The Joseph and Sally Handleman Charitable Foundation provided a gift to the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business in 2008 to establish the annual Joseph and Sally Handleman Lecture.
Topics of the Handleman Lecture series focus on cutting edge issues and keep students in the forefront of emerging business challenges and opportunities. The University intends that the Handleman Lecture is the premier showcase for CEOs, policy leaders, and industry experts at Michigan Ross.
Previous Handleman Lecture Series events:
October 9, 2024
Jessica Watson
Sailor, author, and consultant
Celebrating Milestones: A Voyage Around the World
October 10, 2023
Nick Hornby
A Conversation on Genius Industry Disruptors
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Isabel Wilkerson
The Caste System and How Business Can Disrupt It
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Esther Duflo
Good Economics for Increasingly Uncertain Times
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Jacqueline Novogratz
Business Leadership in Extraordinary Times
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Common
Powerful Forces for Positive Change
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Neri Oxman
MIT Professor
Shake Off Your Labels And You'll Unlock The True Power of Creative Thinking
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
Daniel Pink
Author
Job Security Now Depends on ‘Giving People Something They Didn’t Know They Wanted’
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016
Malcolm Gladwell
Author
The Innovator's Heart: The Social Context of Entrepreneurship
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
Chris Hughes
Co-Founder, Facebook
Silicon Valley Contagion: How the Practices and Principles of Entrepreneurship are Changing Business, Government, and Society
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
Sallie Krawcheck
Chair of Ellevate, Former President of Global Wealth & Investment Management for Bank of America; Former CEO and chairman for Citi Global Wealth Management
A Conversation with Sallie Krawcheck and Alison Davis-Blake
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
Mark Reuss
Executive VP Global Product Development
GM Driving Innovation: The Road to Leadership Today and Tomorrow
AUGUST 28, 2013
Peter Thum
Founder of Ethos Water
Ross Impact Challenge Keynote: Are You Seeking Out Deeply Moving Experiences?
February 11, 2013
Mark Fields
COO, Ford Motor Company
The Ford Story: Serving Customers and Delivering Profitable Growth
AUGUST 30, 2012
Robert Safian
Editor and Managing Director, Fast Company
RLI Foundation Session Keynote: The Secrets of Generation Flux