“The speakers Cathy is able to deliver are the top names in their fields. She gets the ungettable guest; I’ve been amazed at her ability, time after time, to turn a ‘no’ into a ‘yes.’ As a client, I’ve found her to be as graceful, professional and conscientious as she is persuasive. Rather than a consultant, I truly feel that Cathy is a colleague who brings the same sense of urgency to my cause that I do…”
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David M. Rubin, Former Dean, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University
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| Speakers Recruited to CGC Events |
| From heads of major corporations to leading experts in their fields, CGC secures speakers who provide substance and newsworthy insights, as well as attract the audiences our clients need and want to reach. Here are just a few: |
Actress Anne Hathaway and Sony Pictures’ Michael Lynton
Roger Ailes, Chairman & CEO, FOX News George W. Bodenheimer, President, ESPN & ABC Sports, The Walt Disney Co. Sir Richard Branson, Founder & President, Virgin Group Ursula M. Burns, Chairman & CEO, Xerox Corp. Thomas P. Campbell, Director & CEO, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Geoffrey Canada, President & CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman & CEO, American Express Co. Melissa Chiu, VP, Global Art Programs & Museum Director, Asia Society Henrique de Castro, VP, Global Media & Platforms, Google Inc. Barry Diller, Chairman & Senior Executive, IAC Samuel A. DiPiazza, Jr., Global CEO, PricewaterhouseCoopers Michael T. Duke, President & CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Elizabeth Economy, Senior Fellow & Director for Asia studies, Council on Foreign Relations Nora Ephron, Director/Writer, Heartburn Entertainment Laurence D. Fink, Chairman & CEO, BlackRock, Inc. William Clay Ford Jr., Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company 
Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ Sam DiPiazza and Reuters’ Emily Chasan
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., Retired Chairman & CEO, The IBM Corp. Robert Greifeld, CEO, NASDAQ OMX Group Anne Hathaway, Actress Tony Hawk, President, Tony Hawk, Inc. Robert Herz, Chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board Conrad Hewitt, Former Chief Accountant, U.S. SEC Grace Hightower De Niro, Board Member, New York Women’s Foundation Arianna Huffington, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post Robert A. Iger, President & CEO, Walt Disney Co. Jeffrey R. Immelt, Chairman & CEO, General Electric Co. Tom Jones, Vice Chairman, International Accounting Standards Board Mel Karmazin, CEO, Sirius Satellite Radio Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President, Waterkeeper Alliance & Chief Prosecuting Attorney, Hudson Riverkeeper Steve Kroft, Correspondent, “60 Minutes,” CBS News A.G. Lafley, CEO, The Procter & Gamble Co. Shelly Lazarus, Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Michael Lynton, Chairman & CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment Ian Mackintosh, Chair, Accounting Standards Board, Financial Reporting Council (UK) Leslie Moonves, President & CEO, CBS Corp. Peter Norton, President, The Peter Norton Family Foundation Edward E. Nusbaum, CEO, Grant Thornton Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman, President & CEO, IBM Corp. Richard D. Parsons, Chairman & CEO, Time Warner George E. Pataki, Former Governor, State of New York; Counsel, Environmental, Chadbourne & Parke; Founder & Chairman, Pataki-Cahill Group David A. Paterson, Governor, State of New York Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, The Blackstone Group T. Boone Pickens, Chairman & CEO, BP Capital James E. Press, Vice Chairman & President, Chrysler David M. Rubenstein, Founding Partner & Managing Director, The Carlyle Group The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes, Former Senator (D-MD) Howard D. Schultz, Founder & Chairman, Starbucks Corp. Eric Schmidt, Chairman & CEO, Google Lisa See, Author, “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” and “Dreams of Joy” Eliot Spitzer, Former Governor, State of New York; Former Attorney General, State of New York; Host, CNN George Soros, Founder & Chairman, Soros Fund Management Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive, WPP Jon Stewart, Anchor & Executive Producer, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman & CEO, Sony Corp. 
The Wall Street Journal’s Alan Murray and the International Accounting Standards Board’s Tom Jones
Ted Turner, Vice Chairman, AOL Time Warner Lynn E. Turner, Former Chief Accountant, U.S. SEC Sir David Tweedie, Chairman, International Accounting Standards Board John B. Veihmeyer, CEO, KPMG LLP and Americas Chairman, KPMG International Barbara Walters, Correspondent, “The Barbara Walters Specials” & Creator, Co-Host & Executive Producer, “The View,” ABC Bruce Wasserstein, Chairman & CEO, Lazard Ltd. James D. Wolfensohn, President, The World Bank Jeffrey A. Zucker, President & CEO, NBC Universal |