SPEAKERS
The National Summit brought together many of the nation’s most prominent leaders from business, government and academia.
Co-Chairs for The National Summit are William Clay Ford, Jr., Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Co., and Andrew N. Liveris, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Dow Chemical Co.
For a brief synopsis of each speaker’s CV, click on any of the names from the list that follows. For more specific information, click on the speaker’s business or association link within the synopsis.
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CO-CHAIR WILLIAM CLAY FORD, JR. Executive Chairman Ford Motor Co. |
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CO-CHAIR ANDREW N. LIVERIS Chairman & CEO The Dow Chemical Co. |
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STEVEN A. BALLMER Chief Executive Officer Microsoft Corp. |
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JIM BALSILLIE Co-Chief Executive Officer Research in Motion |
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THE HONORABLE SANDY K. BARUAH Senior Fellow The Council on Competitiveness |
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THE HONOURABLE PERRIN BEATTY President & CEO Canadian Chamber of Commerce |
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THE HONORABLE DAVE BING Mayor City of Detroit, MI |
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DAVID BLOOD Co-Founder & Senior Partner Generation Investment Management |
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IAN BREMMER President Eurasia Group |
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JOHN BRISCOE Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering Harvard University |
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BETH CHAPPELL President & CEO Detroit Economic Club |
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EVA CHEN Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer Trend Micro, Inc. |
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THE HONORABLE ANEESH P. CHOPRA Chief Technology Officer The United States of America |
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DR. MARY SUE COLEMAN President University of Michigan |
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THOMAS PAUL D'AQUINO President & CEO Canadian Council of Chief Executives |
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RICHARD E. DAUCH Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO AAM |
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D. SCOTT DAVIS Chairman & CEO United Parcel Service, Inc. |
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EMILY STOVER DEROCCO President The Manufacturing Institute Senior Vice President National Association of Manufacturers |
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SAMUEL A. DIPIAZZA, JR. Chief Executive Officer PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd. |
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MICHAEL J. DOLAN Senior Vice President Exxon Mobil Corp. |
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BRIAN DUMAINE Global Editor & Assistant Managing Editor Fortune Magazine |
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ESTHER DYSON Chairman EDventure Holdings Inc. |
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ANTHONY F. EARLEY, JR. Chairman & CEO DTE Energy Co. |
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THE HONORABLE JOHN M. ENGLER President & CEO National Assocation of Manufacturers |
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DAVID G. ETHERIDGE U.S. Utilities Leader PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
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MATTHEW W. FERGUSON President & CEO CareerBuilder.com |
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MARVIN S. FERTEL President & CEO Nuclear Energy Institute |
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J. ERIK FYRWALD Chairman, President & CEO Nalco Co. |
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CRAIG GIFFI Vice Chairman Deloitte LLP |
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ALEXIS GLICK Vice President & Anchor Fox Business Network |
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DR. RONALD E. GOLDSBERRY Advisor Deloitte Consulting LLP |
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THE HONORABLE JENNIFER M. GRANHOLM Governor State of Michigan |
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JOHN M. GRILLOS Director Curriki |
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ASHOK GUPTA Air & Energy Program Director Natural Resource Defense Council |
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ANDERS GUSTAFSSON Chief Executive Officer Zebra Technologies Corp. |
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JONATHAN D. HARBER Co-founder & CEO SchoolNet, Inc. |
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LINDA HASENFRATZ Chief Executive Officer Linamar Corp. |
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FREDERICK (FRITZ) A. HENDERSON President & CEO General Motors Corp. |
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BENJAMIN HEYWOOD Co-founder & President PatientsLikeMe, Inc. |
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ROBERT JOHNSTON Director, Global Energy & Natural Resources Eurasia Group |
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VAN JONES Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation White House Council on Environmental Quality |
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DEAN KAMEN President DEKA Research & Development Corp. |
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DR. JOHN KAO Founder & Chairman Institute for Large Scale Innovation |
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CHRISTOPHER J. KEARNEY Chairman, President & CEO SPX Corp. |
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RIK KIRKLAND Director of Publishing McKinsey & Co. |
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MICHAEL KLEIN Former Vice-Chairman Citigroup, Inc. |
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MARTIN M. KOFFEL Chairman & CEO URS Corp. |
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PHILIP J. LEBEAU Auto and Airline Industry Reporter CNBC |
