Goizueta Distinguished Speaker Series

William Hockey 12BBA is CEO of Column and co-founder and board director of Plaid, a billion dollar financial services company that became a critical piece of financial infrastructure powering popular apps like Venmo, Robinhood, Coinbase, and Acorns. Column is the first nationally chartered bank designed from the ground up for developers and fintech builders. Hockey shares insights on his journey from Emory to launching and scaling a fintech company, the value of working at a start-up, and his passion for lifelong learning.

Allison Dukes 06EMBA is Senior Managing Director and CFO of Invesco. Prior to joining the firm, she was CFO at SunTrust Banks, Inc., where she led the structuring of the merger of equals with BB&T Corporation, now known as Truist Financial Corporation. Before becoming CFO of SunTrust, Dukes served in a series of leadership roles throughout her 20 years with the company, including head of commercial and business banking, president of the Atlanta division, co-head of private wealth management, and managing director and head of syndicated finance originations for SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.

Jim Lanzone’s 98JD/MBA career began during his time at Goizueta Business School, when he launched an early internet start-up with two of his classmates. Now, with over 25 years of leadership and entrepreneurial experience in the tech and media industry, Lanzone serves as CEO of Yahoo. Before joining Yahoo, he was the CEO of Tinder and spent nearly a decade as president and CEO of CBS Interactive, a top 10 global internet company. Here, he shares stories and insights from his unconventional career path.

The global COVID-19 pandemic spurred many conversations on the topic of public health and vaccines. It also highlighted the harsh realities of racial health inequity and wealth inequality. Dr. Helene Gayle MD, MPH is an expert on global development, humanitarian, and health issues. Named one of Forbes’ “100 Most Powerful Women” and one of NonProfit Times “Power and Influence Top 50,” she has authored numerous articles on global and domestic public health issues, poverty alleviation, gender equality, and social justice.

Throughout her career, Thasunda Brown Duckett has been on the forefront of pushing for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As the newly appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of TIAA and the fourth Black woman in history serving as a Fortune 500 CEO, Thasunda Brown Duckett joins the Goizueta Distinguished Speaker Series to discuss her career journey and key advice for emerging leaders.

In 2009 Bill Rogers was hired as President and CEO of SunTrust and tasked with turning around a company struggling due to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression within an industry facing a trust crisis. In eight years, he led the company into the financial industry’s largest and most ambitious merger in over a decade, creating Truist, the sixth largest bank in the United States. Rogers talks about the continuation of his purpose-driven work at Truist and his own personal reflections on what it takes to lead with purpose.

Jim Lanzone 98JD/MBA first found success as an entrepreneur during the dot-com boom of the late 90s, then pivoted to a successful career in media and entertainment serving as CEO of CBS Interactive and the first chief Digital Officer in the history of CBS. This summer, Lanzone has reinvented his career once again, accepting the role of CEO for the world’s most popular dating app, Tinder.

Scott Budnick 99BBA started his career in Hollywood becoming a successful film producer on movies including The Hangover trilogy and Just Mercy. A chance encounter changed his outlook on success, and he became a staunch advocate for criminal justice reform. He founded the Anti-Recidivism Coalition and One Community, a film, television, and digital content co-financing company that uses the power of storytelling to inspire positive global change.