Business leaders of today and tomorrow will discuss the most pressing issues in the economy when the second McGlothlin Leadership Forum takes place next week at The College of William and Mary.
From Oct. 2 to 4, students from the business and law schools will interact with preeminent business leaders during the McGlothlin Forum, named for W&M alum James McGlothlin, a CEO in the coal industry.
McGlothlin, who is known for the “McGlothlin Energy Policy,” is a former lawyer and executive-in-residence at the Mason School of Business.
The forum is designed to prepare students to think innovatively and prepare for roles of leadership and accountability. Its designated Forum Fellows, who will lead debate and analysis, are Robert Clifford, Thomas Usher and Seth Waugh.
While several of the events are open to students only, a plenary session will be open to the public at 2 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Brinkley Commons Room of Alan B. Miller Hall at the School of Business. McGlothlin, Waugh, Usher and Clifford will discuss the topic, “What Must Be Done Post-Election to Right America’s Economic, Legal and Political Systems?”
Clifford, principal partner of Clifford Law Partners, is the immediate past president of the Chicago Bar Association and serves as chair of the American Bar Association Illinois Delegation to the House of Delegates. He is also a member of the National Judicial College, dedicated to furthering the education of judges, and serves on the Illinois Supreme Court’s Committee on Civility.
As a lawyer, Clifford has represented families in every commercial aviation crash in the U.S. since the late ’70s, consistently winning multi-million dollar verdicts. He is the court-appointed Liaison Counsel in the 9/11 Property Damage claims pending in the Southern District of New York.
Usher serves as chairman of the board of Marathon Petroleum Corporation and is the former chairman of the board of the United States Steel Corporation, where he retired as CEO and president in 2004.
Waugh is chairman of the Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. Board of Directors and serves as chairman of the board, CEO and president of several Deutsche Bank companies. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Waugh was CEO of Quantitative Financial Strategies, a $2.5 billion hedge fund and spent 11 years at Merrill Lynch.
Questions can be submitted to the fellows here. Learn more about the Forum.
