At Regina Dominican, students have the opportunity to interact with dynamic leaders and subject matter experts through the Leadership Institute’s Speaker Series.
Our speakers act as real-world professors in the classroom and as influencers at our all-school assemblies. Each speaker helps Regina Dominican students to see the world with a more discerning eye and to develop themselves as leaders.
Stay tuned for our upcoming speakers for 2019!
Past Speakers
Noor Abdelfattah ’15
Loyola University Psychology Major
Lina Sergie Attar
Co-Founder/CEO, Karam Foundation
Dina Bair
Anchor, WGN-TV
Sally Blount Ph.D.
Dean of Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern
Jack Brennan
Former CEO, Vanguard
Dr. Michelle Buck ’84
Director of Leadership Initiatives, Kellogg School of Management
Sarah Miller Caldicott
CEO, The Power Patterns of Innovation
Bridget C. Coughlin, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Shedd Aquarium
Grace Cowan
Senior VP of Customer Service, Waste Management
“2011 Women Worth Watching,” Diversity Journal
Janet Davies
Anchor/Executive Producer, ABC7 Chicago
Connie K. Duckworth
CEO, ARZU Studio Hope
Elizabeth “Dolly” Duffy
Executive Director, Notre Dame Alumni Association
Associate Vice President for University Relations, Notre Dame University
Elizabeth Fenner ’82
Editor-in-Chief, Chicago Magazine
Pricilla Guasso
Diversity and Inclusion Specialist
Amy Guterman
Strategic Innovation Executive, Salesforce Ignite
Craig Henderson
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Honorable Virginia M. (Cowhey) Kendall ’80
U.S. District Judge
Meg Kissinger ’75
Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Meredith Knopp
Senior VP, “The Mission Continues”
Harry Kraemer
Former CEO of Baxter
Professor at Northwestern University
Professor Ann. M. Lousin
Constitutional Law Expert
The John Marshall Law School
S. Donna Markham
President, Catholic Charities
Patrick McCaskey
Board Member, Chicago Bears
Mark McCormick
Business Development Executive, IBM
Bill McGrath
Partner, Davis McGrath LLC
Pooja Merai
Strategic Innovation Executive, Salesforce Ignite
Nicky Nole ’02
President, Bear Native
Brighid O’Shaughnessy ’91
Founder/Artistic Director, Erasing the Distance
Sue Payne
Former Executive Geoscientist, ExxonMobil
COO, National Math and Science Initiative
Christopher R. Scotese, Ph.D.
Geophysicist, University of Texas
S. Mary Scullion, RSM
Co-Founder/Executive Director, Project HOME
“World’s Most Influential People,” Time, 2009
Bruce Sypniewski
Geologist and Deputy Division Director, U.S. EPA
Father Peter Wojcik
Co-Director of the Department of Parish Vitality and Mission, The Archdiocese of Chicago
