{"id":352,"date":"2019-09-11T13:40:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T13:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/econ208.econ.lsa.umich.edu\/?page_id=352"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:53:43","slug":"current-and-past-semesters-speakers-schedules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/econ208\/current-and-past-semesters-speakers-schedules\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;text-decoration: underline\">Fall 2026 Semester Schedule :<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(All sessions take place at 1pm; In-person sessions take place in Auditorium C in Angell Hall.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Friday, September 11, 2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>&#8220;An Introduction to The University Career Center and The LSA Opportunity Hub&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211; Chelsea Moore (She\/Her) and Tyler Wang (She\/Her); Moore: Assistant Director, Career Education and Campus Partnerships, University Career Center; Wang: Director, Alum Engagement, LSA Opportunity Hub.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In-Person &#8211; Request a link to stream the session online*: click here (link coming soon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Friday, September 18, 2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sam G. Huszczo, CFA (He\/Him)<\/strong>; BA 2003 Econ ; Founder &amp; Chief Investment Officer, SGH Wealth Management.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In-Person &#8211; Request a link to stream the session online*: click here (link coming soon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Friday, October 2, 2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Robert Bronstein (He\/Him)<\/strong>; BA 1995 Econ ; Co-Founder &amp; Chief Executive Officer, The Scion Group.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In-Person &#8211; Request a link to stream the session online*: click here (link coming soon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Friday, October 23, 2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mary Ellen Coe (She\/Her)<\/strong>; BA 1989 Econ, Communications, and Marketing; Chief Business Officer, YouTube.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In-Person &#8211; Request a link to stream the session online*: click here (link coming soon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Friday, November 6, 2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Jamie Horwitz (She\/Her)<\/strong>; BA 1998 Econ; Chief Marketing Officer, Community Capital Management, LLC.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In-Person &#8211; Request a link to stream the session online*: click here (link coming soon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Friday, November 13, 2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rebecca Noeske (She\/Her)<\/strong>; BA 2017 Econ (J.D. Georgetown University Law Center); Immigration Attorney, Antone, Casagrande &amp; Adwers, P.C..\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In-Person &#8211; Request a link to stream the session online*: click here (link coming soon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Friday, November 20, 2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Meishan Yu (She\/Her)<\/strong>; BA 2017 Econ (MS Data Science Harvard); Senior Data Scientist, Meta.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In-Person &#8211; Request a link to stream the session online*: click here (link coming soon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Friday, December 4, 2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Joseph Klein (He\/Him)<\/strong>; BA 1991 Econ, Philosophy; JD 1995; Senior Associate General Counsel, Elevance Health, Inc..\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In-Person &#8211; Request a link to stream the session online*: click here (link coming soon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Friday, December 11, 2026<\/span><\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Katherine Baroutas (She\/Her)<\/strong>; BA 2016 Econ, Psychology; Senior Product Manager, H1.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Online &#8211; Request a link to stream the session online**: click here (link coming soon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Zoom calls for in-person sessions will not allow for interaction with the speaker. Please consider attending in-person when feasible. <br>** Online Sessions will be held exclusively on Zoom and thus will not count against a student&#8217;s Zoom attendance allowance as there is no in-person option.<br>NOTE: Students enrolled in Econ 208 may only attend 1 in-person session virtually during the semester (this does not include sessions scheduled as online). Please see our Canvas site for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Speakers from Past Two Semesters:<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Michael Smith (He\/Him) and Addison Muir (He\/Him); Smith: BA 1997 Econ and Management (Albion), MBA 2003 (Northwestern); Muir: BA 2021 Econ (UM); Institutional Client Advisor (Smith) and Institutional Portfolio Strategy (Muir), JP Morgan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michael Beauregard (He\/Him); BA 1986 (JD\/MBA, Univ of Pittsburgh, 1989); Founding Partner; Investment Committee Member, Huron Capital Partners LLC.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ranya Dajani (She\/Her); BA 1988 (MBA\/Masters in Economics, Boston Univ); Former Pharma and Biotech Executive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catherine Hamet (She\/Her); BA 2017 Econ and International Studies; Senior Product Manager, Constant Contact.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Craig Salveta (He\/Him); BA 2006; Marketing Director &#8211; Consumer Strategy, Lumen Technologies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shawn J. Chen (He\/Him); BA 1992 (JD, Yale); Global Head of Litigation, Employment, Privacy, IP, Financial Crimes &amp; Risk Legal, Stripe, Inc..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wende Headley (She\/Her); BA 1991 Econ and French (MBA, Harvard); Partner and CEO, Quantum Financial Advisors, LLC.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Veeral Shah (He\/Him); BA 2000 (MBA from Northwestern); President of Sales, Nestle Health Sciences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andy Raab (He\/Him); BA 1995 Econ and PoliSci (MBA from Stanford); Managing Director and Co-Founder, FPR Partners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hanna Zlotnick (She\/Her); BA 2015 (PHD from Princeton in Public Policy); Senior Associate, Commercial Banking Research, JP Morgan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jon Sonnenschein (He\/Him); BA 1990 (MBA from Northwestern); CEO, ePlanSoft.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vamsi Bonthala (He\/Him); BA 2000 Econ and PoliSci (JD from Michigan); CEO, Arbor Lodging Partners.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kristel Sauter Tamayo (She\/Her); BA 2014 (Chemical Engineering \/ Economics Dual Degree) (MBA from NYU); Director, Head of Business Development, Advanced Synthesis, Lonza.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Viola Chen (She\/Her); BS 2002 (PhD from UCLA in Economics); Economist, U.S. Federal Trade Commission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elizabeth Minnella Gonzalez (She\/Her); BA 1989; Managing Director and Co-Head, North America Communications Group, Global Corporate Bank, Citi.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall 2026 Semester Schedule : (All sessions take place at 1pm; In-person sessions take place in Auditorium C in Angell Hall.) *Zoom calls for in-person sessions will not allow for interaction with the speaker. 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