Kenneth Hyatt Leadership Speaker Series

The Hyatt Distinguished Leadership Speaker Series brings a distinguished leader to campus each fall and spring who can share wisdom and insight with the School's students and the wider Georgia Tech community. It is made possible by the generous support of Kenneth Hyatt, CE 62, MS IM 66.

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Lorraine Green

Spring 2023 Speaker:
Lorraine Green ChE 84, MS EnvE 93

President (Retired), Pond & Company

"Entry Level to CEO: Everything They Never Told Me"

Lorraine Green, PE, MS EnvE 93, is the former President and CEO of Pond & Company, a global A/E/C firm headquartered in Metro Atlanta, Georgia. With a strong business acumen and desire to serve clients, she opened Green Environmental at the age of 27. Following this, she was named President of Pond in 2018. She was named one of Atlanta’s Most Admired CEOs by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

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Past Speakers

Guiomar Obregón

Fall 2022
CEO and Founder
Precision 2000

Built From the Ground Up
October 11, 2022
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Rudy Bonaparte

Spring 2022
Chairman, Geosyntec 
Professor of the Practice

CEEs as Leaders in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
February 17, 2022
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Blake Peck

Fall 2021
Founder, McDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc.

Values-Based Leadership: Building the Right Culture for Your Business
October 5, 2021
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Reginald DesRoches

Spring 2021
Provost, Rice University

The 10 C's of Academic Leadership
February 23, 2021
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Stacie Sire

Fall 2020
Director of Structures Engineering, Boeing Commerical Airplanes

Soar in Your Career and Change the World
September 17, 2020
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Bill Higginbotham

Spring 2020
President and CEO, ET Environmental Corporation

Engineering a Career in Small Business
February 6, 2020
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John Huff

Fall 2019
Chairman, Oceaneering International Inc.

Lessons in Leadership
October 3, 2019
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Wassim A. Selman

Fall 2018
President, Infrastructure – North America, Arcadis

Including People in All Equations
October 2, 2018
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William "Bill" Calhoun

Spring 2018
Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President, Clark Construction Group

Practical Advice on Leadership
February 15, 2018
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Andy Phelps

Fall 2017
Retired Principal Vice President, Bechtel Corp.

Building Big
October 3, 2017
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Suzanne Shank

Spring 2017
Chairwoman, CEO and Co-Founder, Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co.

Connections:  The Characters and Context that Create Great Leaders
February 21, 2017
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Emmy Montanye, P.E., LEED AP

Fall 2016
Senior Vice President, Kimley-Horn and Associates

Engineering and Leadership: A Formula for Success and Satisfaction
September 20, 2016
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Charles "Wick" Moorman

Spring 2016
Retired Chairman and CEO, Norfolk Southern

A Helluva Way to Run a Railroad
March 9, 2016
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Gen. Philip Breedlove

Fall 2015
NATO Supreme Allied Commander

A Perspective on Leadership in the 21st Century
October 26, 2015
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G. Wayne Clough, Ph.D., P.E.

Inaugural Speaker
President Emeritus, Georgia Institute of Technology
Secretary Emeritus, Smithsonian Institution

From the Eocene to the Anthropocene: An Engineer’s View of Climate Change
March 24, 2015
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