Previous Executive Lecture Series Guests include:

March 21 + 22, 2011:
Speaker: Jay Bartlett, CEO Prairie Power, Inc. Jacksonville, IL

March 1, 2011:
Speaker: Doug Oberhelman, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Caterpillar

February 28:
Speaker: Jeff Martin, Martin Farms
                Dan Towery, Head of Ag Conservation Solutions in Layfayette, IN

February 15, 2011:
Speaker: John Rice, Vice Chairman, ADM



March 16th, 2010:
Speaker: Doug Oberhelman, CEO, Caterpillar

March 8th, 2010:
Speaker: John Rogers on “China Today”, Midwest China-U.S. Association, Chicago

March 1st, 2010:
Speaker: Dan Towery, Head of Ag Conservation Solutions in Layfayette, IN

February 23, 2010
Speaker: John Rice, Executive Vice-President, ADM


Monday, March 16, 2009 (Class of 2010)
- Dan Towery, agronomist in Lafayette, Indiana

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (Class of 2009)

- John Rice, Executive V.P. Archer Daniels Midland Co.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 (Class of 2009)

- Doug Oberhelman, Group President Caterpillar

Monday, March 2, 2009 (Class of 2010)

- Jay Bartlett, Chief Engineer and Operating Officer Springfield City Water Light and Power

Thursday, February 26, 2009 (Class of 2009)

- Mikel Briggs, President, Breford Manufacturing

Thursday, February 12, 2009 (Class of 2009)

- John S. Cobb, Samuels Miller Schroeder Jackson and Sly, Decatur, IL
- Robert A. Disbrow, BA, MBA, CPA Partner in the public accounting firm of Sleeper, Disbrow, Morrison, Tarro & Lively, LLC

Thursday, September 25, 2008 (Class of 2009)

- Mike Dewalt, Director of Investor Relations (IR) at Caterpillar

- Brad Halverson, Controller at Caterpillar

May 4, 2008 - May 15, 2008 China Immersion (Class of 2008)

“Doing Business in China" Fudan University, Shanghai China

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 (Class of 2009)

- Mr. Ismael Roig, Vice President Archer Daniels Midland Co.

Thursday, April 17, 2008 (Class of 2008)

- Robert A. Disbrow, BA, MBA, CPA Partner in the public accounting firm of Sleeper, Disbrow, Morrison, Tarro & Lively, LLC

Thursday, March 27, 2008 (Class of 2008)

- Doug Oberhelman, Group President Caterpillar

Monday, March 17, 2008 (Class of 2009)

- Jay Barlett, COO Springfield City Water Light and Power

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 (Class of 2008)

- John Rice, Executive V.P. Archer Daniels Midland Co.

Monday, February 25, 2008 (Class of 2009)

- Dan Towery, Head of Ag Conservation Solutions

Monday, February 11, 2008 (Class of 2009)
-John Rogers, Midwest US-China Association, Chicago, IL