2008-2020 Previous Speakers
His Excellency Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland Beth Ford, President & CEO, Land O'Lakes
Omar Ishrak, Executive Chairman & Chairman of the Board, Medtronic The Honorable Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor, The Bank of Japan Table of Contents
Season Page 2019-2020 3 2018-2019 6 2017-2018 8 2016-2017 10 2015-2016 12 2014-2015 14 2013-2014 16 2012-2013 18 2011-2012 19 2010-2011 20 2009-2010 21 2008-2009 22 SEASON 2019-2020
November 6, 2019 February 5, 2020 Col. Bob Cabana Beth Ford Director, NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center President & CEO, Land O'Lakes
January 13, 2020 March 2, 2020
Steve Grove Kevin Hassett Commissioner, DEED Former Chair, Council of Economic Advisers
Webinar: Our Economy and Health in Crisis May 14, 2020
Neel Kashkari Dr. Michael Osterholm President & CEO, Federal Director, Center for Infectious Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota
Panel Moderator Margaret Brennan Host, “Face the Nation,” CBS News 3 Free Trade Panel Discussion Honoring Recipients of the 2019 Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award December 3, 2019
Congressman Mike Gallagher Congressman Ron Kind U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives
Free Trade Panelists
Devry Boughner Vorwerk Tami Overby CEO, DevryBV Sustainable Strategies Senior Director, McLarty Associates
Panel Moderator
Kevin Paap Kenneth Smith Ramos Chris Farrell Senior Economics Contributor, President, Minnesota Mexico’s Former Chief Marketplace, American Farm Bureau Negotiator for NAFTA Public Media
4 Water Summit How Minnesota Can Lead in a Water-Scarce World September 6, 2019
Doug Baker Richard Damania Chairman & CEO, Ecolab Senior Economic Advisor, Water Practice, World Bank Group
Panel Moderator
Dr. Bonnie Keeler HP Nanda Kerri Miller Assistant Professor, Humphrey Global Vice President & General Host, MPR News School of Public Affairs, Manager - Water Solutions, University of Minnesota DuPont
5 SEASON 2018-2019
October 29, 2018 April 2, 2019
David Birch His Excellency Ron Dermer Advisor on Fintech & Digital Financial Services Israel’s Ambassador to the United States
December 18, 2018 May 14, 2019
Major Garrett Esther George Chief Washington Correspondent, President & CEO, Federal Reserve CBS News Bank of Kansas City
October 2, 2018 November 27, 2018
J. Christopher Giancarlo Sec. Carlos Gutierrez Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce 2005-2009; Recipient Trading Commission of 2018 Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award
February 19, 2019 June 4, 2019 Steve Nelson Omar Ishrak CEO, UnitedHealthcare Chairman & CEO, Medtronic 6 Food Security Summit September 7, 2018
Keynote Address David Beasley Executive Director, World Food Programme
Beth Ford Jeff Harmening President & CEO, Land O'Lakes Chairman & CEO, General Mills
Panel Moderator
Joe Stone Beth Dunford Executive Vice President & Chief Risk Assistant to the Administrator, USAID; Deputy Officer, Cargill Coordinator for Development, Feed the Future
Discussion Summation Richard Leach President & CEO, World Food Program USA 7 SEASON 2017-2018
June 19, 2018 October 12, 2017
Brian Cornell David Farr Chairman & CEO, Target Corporation Chairman & CEO, Emerson
April 30, 2018 April 18, 2018
Tom Friedman Omar Ishrak Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York Times Chairman & CEO, Medtronic
September 22, 2017 December 1, 2017
His Excellency Sauli Niinistö Governor Tim Pawlenty President, Republic of Finland President & CEO, Financial Services Roundtable
May 15, 2018
Dr. John C. Williams President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 8 Assessing & Addressing Cybersecurity Threats March 13, 2018
Antonio Enriquez Michael Kearn Cyber Security Advisor – Region V, U.S. VP – Business Information Security Department of Homeland Security Officer, U.S. Bank
