The Graduate School of Management Dean's Distinguished Speaker is Harold Schmitz, chief science officer of Mars Inc. who speaks about his company's enterprise.

Anne Simpson is the senior portfolio manager, investments, and director of corporate governance at CalPERS, the largest public pension system in the United States with approximately $224 billion under management. The corporate governance program includes CalPERS Focus List of shareholder engagement with companies, global proxy voting, legal and regulatory reform agenda and CalPERS actively managed corporate governance investment strategy. Simpson talks about her work to integrate environmental, social, and governance across the total fund.

Rick Ridgeway, vice president of Environment Initiatives, speaks at Gallagher Hall about Patagonia; the company's Common Threads initiative; and building the best product without causing harm.

UC Davis Graduate School of Management Dean Steven C. Currall leads a candid conversation with Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and StudentsFirst Founder/CEO Michelle Rhee about their experiences leading organizational change in city government and the public schools. Nearly 300 attended this Dean's Distinguished Speaker event, Feb. 24, in Sacramento.

Varian speaks about "Predicting the Present with Search Engine Data." Varian started at Google in 2002 and has been involved in many aspects of the company, including auction design, econometric analysis, finance, corporate strategy and public policy.

Steven C. Currall, dean of the UC Davis School of Management, moderates a panel of thought leaders on the commercialization of clean technology at the Governors' Global Climate Summit 3 at UC Davis.

Cleary speaks as a GSM Dean's Distinguished Speaker on "Sustaining Inspiration: The Challenges and Opportunities of Running a Privately Held, Employee Owned, Socially Responsible Business." Clif Bar is a leading maker nutritious, all-natural, organic foods and drinks for sport and healthy snacking. As president and COO, Kevin Cleary oversees the company’s sales, supply chain operations, marketing and brand development, and sustainability programs.

Dean Steven Currall presents his "State of the School" speech at the 2010 Dean's Fall Welcome Luncheon at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management.

Dean's Distinguished Speaker at Gallagher Hall, UC Davis Features Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian, the founding director of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, one of the United States’ most distinguished diplomats and a leading expert on the complex political, security, economic, religious and ethnic issues of the Middle East. Djerejian's career spanned the administrations of eight U.S. presidents. He played key roles in the Arab–Israeli peace process, the U.S.-led coalition against Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, successful efforts to end the civil war in Lebanon, the release of U.S. hostages in Lebanon, and the establishment of collective and bilateral security arrangements in the Persian Gulf.

Former CIA director turned-clean tech venture capitalist R. James Woolsey argues that U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil ranks "very high" as a national security concern.