Lunch with a Leader
The Winston Center hosts small-group lunches that give students the opportunity to engage with leaders in an informal setting. Participants have demonstrated interests and alignment with the guest鈥檚 area of expertise, fostering meaningful dialogue and personal connection.
Are you alumni or a friend of Boston College and would like to share your career journey with current undergraduates? Email us at winston.center@bc.edu to learn how to get involved.
FALL 2025
Past Speakers
Donna Tiner, MSF'97, Vice President, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Robert Amen '71,聽President and CEO, International Flavors聽& Fragrances聽Inc.
Robert Bach, President of the Entertainment Devices Division, Microsoft, Chairman Emeritus, Boys and Girls Clubs of America聽
Brad Bates, Director of Athletics, Boston College
Peter Bell '86,聽General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
John Benda, CDR, USN,聽76th Commanding Officer, USS Constitution
Farah Bernier '02,聽Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Global Business and Portfolio Organizations, Google
D. Scott Brown,聽President and COO, Sage Products, Inc.
Greg Brown,聽President and CEO, Motorola
Sean Burke '94,聽Chief Marketing Officer of Solutions, GE Healthcare
Kevin Campbell, CSOM '82,聽Group Chief Executive for Outsourcing, Accenture
Jacqui Canney '89,聽Executive Vice President, Walmart, Inc.
Irene Chini,聽Research Fellow, Universita Ca鈥� Foscari Venezia
Kate Clifford-Toomey '95, Chief Operating Officer for Corporate Risk , Wells Fargo聽
Richard A.C. Coles '90, Managing Principal, Vanbarton Group
Peter Cronan '77,聽Regional Vice President, Merrill Corporation
Bob Davis,聽General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
Sean Donohue '83,聽Chief Executive Officer, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport
Linda Dorcena Forry '96,聽Massachusetts State Senator
Jere Doyle '87,听贰苍迟谤别辫谤别苍别耻谤
Michael Dupee '90,聽Vice President for Corporate Social Responsibility, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Michael K.聽Durkin '77,聽President and CEO, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
Nancy Erba, 笔鈥�19, Vice President of Finance, Seagate Technology
Joe Essa,聽President, Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc.
John F. Fish,聽Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Suffolk Construction, Chair, Boston College Board of Trustees
Dan Fitzpatrick,聽President and CEO for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, Citizens Bank
Patrick M. Gallagher '02,聽聽CEO, Americas of Gallagher Global Brokerage and聽Thomas J. Tropp, Global Chief Ethics Officer, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
Jim Gibbons,聽President and CEO, Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
Kenneth Giuriceo '95, Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and聽Won Young Giuriceo '95, Treasurer, One Love Foundation
Andrew Glincher '80, CEO & Managing Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
Vivian Grimes '16, Founder, Henri Noel, and聽Carolina Menendez '16, Chief Marketing Officer, Henri Noel
Brian Groves '93,聽Director, Global Services, Facebook
Drew Hession-Kunz, Entrepreneur and Senior Lecturer, Seidner Department of Finance
Brendan Hickey '95, Application Sales Representative, Oracle
Patricia Hillman,聽Executive Vice President, Fidelity Strategic Investments
Joseph L. "Jay" Hooley '79,聽Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, State Street Corporation
Kim Jeffery P'21,聽Former Chairman & CEO, Nestle Waters North America
Karen Kaplan,聽President, Hill Holliday
Al Kelly,聽President and Head of Global Consumer Group, American Express Company
Sam Kennedy,聽President, Fenway Sports Group
Bernard Kim '98, Chief Executive Officer, The Match Group
Katy Knox, CGSOM '98, President, Bank of America Private Bank
Daniel Koh,聽Chief of Staff, City of Boston
Jeff Larson '93, President, Mediassociates
Fr. William P. Leahy, S.J.,聽University President, Boston College
Phil LeBeau, P'18, Emmy Award-winning reporter, CN蘑菇视频
Andrea Lisher '96, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan
Jack Littman-Quinn '77,聽President and CEO, MarketBurst, LLC
Lindsay LoBue '96,聽Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs
James Loftus '00, Managing Partner, PayPal Ventures
Carolyn HON '90, and Peter Lynch '65, HON '95,聽Founders, Lynch Foundation
Dannel P. Malloy '77, Law'80, P'15, Governor of Connecticut (2011-2019)
Bill McKiernan '78,聽Founder, CyberSource Corporation
Chris Menard '00,聽Chief Financial Officer, Brightcove
Michael Millette, CGSOM '94,聽Managing Director and Head of Financial Institutions-Structured Finance Goldman Sachs, New York
Sergio Monsalve, P'26, Founding Partner, Roble Ventures
Terrence Moorehead 鈥�85, CEO, Nature鈥檚 Sunshine
Robert J. Morrissey, Esq. '60,聽Senior Partner, Morrissey, Hawkins and Lynch
Tim Morse '91, Former Interim CEO, Yahoo!
Beth Mowins,聽Announcer and Reporter, ESPN
Steve Phelps, CGSOM '87,聽President, NASCAR
Rupal Patel Poltack '94, President, Walton Enterprises, LLC
Joe Petrowski,聽CEO, Gulf-Cumberland Group
Rev. Edward J. Phillips, MM '68聽(inaugural series speaker)
Bill Priemer '89, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hyland Software, Inc.
Christine M. Reynolds聽'80,聽President and COO, Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services Group
Phil Schiller '82,聽Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Apple
Tom Sebok,聽President and CEO, Young & Rubicam North America
Randy Seidl '85,聽Senior Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking 鈥� Americas, Hewlett-Packard Company
Marc P. Seidner, CFA, '88,聽CIO of Non-Traditional Strategies, Managing Director, and Head of New York Portfolio Management, PIMCO
Donna Tiner, MSF'97, Vice President, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Steve Tumolo '84, Co-Founder & Executive Director,
David Wajsgras,聽Senior Vice President and CFO, Raytheon
Janet Wang '99,聽Managing Director, Oaktree Management Capital 聽聽聽聽
Keith Wargo '90, Managing Director, Mizuho Bank and Anne Wargo, Consultant
Michael Welch, STM'87, LGSOE'93, CEO, UniBank
Mike White聽'74,聽Vice Chairman, PepsiCo, CEO, PepsiCo International
Benaree Wiley,聽Principal, The Wiley Group, Former President and CEO, The Partnership, Inc.
Norby Williamson,聽Executive Vice President, Programming & Acquisitions, ESPN
Grace Zuncic '05, Chief People Officer, Chobani