March 6, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Gary Loveman - Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Read about it: Loveman Speaks at Final 2011-2012 CEO@Smith Event

A former associate professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, Loveman joined the Fortune 500 company as Chief Operating Officer in 1998 and drew on his extensive background in retail marketing and service management to develop and implement the gaming industry's most sophisticated and successful loyalty program, Total Rewards. Today, Total Rewards boasts more than 40 million customers. He was named CEO in January 2003.

Loveman has earned the distinction of being recognized as the gaming and lodging industry's best CEO by Institutional Investor magazine for four consecutive years. Loveman is the past chairman of the American Gaming Association and a director of Coach, Inc. and FedEx Corporation. He also sits on the Board of Trustees at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston and on the Trust Board at Children's Hospital Boston.

He holds a Ph.D. in economics from M.I.T., where he was an Alfred Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, and a B.A. in economics from Wesleyan University.

February 7, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
C. E. Andrews - RSM Business Services

Read about it: C.E. Andrews Dispels Business Myths at First CEO@Smith of Spring Semester

Andrews is President of RSM Business Services and former President and CEO of RSM McGladrey, Inc.

Andrews joins the company after most recently serving as President of SLM Corporation (“Sallie Mae”) following a 29-year career with Arthur Andersen. At Sallie Mae he served from 2003-2008 first as executive vice president of accounting and risk management, and later as chief financial officer, president and chief executive officer.

Andrews began his career with Arthur Andersen in 1974 and became a partner in 1984. He held increasingly responsible positions in the firm, including key leadership roles in the metropolitan Washington office, the Mid-Atlantic Market Circle, the Southeast region, the United States National Practice and, ultimately, Arthur Andersen Global.

He managed all lines of business at Andersen, including audit, tax and consulting before being named head of Worldwide Audit and Business Advisory Practice in 2001. His office, market circle and region were top performers annually in terms of quality, growth and profitability within Arthur Andersen and among competitors.

Andrews graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1974.

Al Carey - PepsiCo Americas Beverages
November 15, 2011, 5:30 p.m.

Read about it: CEO@Smith: Al Carey, CEO, PepsiCo Americas Beverages

Albert “Al” P. Carey is chief executive officer of PepsiCo Americas Beverages, a unit of PepsiCo. PepsiCo owns the world's largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands, including 19 different product lines, each of which generates more than $1 billion in annual retail sales. With net revenues of approximately $60 billion, PepsiCo employs nearly 300,000 people worldwide.

Carey assumed this role in September 2011 and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of PepsiCo’s beverage business across North, South and Central America.

Carey joined PepsiCo in 1981, and has served in a variety of positions, some of which include chief operating officer, PepsiCo Beverages and Foods; president, PepsiCo Sales; and most recently as president and chief executive officer, Frito-Lay North America (FLNA). In this role,
Carey was responsible for overseeing all of FLNA, the company’s most profitable operating division and largest North American business.

Before joining PepsiCo, Carey worked at Procter & Gamble. He received his BS from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1974 and is a former member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, as well as a former member of the University of Maryland, College Park Inc.  Foundation Board of Trustees. He is based in Purchase, N.Y.

Alan Wilson - McCormick & Co.
October 18, 2011, 5:30 p.m.

Read about it: McCormick CEO spices up the CEO@Smith Speaker Series

Alan Wilson has served as Chairman, President, and CEO of McCormick and Co, since 2008. He joined McCormick in 1993, and has served a variety of roles within the company, gaining an understanding of the different facets of McCormick operations from supply chain to leadership of various business units.

During his tenure at McCormick, Mr. Wilson has held several executive management roles including President of Tube Products, President of McCormick, Canada, President of US Consumer Foods, President of North America, and President and COO of McCormick. Prior to joining the McCormick team, Mr. Wilson worked for nine years at Procter & Gamble, where he held progressively responsible positions in product supply, procurement and manufacturing.

Mr. Wilson earned a Bachelor of Science in communications from the University of Tennessee in 1980. He attended school on an R.O.T.C. scholarship and following college, served as a U.S. Army Captain, with tours in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany.

Bob Moritz, Chairman and Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
September 13, 2011, 5:30 p.m.

Read about it: PwC’s Bob Moritz Kicks Off CEO@Smith Speaker Series with Record Attendance

Bob Moritz is the firm's Chairman and Senior Partner, having been elected by the US partnership to serve a four-year term beginning July 2009. Prior to that, Bob served as the Assurance Leader of the US firm from 2006 to 2009; from 2004 to 2006 he was the Managing Partner of the New York office and Metro Region.

Bob joined the firm in 1985 and became a partner in 1995. From 1998 to 2001, he served as the Metro Region Financial Services Leader. From 2001 to 2004, he led the Financial Services Audit and Business Advisory practice, which includes the banking, capital markets, insurance, investment management and real estate sectors.

Bob served a three-year tour in PwC - Tokyo, providing audit and advisory services to numerous European and US-based financial services organizations operating in Japan.

He is a graduate of SUNY - Oswego and certified by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of CPA's and the New Jersey State Society of CPA's.