Sentry School of Business and Economics Business and Society Lecture Series
Business and Society Lecture Series
The Sentry School of Business and Economics is proud to host a Business and Society Lecture, bringing a noted author or thought leader to Central Wisconsin.
Business and Society Lecture Series
Ken Favaro
2026
Based on his decades of experience working with CEOs, executive teams and boards, Ken Favaro has written Real Strategy; published in 2024, the book is a no-nonsense guide to the most difficult questions about strategy. Favaro has also co-developed a new approach to innovation known as “Precedents Thinking” which was featured in the Harvard Business Review in 2025.
Business and Society Lecture Series
Liz Nilsen
2022-23
Liz Nilsen is associate director of the Agile Strategy Lab at the University of North Alabama, director of operations of the Strategic Doing Institute and co-author of the award-winning 2019 book, Strategic Doing: Ten Skills for Agile Leadership.
Business and Society Lecture Series
John List ’92
2021-22
University of Chicago professor of economics, Walmart chief economist and UW-Stevens Point Distinguished Alumnus John List ’92 returned to campus March 3-4, 2022, to speak about his experiences of scaling great ideas and shared stories from the White House and Chicago Heights schools to Uber and Lift.
Business and Society Lecture Series
Bethany McLean
2019-20
Bethany McLean, journalist at Vanity Fair and CNBC, presented “Why Business Goes Bad: Lessons from 20 years of covering frauds, scams and other disasters.” McLean is credited with exposing the Enron scandal and has covered stories about Valeant, Wells Fargo, Fannie Mae and the energy revolution.
Elizabeth Martin
- Professor – Business
- Director – Anderson Classroom to Career Center
- Director – Sentry School of Business and Economics Student Engagement Program
715-346-4303
Carie Winn
- Outreach Specialist and Operations Manager – Sentry School of Business and Economics Anderson Classroom to Career (C2C) Center
- Major Gifts Officer – Sentry School of Business and Economics
715-346-2448
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