• Home
• About the LLP
  • Contact and Hours
  • Overview of Opportunities
  • Mission
  • Staff Directory
  • History
• Programs
  • First Year Leadership Experience
  • Intermediate Leaders Institute
  • Community Leader Seminar
  • Strengths Based Leadership Seminar & Retreat
  • Inclusion & Diversity Seminar
  • The Sustainable Student Leader
• Leadership Summit
  • Overview
  • Conference Schedule
  • Registration
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Directions to Allendale, Parking, & Hotel Information
  • Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Case Study Competition
    • ODK Case Study Competition Winners
  • Call for Programs
  • Previous Conferences
  • Future Dates
  • Planning Board for Leadership Summit
• Events
  • Student Leader Networking Reception
  • Venderbush Leadership Lecture
    • Past Venderbush Leadership Reception Speakers
  • I am Grand Valley Reception
  • Campus Leadership Week
• Get Involved
• Get Connected
• Leadership Recognition
• For Faculty & Staff
• Resources
  • Leadership University
  • Additional Leadership Development Opportunities
  • LeLande D. Bond Leadership & Service Library
  • Request a Presentation, Training, or Consultation
• I am Grand Valley
• Student Life Homepage

Laker Leadership Programs

• Print
• Site Index
• Contact Us

Past Venderbush Speakers

1999 - 2000
George K. Heartwell, Jr.
City Comissioner, Grand Rapids, MI

Juan R. Olivarez
President, Grand Rapids Community College

Diana Seger
Executive Director, Grand Rapids Foundation

2000 - 2001
Candace Cowling
Executive Director, Child & Family Resource Center

Dirk Koning
Executive Director, Grand Rapids Community Media Center

Patricia Newby
Superintendent, Grand Rapids Public Schools

2001 - 2002
Edward Cardenas
Reporter, The Detroit News

Penny Klein Swanson
Senior Vice President, Edison Schools

Dorothy A. Johnson
President, Ahlburg Company

2002 - 2003
Chris Barbee
Director of Alumni Relations, Grand Valley State University

Joel J. Orosz
Distinguished Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Grand Valley State University

2003 - 2004
Rev. George K. Heartwell
Grand Rapids, Mayor-elect

Emily Aleman
Executive Director of the Hispanic Center of West Michigan

2004 - 2005
Dr. Nanette Reynolds
Senior Advisor to the GVSU President, Grand Valley State University

Memorial of LeLande D. Bond, Bond Family

2005-2006
Tony Baker
Vice President, Synergis Technologies Group

Deborah Clanton
Magistrate for 62nd District Court (Kentwood)

2006-2007
Kristin Linscott
DeVos Children's Hospital Children's Miracle Network

Jason Paulateer
Vice President, National City Bank of the Midwest
Executive Director, Community Development Association of Michigan

2007-2008
David Harris
Clinical Director of Inpatient and Outpatient Physical Therapy Services at Dwight Orthopedic Rehabilitation Company

2008-2009
April Robles
Director, Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Leadership at Miami of Ohio

Angie Barksdale
Program Supervisor, Ottawa County Michigan Works

2009-2010
Stevan Veldkamp
Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Student Activities, Indiana University

Eva Aguirre Cooper
Community Affairs Director at WOOD TV8

2010-2011
Ann Marie Klotz
Assistant Director in the Department of Residential Education, DePaul University

Noddea Skidmore
Event Producer ArtPrize, Grand Rapids

2011-2012
Dan Breuker
Senior Account Manager with Kentwood Office Furniture

Matt Sernau
Former Grand Rapids Jaycees President and Financial and Investment Advisor for Ameriprise Financial Services

2012-2013
John Mauro
Math Teacher at Grand Haven High School

Torrence O'Haire
Founder, Owner, and Freelance Culinary Professional at The Starving Artist
 

Back to the Venderbush Leadership Lecture Page.

Page last modified April 24, 2013