Gregg, Partner, Treasury Strategies Inc.
- Stephen A. Baffico, Director U.S. Retail Group for BlackRock
- Thomas M. Franks, Principal, Emmanuel Capital Management LLC
Coop America
A nonprofit U.S. organization that leverages consumer and investor power for social change by promoting socially and environmentally responsible businesses. Publishes the National Green Pages™, the largest annual directory of America's leading socially and environmentally responsible businesses.
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Highlighted Faculty
Nagaraj "Naga" Sivasubramaniam, Ph.D.
Systems Thinking
Nagaraj "Naga" Sivasubramaniam teaches and conducts research on leadership and strategic management, and the organizational impacts of individual and team leadership, advanced information technologies and innovations.
PROGRAM NEWS
IMPORTANT DATES
- Spring 2010 Study Trip Options
- Germany & Netherlands or Ecuador
- Summer 2010 Study Trip Options
- China & Japan or India
- Now accepting applications
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