Visiting Leaders

Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership
The Center for Leadership is proud to host the annual Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership. Each year, this special guest spends several days on Elon’s campus sharing insights and leadership lessons through classroom visits, private meetings, receptions, question and answer periods, and formal lectures. Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellows and general members of the Isabella Cannon Leadership Program are invited to private gatherings with these special guests.

2007 Distinguished Visiting Professor
	Bill George Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School Former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, Inc.

Past Distinguished Visiting Professors
		Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of The Washington Post (2006)
		Christine Todd Whitman, former New Jersey governor (2005)
		David Gergen, former presidential adviser (2004)

Leadership Lecture Series
These lectures are delivered by accomplished leaders who are experts in their fields or organizations. The Leadership Lecture Series takes the form of presentations, roundtable discussions and forums.

2006-2007 Leadership Lecture Series
	William Parsons Deputy Director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Public Lecture on November 6, 2006

Past Lectures
	Craig Quigley, V.P. for Communications, Lockheed Martin, and retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral “Communicating with the World in Real Time: Crisis Leadership on 9-11 and the Time Ahead”
	William Pesce, president and CEO of John Wiley & Sons “Leading with Your Heart, Your Values and Your Mind”
	Matthew Szulik, chairman, CEO and president of Red Hat “Leadership in the Technological Environment”