College of Business Administration (CBA)
Benson Management First Friday Series
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The series provides scholarly dialogue about business management and leadership directly from today's business leaders
Future Events
February 7, 2025: Catherine M. Gillman, JD, CPA, Vice President and General Counsel of NCG Hospitality
April 4, 2025: Jay Pierce, Chief Executive Officer at These Three Medical Inc.
Past Events
2024-2025 Guest Speakers
2023 - 2024 Guest Speakers
Flyer for Benson Guest Speaker Series - Mike Hayford on November 3rd, 2023
Flyer for Benson Guest Speaker Series - Dan Florness on Friday, February 23rd
Garth P. Wicinsky First Friday Flyer April 5th, 2024
2022 - 2023 Guest Speakers
Flyer for Benson Guest Speaker Series - Keenan and Katina Shelton on November 4, 2022
Flyer for Benson Guest Speaker Series - Autumn Kletzien on February 17th, 2023
Flyer of Benson Series Guest Speaker - Ron Gillies April 14, 2023
2021-2022 Guest Speakers
Flyer for Benson Guest Speaker Series - Jennifer Hansen on November 5, 2021
Jennifer Hansen video
Flyer for Benson Guest Speaker Series - Laura Miller on March 4, 2022
View a video of Laura Miller's presentation
Flyer for Benson Guest Speaker Series - Jeff Taxdahl on April 1, 2022
Video link to Jeff Taxdahl's presentation
2020-2021 Guest Speakers
Flyer for Benson Guest Speaker Series - Todd Koss on November 1, 2020
Headshot of Guest Speaker - Scott Swenson February 7, 2020
Scott Swenson, '85
"Oh, the Places We Will Go"
Owner, Quest Engineering
Friday, Feb. 7, 2020 | 3:30 p.m.
Scott Swenson has 35 years of leadership experience in general management, financial and executive roles. Swenson has owned Quest Engineering, a distributor of flow control parts, since 2013.
Headshot of Guest Speaker - LeAnn (Carlson) Carrell
LeAnn (Carlson) Carrell ‘93
Co-Owner of Undercover Eyewear
CANCELLED
LeAnn (Carlson) Carrell has 25 years of business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketing, sales and operations experience in the subscription-based services and hard-goods sectors