June 2009, Panelist CEO Financial Seminar, New York, NY
June 2009, Panelist “Roundtable for Endowments & Foundations” Hedge Fund Institutional Forum, Boston, MA
May 2009, Speaker Cornerstone Energy breakfast, Washington, DC
May 2009, Speaker LEK Distinguished Speakers series, Boston, MA
May 2009, ACG DealMakers Speakers Program, Boston, MA
March 2009, Speaker “Private Equity, Hedge Funds and DCOs”, Cornerstone breakfast talk, Boston, MA
January 2009, Speaker “The New Face of Capitalism” Distinguished Lecture Series, Vero Beach, FL
September 2008, Moderator “Sector Smarts” panel, Hanover
September 2008, Speaker “Private Equity, Hedge Funds and CDOs”, Cornerstone breakfast talk, Washington, DC
November 2006, Moderated Panel on “The mechanics of an emerging markets deals: identifying the target, extra due diligence, executing the deal,” The 2006 Emerging Markets Private Equity Forum, London England
October 2006, Moderated Panel on “The Story of GlycoFi,” Greener Ventures Conference on Entrepreneurship, Hanover, NH.
October 2006, “The Growing Influence of Private Equity in the Global Economy,” London, England.
November 2005, Participant “Financial Services Summit,” New York.
October 2005, Moderated Panel on “Tough Issues: Money and People,” Greener Ventures Conference on Entrepreneurship, Hanover, NH.
July 2003, Private Equity COO and CFO Conference, New York, NY.
July 2003, Private Equity COO and CFO Conference, Keynote Speaker, London, England.
September 2002, ILPA Conference, Toronto, Ontario Canada.
April 2002, Private Equity Presentation to Dartmouth Research Development and Officers, Hanover, NH.
April 2002, Private Equity Presentation to Edwards & Angel Law Firm, Boston, MA.
December 2001, Attended “Private Equity Analyst Conference”, New York, NY.
November 2001, Moderated Panel on Foundations for the Initiative for Corporate Citizenship, Hanover, NH.
May 2001, Attended “Nantucket Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation,” Nantucket, MA.
May 2001, Attended JFK Teaching Workshop, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA.
April 2001, “Visioning the Future,” a panel discussion at the final plenary of the AACSB Annual Conference, New York, NY.
March 2001, Participated in “Private Equity Roundtable for Tuck Today,” Hanover, NH.
July 2000, Participated in “Enterprise, Venture Finance & Emerging Technologies: Enhancing UK-US Opportunities in Public Interest” Conference, US Embassy, London, UK.
July 2000, “What Lessons from Successes and Failures of American Policies and Practices Might be Especially Applicable to the UK?” a panel discussion at the UK/US Conference on Enterprise and Technology, London, UK.
July 2000, “What do Venture Capitalists look for in Startups and Growing Businesses?” a panel discussion at the UK/US Conference on Enterprise and Technology, London, UK.
April 1997, “European Private Equity,” presented at The Russell Capital Seminar on Private Equity, The Hoover Institute, Stanford, CA.
November 1995, “Unbundling and Transmission Pricing in the Natural Gas Industry,” an invited debate with Charles Chichetti before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
April 27, 1994, “Competing in the New Deregulated Gas Markets,” Symposium on Future of the Gas Industry in the New Competitive Market, The Institute of Economic Affairs, London, UK.
February 7, 1994, “Fundraising, School Mission, and School Leadership,” AACSB Conference on Fundraising, Washington, D.C.
August 5, 1992, “Economics of Incremental Pricing for Natural Gas Transportation,” testimony before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
November 1991, “Rolled-In vs. Incrementation Pricing of Natural Gas Transportation,” testimony before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
June 5, 1990, addressed Company of the Year Award Dinner of the Trinidad Express Newspapers Limited, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
March 21, 1990, “The Importance of Continued Education to Strengthen the Management and Financial Skills of Small Business Owners,” presented at the Houston Business Council‟s Annual Scholarship and Awards Luncheon, Houston, TX.
March 1990, guest speaker on Financial News Network‟s show, The Private Motive on the subject: “Should You Get an MBA?”
January 1990, “Management Education and the Global Challenge of the Next Decade,” presented at the Global Seminar and Symposium, International University of Japan, Tokyo, Japan.
June 1989, “The International Challenge: Graduate Management Education in Europe and Japan,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Graduate Management Admission Council, Baltimore, MD.
1988-1989, chaired the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business‟ Task Force on Outcome measurement (see report of June 1989).
1987-1990, chaired the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business‟ Committee on Government Relations.
May 1987, “Strategy and Competition,” presented at the Mid-Atlantic Association of Headmasters in Private Secondary Schools.
November 1985, “Management and Strategy in Private Secondary Education,” presented at the Headmistress Association of the East, Princeton, NJ.
September 10, 1985, “Managing the Change from Regulated to Deregulated Business,” presented at a conference for senior lawyers by Burlington Northern, Laguna Nigel, CA.
October 1982, “Alternative Energy Pictures: Duplications for Electric Utilities,” presented at the Conference on Energy and the Economy, The Energy Bureau.
September 1982, “Planning Systems for Electric Utilities,” presented at the EEI Conference, Washington, DC.
June 1982, “Pattern Recognition and Economic Analysis,” invited comments at the IFAC/IFORS Conference on International Economic Dynamics and Control, Federal Reserve Board.
1982, “The Electric Utility Industry in the 1980s,” presented at the 4th Annual Conference on Energy and the Economy, The Energy Bureau.
September 1980, “Gas Distribution Planning and Marginal Costs,” presented at the Annual Research Conference of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Columbus, OH.
April 1979, “Reorganization: Issues, implication and Opportunities for U.S. Natural Resources Policy”, sponsored by the Center for Resource and Environmental Research, participant commendation, Duke University, Durham, NC.
November 1978, “Economics of Public Pension Plans,” presented at the Pension Regulation Symposium, sponsored by Duke Law Journal, Washington, DC.
October 1978, “Regulation of Public Employee Pensions,” Duke Law Journal Symposium, Durham, NC
November 1977, “National Income Policy,” at the Southern Pension Conference, Southern Pines, NC.
October 1977, “Federal Government Reorganization of Private Pension Regulation,” Presented at the American Bar Association meeting, Washington, DC.
May 24, 1977, “The Politics of Biomedical Research Funding: The Case of Diabetes,” presented at an NIH Symposium on The Politics of Health, Washington, DC.
November 1976, “Use and Abuse of Human Capital Theory,” presented at the Southern Economics Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
December 1976, “The Outlook for Federal Aid to State and Local Government,” ISI Symposium on Federal Aid to Local Government, Atlanta, GA.
March 1976, “Special Initiatives and Resource Allocation in Biomedical Research,” Law and Contemporary Problems, Symposium on FY 1977 budget, Washington, DC.
January 1976, “The Federal Budget for Higher Education,” introductory comments as chairman and organizer of ACE Symposium on FY 1977 budget, Washington, DC.
1976, “Federal Aid to State and Local Government,” presented at the Annual Meeting of North Carolina Municipal Budget Officers Association, Raleigh, NC.