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2008 Downtown Business Breakfast
Carly Fiorina is one of the most recognized leaders in business who throughout her extraordinary career has successfully blazed new trails and defied odds. After rising through the ranks of AT&T and Lucent Technologies, she became the first woman ever to head a Fortune 20 company, serving as chair and CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005.
She is the author of The New York Times best-seller Tough Choices: A Memoir, and a strategic advisor to business and government.
An engaging speaker, an exceptional leader, and a person of character and savvy, Fiorina will share lessons she has learned on leadership, globalization, competition, and organizational change.
More about Carly Fiorina (PDF, 92K).
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Former Downtown Business Breakfast speakers include:Senior fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Afternoon Public LectureAt 1 p.m., Carly Fiorina will speak in Upper Gwinn Commons at Seattle Pacific University, sharing lessons she has learned on leadership, globalization, competition, and organizational change. The lecture is free and open to the public. |
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About the Downtown Business BreakfastThrough this annual event, now in its 12th year, SPU President Philip Eaton gathers more than 1,200 community leaders for breakfast to hear from national speakers who engage the audience with discussion of the most thought-provoking ideas and issues of our time. |
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