Past Speakers

The Institute offers practical leadership training conducted by respected local, state, and national speakers on a variety of leadership topics. Here is a sampling of guest speakers who have presented to the Institute Fellows:

Valerie A. Arkoosh, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and former President of the National Physicians Alliance

The Honorable Ward L. Armstrong, 10th District (D), Virginia House of Delegates; Minority Leader

Randolph T. Barker, Ph.D., Professor of Management, Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Business

Charles E. Dwyer, Ph.D., Academic Director for the Aresty Institute's Managing People Program, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School; and Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

The Honorable T. Scott Garrett, M.D., 23rd District (R), Virginia House of Delegates

Hugh F. Gouldthorpe, Jr. Senior Vice President of Quality and Communications (Head Cheerleader), Owens&Minor

The Honorable William A. Hazel Jr., MD, Virginia’s Secretary of Health and Human Resources (2010-)

Stephen “Steve” A. Horan, Ph.D., President of Community Health Solutions

The Honorable William J. Howell, 28th District (R), Virginia House of Delegates; Speaker of the House, Chair of Rules Committee

Edward F. X. Hughes, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Health Industry Management and Management and Strategy, Kellogg School of Management; and Professor of Preventive Medicine in The Medical School, Northwestern University
The Honorable Tim Kaine, Governor of Virginia (2006-10)

Frank J. Lexa, M.D., M.B.A., practicing neuroradiologist; Professor of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine; and adjunct faculty, Wharton School

The Honorable Robert “Bob” F. McDonnell, Governor of Virginia (2010-)

The Honorable Harvey B. Morgan, 98th District (R), Virginia House of Delegates

William L. Murray, Ph.D., Managing Director of Corporate Public Policy, Dominion; and Adjunct Professor, Virginia Tech

The Honorable Ralph S. Northam, M.D., 6th District (D), Virginia Senate

Chalmers “Chal” M. Nunn, Jr., M.D., MMM, CPE, FACPE, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Centra Health and past President of the American College of Physician Executives

The Honorable John M. O'Bannon, III, 73rd District (R), Virginia House of Delegates

The Honorable Christopher P. Stolle, M.D., M.B.A., 83rd District (R), Virginia House of Delegates

The Honorable Marilyn Tavenner, Virginia’s Secretary of Health and Human Resources (2006-10)

Charles “Chic” Thompson, President, Creative Management Group; adjunct faculty member, at the University of Virginia Darden Business School, The YPO University (Young Presidents’ Organization), The Brookings Institution, and The Federal Executive Institute