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RICHARD LECHNER Vice President, Energy & Environment IBM Corp. |
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TIMOTHY D. LEULIETTE Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & President DURA Automotive Systems, Inc. |
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THE HONORABLE CARL M. LEVIN U.S. Senator State of Michigan |
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THE HONORABLE GARY F. LOCKE Secretary U.S. Department of Commerce |
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EDWARD LU Program Manager in Advanced Projects Google, Inc. |
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THOMAS LYON Professor & Director, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise University of Michigan |
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TIMOTHY M. MANGANELLO Chairman & CEO BorgWarner, Inc. |
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PETER J. MARKS Chairman, President & CEO Robert Bosch LLC |
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MICHAEL B. MCCALLISTER President & CEO Humana Inc. |
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CHARLES G. MCCLURE Chairman of the Board, CEO & President ArvinMeritor, Inc. |
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HAROLD W. MCGRAW III Chairman, President & CEO The McGraw-Hill Cos. |
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LEONARD T. MENDONCA Chairman McKinsey Global Institute |
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ALAN R. MULALLY President & CEO Ford Motor Co. |
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JAMES J. MULVA Chairman & CEO ConocoPhillips Co. |
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JOSEPH A. MUSCAT Partner & Director, Americas Cleantech Network Ernst & Young LLP |
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DR. JAYSON MYERS President Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters |
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NOAM NEUSNER Principal 30 Point Strategies |
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DR. JAY NOREN President Wayne State University |
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KEITH D. NOSBUSCH Chairman & CEO Rockwell Automation, Inc. |
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STEVE ODLAND Chairman & CEO Office Depot, Inc. |
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VIKRAM S. PANDIT Chief Executive Officer Citigroup, Inc. |
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W. DOUGLAS PARKER Chairman & CEO US Airways Group, Inc. |
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RICHARD D. PATERSON Global Energy, Utilities & Mining Leader and US Energy Leader PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
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G.P. "BUD" PETERSON President Georgia Institute of Technology |
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BECKY QUICK Co-Anchor, "Squawk Box" CNBC |
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JAMES H. QUIGLEY Global CEO Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu |
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SAM RASHKIN National Director ENERGY STAR for Homes U.S. EPA |
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ROBERT REISS Host The CEO Show |
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MATTHEW K. ROSE Chairman, President & CEO BNSF Railway Co. |
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JOHN W. ROWE Chairman & CEO Exelon Corp. |
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THE HONORABLE DAVID SANDALOW Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs U.S. Department of Energy |
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RICHARD O. SCHAUM General Manager 3rd Horizon Associates LLC |
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TOM SCHMITT President & CEO FedEx Global Supply Chain Services Senior Vice President FedEx Solutions |
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ERIC SCHURENBERG Editor-in-Chief CBS MoneyWatch.com |
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DR. ALAN SHAW President & CEO Codexis, Inc. |
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THE HONORABLE JAMES H. SHELTON III Assistant Deputy Secretary, Innovation & Improvement U.S. Department of Education |
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WALTER E. SHILL North American Managing Director, Management Consulting Accenture |
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DR. LOU ANNA K. SIMON President Michigan State University |
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THE HONORABLE DEBBIE A. STABENOW U.S. Senator State of Michigan |
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DAVID P. STEINER Chief Executive Officer Waste Management, Inc. |
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MICHAEL H. THAMAN Chairman & CEO Owens Corning |
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JAMES S. TURLEY Chairman & CEO Ernst & Young LLP |
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TONY UPHOFF Chief Executive Officer TechWeb |
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TIMOTHY WADHAMS President & CEO Masco Corp. |
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DONALD J. WALKER Co-Chief Executive Officer Magna International Inc. |
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TOM WALSH Columnist Detroit Free Press |
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JOSEPH L. WELCH Chairman, President & CEO ITC Holdings Corp. |
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RONALD A. WILLIAMS Chairman & CEO Aetna Inc. |
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DEBORAH L. WINCE-SMITH President The Council on Competitiveness |
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DR. WILLIAM WINKENWERDER, JR. Chairman The Winkenwerder Co. LLC |
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ROBERT YOUNGJOHNS President of North American Sales & Marketing Corporate Vice President Microsoft Corp. |





































































































