Note to Editors: In some cases, press members can arrange to meet with the business leaders prior to or following their lectures.
The postmaster general and chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service, William J. Henderson, will speak to University of Colorado at Boulder students on Jan. 18.
Henderson will speak from 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. in room 100 of the Math Building.
Henderson聮s leadership has helped USPS set new service milestones with the greatest service and overall performance in its existence. USPS was also rated No. 1 among all federal agencies in customer service by a poll of the American public while Henderson has been in office. He launched today聮s more customer-focused approach to the communications market, achieving a record net income for USPS.
As one of the speakers for the College of Business聮 popular Profiles in American Enterprise course, Henderson will discuss his 27-year career with USPS. USPS is the second-oldest federal government agency and the largest postal system in the world. It is also the nation聮s largest civilian employer with more than 800,000 employees.
John Hess, the professor responsible for the course, invites top executives to his class each semester to share their experiences. "Students listen to lectures by highly successful CEOs or entrepreneurs and learn about the intricacies of 聭real world聮 business," said Hess. In addition to the executives' lectures, students attend weekly recitation sections led by former Profiles students.
The following business leaders also will be speaking from 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. on Tuesdays in room 100 of the Math Building on the CU-Boulder campus.
Jan. 25 聳 Jeffrey Barish, president of Euphonics, Inc., a leading software development firm specializing in music and audio.
Feb. 1 聳 Lee S. Hillman, president and CEO of Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp., the largest commercial operator of fitness centers in North America.
Feb. 8 聳 Thomas V. Geimer, chairman and CEO of Accelr8 Technology, a Denver-based company with a strong presence in the Y2K tools and legacy code modernization industries.
Feb. 22 聳 Rick Sterling, president and co-founder of Sterling-Rice Group, a leader in the progressive industry of brand development and marketing services.
Feb. 29 聳 John C. Buechner, president of the University of Colorado, who implemented a Total Learning Environment initiative that will position CU as a world class university.
March 7 聳 Richard A. Burke, chairman and CEO of Trek Bicycle Corp., which designs, engineers and manufactures bicycles and accessories.
March 14 聳 Ilse Gayl, president and CEO of DIAD Inc., which provides high quality flood monitoring systems to clients locally and nationally.
March 21 聳 John V. Atanasoff II, president, CEO and chairman of Colorado Medtech Inc., a leader in the medical device industries.
April 4 聳 Jean Gaulin, vice chairman, president and CEO of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp., one of the top oil refining and marketing companies in the southwest.
April 11 聳 Robert J. Strudler, chairman and co-CEO of U.S. Home Corp., one of the nation聮s largest homebuilders.
April 18 聳 Robert Rashford, president and CEO of Genesis Engineering Co., LLC, an engineer of sophisticated transportation containers, protective enclosures, and research and development for NASA and other space programs.
April 25 聳 J. Michael Giles, chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch International Private Banking, a world leader in global private banking.
Seating for the lectures is available to the public on a limited basis. Overflow seating is available in Duane Physics, room G1B30.