THE YALE CEO LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Ensuring Happy Days Are Here Again:
 Finding Prosperity in Hard Times
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June 8 and 9, 2009

New York Stock Exchange

Presenting Sponsors:

CNBC
Deloitte LLP
North Highland
NYSE Euronext
Russell Reynolds Associates

MONDAY – JUNE 8, 2009

6:30 PM - Reception & Dinner
Delmonico’s

 The Boss as the Brand: How Character and Charisma Still Count
Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, CELI/Yale School of Management


Tony Alvarez II, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Alvarez & Marsal
James J. Dunne III, Senior Managing Principal, Sandler O’Neill & Partners
Stephen A. Greyser, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School
Kay Koplovitz; Founder, USA Network; Chairman, Liz Claiborne

TUESDAY – JUNE 9, 2009

THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

7:00 AM - Breakfast

8:00 AM - Welcome
Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, CELI/Yale School of Management
Duncan L. Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext

SESSION #1
How Can We Trip over Our Own Recovery?

James J. Cramer, Host, CNBC Mad Money
Joseph W. Brown, Chief Executive Officer, MBIA
Douglas A. Donahue Jr., Managing Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
James J. Dunne III, Senior Managing Principal, Sandler O’Neill & Partners
Gregory J. Fleming, Former President & COO, Merrill Lynch & Co.
Michael F. Holland, Chairman, Holland & Company
Duncan L. Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext

Respondents
John K. Garvey; Chairman, President & CEO; Petroleum Inc.
Barry M. Gosin, Chief Executive Officer, Newmark Knight Frank
Austin Ligon, Co-Founder, CarMax
Christopher Shays, Former US Congressman, State of Connecticut
Howard B. Slaughter Jr., CEO, Landmarks Community Capital Corporation

SESSION #2
Were the “Good Old Days” That Good?
Leadership Lessons for the Present

John C. Bogle, Founder, The Vanguard Group
William H. Donaldson, 27th Chairman, US Securities & Exchange Commission
Robert J. Kueppers, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte
Jonathan R. Macey, Deputy Dean & Professor, Yale Law School
Ira M. Millstein, Senior Partner, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Jed S. Rakoff, Judge, Southern District of New York
John C. Whitehead, Former Co-Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co.


Respondents
Norman J. Bartczak, Professor, Columbia Business School
Marty Evans, Rear Admiral (Ret.), US Navy
Cynthia A. Glassman, Former Commissioner, US Securities & Exchange Commission
Harvey J. Goldschmid, Former Commissioner, US Securities & Exchange Commission
Alfred G. Goldstein, Former President, Sears Specialty Merchandising
Dennis Kneale, Media & Technology Editor, CNBC
Jonathan GS Koppell, Professor, Yale School of Management
James Kristie, Editor & Associate Publisher, Directors & Boards
Joel R. Reidenberg, Associate Chief Academic Officer, Fordham University

Session # 3
Media as Messenger or Mess Maker?


Thomas E. Ascheim, CEO, Newsweek Inc.
Erin Burnett, Anchor, CNBC
Joann S. Lublin, Management News Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Joseph Nocera, Columnist, The New York Times
Patricia A. Sellers, Editor-at-Large, FORTUNE


Respondents
Ravi Dhar, Professor, Yale School of Management
Cristiana Falcone-Sorrell, Director, World Economic Forum USA
Stephen A. Greyser, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School
Tom Herman, Senior Special Writer, The Wall Street Journal
Daniel E. Katcher; Partner; Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Jennifer Prosek, Managing Partner, CJP Communications

Lunch

SESSION #4
Who Is Still Buying? Where Global Markets are Still Growing

Ashton B. Carter, Undersecretary, US Department of Defense
Daniel M. Delen; Chairman, President & CEO; RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Rick Goings, Chairman & CEO, Tupperware Brands
Robert A. Iger, President & CEO, The Walt Disney Company
Gary E. Knell, President & CEO, Sesame Workshop
Kay Koplovitz; Founder, USA Network; Chairman, Liz Claiborne
Philip Lader, Chairman, WPP Group
Reuben Mark, Retired Chairman & CEO, Colgate-Palmolive Company

Respondents
Sandy K. Chandra, Chairman & CEO, Mascon Global Ltd.
Robert Childs, Chairman, Hiscox USA
Scott Cutler, Executive Vice President, NYSE Euronext
Prabhu Dayal, Consul General of India, New York
Tig Gilliam, CEO, Adecco North America
Anil K. Gupta, Professor, Smith School of Business/University of Maryland
Steven J. Heyer, Former CEO, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Hugh F. Johnston, President, PepsiCo North America Beverages
Terry D. McCallister, Chairman & CEO, WGL Holdings
Clarke Murphy, Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates
Keith L. Reinhard, Chairman Emeritus, DDB Worldwide
Robert V. Stefanowski; Chairman & Managing Partner; 3i North American, 3i Asia
Shivan S. Subramaniam, Chairman & CEO, FM Global
Vivek Wadhwa, Fellow, Harvard Law School

SESSION #5 - Discussion Groups
Where My Biggest Risk Continues To Be Found

Group A
Tara A. Cortes, President & CEO, Lighthouse Internationa
l Andrew J. Ward, Professor, Lehigh University
Group B
Erica Dawson, Professor, Yale School of Management
Charles A. Geoly, Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Group C
Michael Lee, Executive Vice President, North Highland
Rita Gunther McGrath, Professor, Columbia Business School

GroupD
Ari Straus, CEO, MedMatics
Ronald A. Warren, Principal, LMAP


Group E
Stephen K. Wagner, Senior Advisor, Deloitte US Center for Corp. Governance
Amy Wrzesniewski, Professor, Yale School of Management

SESSION #6
Strategic Dreams vs. Operational Realities:
Focusing on Vision and Execution Simultaneously

Jeffrey L. Bewkes, Chairman & CEO, Time Warner Inc
Mickey Drexler, Chairman & CEO, J. Crew Group
Russ Fradin, Chairman & CEO, Hewitt Associates
Moya Greene, President & CEO, Canada Post
Jeffrey B. Kindler, Chairman & CEO, Pfizer
John J. Legere, CEO, Global Crossing
Barry Nalebuff, Professor, Yale School of Management
David Neeleman, Chairman & CEO, Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras
Thomas J. Quinlan, President & CEO, RR Donnelley & Sons Co.
Dan Reardon, President & CEO, North Highland
Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO, Verizon Communications


Respondents
Elisabeth DeMarse, President & CEO, CreditCards.com
Christopher B. Galvin, Chairman, Harrison Street Capital
Art Hopkins, President, Macquarium Intelligent Communications
M. Christine Jacobs, President & CEO, Theragenics Corporation
Vikas Kapoor, President & CEO, iQor
Cornelius M. Kerwin, President, American University
David W. Miller; Director, Faith & Work Initiative; Princeton University
William V. Roberti, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
Steven A. Shaw, President & CEO, Volt Information Sciences
Charles A. Tribbett III, Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates

LEGEND IN LEADERSHIP AWARD

ROBERT A. IGER
President & Chief Executive Officer
The Walt Disney Company

Award Presentation by:
Ivan G. Seidenberg
Chairman & CEO
Verizon Communications

Closing Reception
Trading Floor
New York Stock Exchange