Michael Krause Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
Super Bowl Panel November 15, 2017
Alexis Glick Tod Leiweke CEO, GENYOUth COO, NFL
Panel Moderator Mark Wilf Doug Baker Owner & President, Minnesota Vikings Chairman & CEO, Ecolab 9 SEASON 2016-2017
February 13, 2017 October 14, 2016
Richard Anderson Congressman Kevin Brady Retired Executive Chairman, Delta Chairman, House Ways & Means Committee
June 8, 2017 January 25, 2017
Doug Baker Richard Davis Chairman & CEO, Ecolab Chairman & CEO, U.S. Bancorp
April 19, 2017 May 22, 2017
The Hon. José Ángel Gurría The Hon. Mark Kennedy Secretary-General, OECD; Recipient of 2017 Co-Founder & Chairman, Economic Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award Club of Minnesota
November 17, 2016 May 18, 2017 The Hon. Jun-ichiro Kuroda Dr. Loretta Mester Minister for Economy, Trade, Industry & President & CEO, Federal Reserve Energy, Japanese Embassy Bank of Cleveland 10 December 16, 2016 March 22, 2017 Steven Moore Dr. John Noseworthy Senior Economic Advisor, President & CEO, Mayo Clinic Trump Campaign
December 1, 2016 April 19, 2017 Amy Walter Ambassador Bob Zoellick National Editor, The Cook Former President, World Bank; Recipient of Political Report 2017 Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award
11 SEASON 2015-2016
November 10, 2015 January 20, 2016
Dr. Ian Bremmer Brian Cornell President & Founder, Eurasia Group Chairman & CEO, Target Corporation
March 17, 2016 May 24, 2016
Ambassador Michael B. Froman Ben Heineman United States Trade Representative; Recipient of Former General Counsel, 2016 Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award General Electric
May 9, 2016 June 7, 2016
Neel Kashkari Ken Powell President & CEO, Federal Reserve Chairman & CEO, General Mills Bank of Minneapolis
April 11, 2016 January 6, 2016 September 10, 2015 Matt Rose Karl Rove Dr. John B. Taylor Executive Chairman, BNSF Former Deputy Chief of Staff Professor of Economics, Railway Company to President George W. Bush Stanford University 12 Food Security Summit Panel I: Filing the World’s Plate October 30, 2015
Doug Baker David MacLennan Chairman & CEO, Ecolab Chairman, President, and CEO, Cargill
Joc O'Rourke Chris Policinski President & CEO, The Mosaic Company President & CEO, Land O'Lakes Panel II: The War on Big Food
Jeffrey M. Ettinger Jeff Harmening Chairman of the Board, President, EVP & COO, General Mills & CEO, Hormel Foods
Moderator for Panel I & II Greg Page Sally Smith Alan Bjerga Executive Director, Cargill President & CEO, Buffalo Agricultural Policy Reporter, Wild Wings Bloomberg News 13 SEASON 2014-2015
October 3, 2014 June 5, 2015 Doug Baker Dr. William C. Dudley Chairman & CEO, Ecolab President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
April 13, 2015 April 19, 2015
Ambassador Carla A. Hills The Hon. Haruhiko Kuroda Former U.S. Trade Representative; Recipient of Governor, The Bank of Japan 2015 Bill Frenzel Champion of Free Trade Award
April 27, 2015 July 23, 2015 His Excellency The Right David MacLennan Honourable David Johnston Chairman, President, and CEO, Cargill Governor General, Canada
October 30, 2014 February 4, 2015 September 16, 2014 Glen Taylor Jay Timmons John Watson Chairman & CEO, President & CEO, National Chairman of the Board & CEO, Taylor Corporation Association of Manufacturers Chevron Corporation 14 Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate Change January 23, 2015
Greg Page The Hon. Henry Paulson, Jr. Executive Chairman, Cargill Former Secretary of the Treasury (2006-2009)
Post-Election Analysis November 11, 2014
Mark Penn Dr. Jan van Lohuizen Former Pollster for President Bill Clinton Former Pollster for President George W. Bush
15 SEASON 2013-2014
September 23, 2013 February 20, 2014 Timothy Beardson Dr. Doug Elmendorf Founder, Crosby Director, Congressional Budget Office
October 25, 2013 April 15, 2014
