Past Distinguished Lecturers
Dan Cathy - 2006
President & COO, Chick-Fil-A
Ralph O. Brennan, FMP - 2006
President, Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group, LLC
Joe Perdue, CMM, CHE - 2006
Academic Advisor, Club Managers Association of America
Brad Vassar - 2006
Executive Vice President/General Manager
Peggy Tsiang Cherng, Ph. D. - 2006
Co-Chair, Panda Restaurant Group, Inc.
Thomas W. LaTour - 2005
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
Joseph P. Micatrotto - 2004
Buca, Inc.
Stephen F. Bollenbach - 2003
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Jackie Trujillo - 2002
Harman Management Corporation
Andrew J.C. Cherng - 2001
Panda Restaurant Group, Inc.
Martin A. Sklar - 1999
Walt Disney Imagineering
Walter T. Klenz - 1999
Beringer Wine Estates
Richard E. Marriott - 1997
Host Marriott Corporation
Herman Cain - 1995
Godfather's Pizza, Inc.
Julia Stewart - 1994
Taco Bell
Kenneth Blanchard - 1993
Blanchard Training & Development, Inc.
Robert I. Small - 1992
Fairmont Hotel Management Company
Donald E. Lundberg - 1991
Cal Poly Pomona
James A. Collins - 1990
Sizzler International, Inc
Richard N. Frank - 1989
Lawry's Restaurants, Inc .