Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series
UCLA Anderson regularly brings titans of the business world to the students, discussing current issues and sharing collected wisdom.
Recent Speakers
![Elevating the business of sports](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/image/2024-03/2023_marcom_thumbanil_desing.png?itok=9OSj7VER)
Elevating the Business of Sports at Its Epicenter
Nike’s Andy Campion (B.A. ’93, ’03) joins UCLA Anderson as program director
![Steven Powell (B.S. ’00, ’10)](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/image/2024-03/2024-steven-powell-ddss.jpg?itok=_ass9_A8)
Steven Powell (B.S. ’00, ’10), President and CEO of Southern California Edison
Powell talked about SCE’s role in achieving a carbon-neutral California, and building the grid of the future
![DDSS Ed Bastian](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/image/2024-03/2024-ed-bastian-ddss-v4.jpg?itok=HkTD1Gas)
Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines
Values are the glue that holds the fabric of a company together. “At Delta,” he says, “the brand is the people, not the destinations or the planes.”
Past Discussions
![Angela Williams, president and CEO of EasterSeals](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/image/2024-03/2023-ddss-williams.jpg?itok=-d0vjHfB)
Angela Williams, president and CEO of EasterSeals
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Larry Fink (B.A. '74, MBA ’76), chairman and CEO of BlackRock Inc.
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Brian Cornell (B.A. ’81, CERT ’91), CEO, Target Corp.
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John Stankey (’91), CEO, AT&T; Mike Hopkins (’01), SVP, Prime Video and Amazon Studios; Susanne Daniels, Global Head of Original Content, YouTube
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Peter Guber, Chairman and CEO, Mandalay Entertainment
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Johnese Spisso, President, UCLA Health; CEO, UCLA Hospital System; Associate Vice Chancellor, UCLA Health Sciences
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