Ambassador Mark Green Hubert Joly President and CEO, Initiative for Global Development; President & CEO, Best Buy Former U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania
May 21, 2014 November 23, 2013
Dr. Narayana Kocherlakota Tom Nides President & CEO, Federal Reserve Managing Director & Vice Chairman, Bank of Minneapolis Morgan Stanley
May 15, 2014
Patricia Woertz Chairman & CEO, Archer Daniels Midland 16 20th Anniversary of NAFTA Conference January 28, 2014
Dr. Luis de la Calle His Excellency Gary Doer Former Minister of Trade, Mexican Embassy Former Ambassador of Canada to the United States
The Hon. Bill Frenzel Ambassador Carla A. Hills Former Special Advisor on Trade to President Clinton; Former United States Trade Representative Recipient of Champion of Free Trade Award
Thomas “Mack” McLarty, III His Excellency Eduardo Former Chief of Staff to President Clinton Medina-Mora Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
The Hon. Erik Paulsen The Hon. John Weekes Amb. Bob Zoellick U.S. House of Representatives Canada's Former Chief Negotiator Former President, World Bank for NAFTA 17 SEASON 2012-2013
October 26, 2012 November 16, 2012 Dr. Agustín Carstens Major Garrett Governor, Bank of Mexico White House Correspondent, National Journal; CBS News
May 2, 2013 May 29, 2013
The Hon. Amy Klobuchar Dr. Eric Rosengren United States Senate President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
April 8, 2013 January 30, 2013 Gregg Steinhafel John Surma Chairman, President, & CEO, Chairman & CEO, United States Target Corporation Steel Corporation
September 7, 2012 David Wessel Economics Editor, The Wall Street Journal 18 SEASON 2011-2012
September 8, 2011 February 24, 2012 Dr. Ben Bernanke The Hon. Kevin Brady Chairman, Federal Reserve System U.S. House of Representatives
October 6, 2011 May 10, 2012 Dr. George Buckley Dr. Narayana Kocherlakota Chairman, President, & CEO, 3M President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
April 17, 2012 November 15, 2011
Pascal Lamy Michelle Rhee Director-General, World Trade Organization Founder & CEO, StudentsFirst
December 9, 2011
His Excellency Arturo Sarukhán Ambassador of Mexico to the United States 19 SEASON 2010-2011
January 18, 2011 October 7, 2010 Tom Donohue Richard Fisher President & CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
April 28, 2011 May 26, 2011
Ann Fudge Dr. R. Glenn Hubbard Member, National Commission on Fiscal Dean, Columbia Business School; Responsibility and Reform; Former Chairman Former Chair, Council of Economic Advisers & CEO, Young & Rubicam
November 11, 2010 October 28, 2010
Greg Page Dr. Matthew Slaughter Chairman & CEO, Cargill Professor, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
March 8, 2011 December 2, 2010 John Stumpf Ambassador Bob Zoellick Chairman, President & CEO, Wells Fargo President, World Bank 20 SEASON 2009-2010
January 16, 2010 May 10, 2010
Richard Davis Dr. Narayana Kocherlakota Chairman & CEO, U.S. Bancorp President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
October 11, 2009 September 15, 2009
The Hon. Ray LaHood Edward C. Prescott U.S. Secretary of Transportation Chair in Economics, W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU
October 15, 2009 May 19, 2010
The Hon. Paul Ryan Her Excellency Meera Shankar U.S. House of Representatives Ambassador of India to the United States
March 16, 2010 March 14, 2010 The Hon. David M. Walker Deborah Wince-Smith President & CEO, Peterson Foundation President, Council on Competitiveness 21 SEASON 2008-2009
October 2008 September 2008
The Right Hon. Liam Fox Brian Gunderson Former Minister of Defence, United Kingdom Former Chief of Staff to Condoleezza Rice, State Department
April 2009 March 26, 2009 Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger Dr. Gary Stern Former German Ambassador to the United States President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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