Leadership Summit Features Colin Powell, Top Execs

Powell, a retired four-star U.S. Army general who was the nation's top diplomat during President Bush's first term, will be keynote speaker for the event.

His presentation will begin at 8 p.m. in Humphrey Coliseum. MSU faculty, staff and students will receive one free admission ticket with valid identification. A limited number of $10 public seats are being made available Sept. 3, beginning at 8:30 a.m. from the coliseum ticket office. Otherwise, the two-day registration fee is $399.

Sponsored by the university's College of Business and Industry and Division of Academic Outreach and Continuing Education, the summit primarily features a series of workshops and panel discussions led by visiting executives.

"We have been very fortunate to secure some of the nation's most distinguished and successful executives to discuss critical business issues facing us in the future," said organizer Barbara Spencer, associate dean of the college.

"We believe these panelists will offer unique perspectives on rapid shifts in the world economy and world environment and the new demands for leadership," she added.

    A partial list of featured workshop leaders includes:

    -- Richard Adkerson, president and chief executive officer of Freeport-
       McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc., the world's largest publicly traded
       copper company. He is an MSU accounting graduate and namesake of the
       college's accounting school.

    -- Chuck Boles, founder of the Chuck & Buddy business marketing firm.
       He is a senior member of the Northern Virginia Association of
       Realtors.

    -- Walt C. Coleman III, a National Football League official and
       longtime owner of Coleman Dairy in Little Rock, Ark.

    -- Ralph D. Crosby Jr., president and chief executive officer of EADS
       North America, one of the world's largest aerospace and defense
       companies.

    -- John Hendrix, director of economic development for the Mississippi
       Band of Choctaw Indians.

    -- Carl Hicks, founder and president of the Growth Group in Chevy
       Chase, Md. An MSU management graduate, he held positions earlier
       with the World Bank and Verizon Communications., among others.

    -- Hu Meena, chief executive officer of Cellular South.

    -- James E. Newsome, president and chief executive officer of the New
       York Mercantile Exchange, the world's largest physical commodity
       futures exchange and pre-eminent energy and precious metals trading
       forum. He holds master's and doctoral degrees from MSU.

    -- Shirley Olson, president of Jackson-based Olson Consulting Group.

    -- Marshall Ramsey, editorial cartoonist with the Clarion-Ledger
       newspaper.

    -- David P. Rumbarger, president and chief executive officer of the
       Tupelo-based Community Development Foundation.

    -- Carolyn Shanks, senior vice president, administration and corporate
       support, Enexus Energy Corp., an independent, publicly traded nuclear
       power company founded by Entergy Mississippi. An MSU accounting
       graduate, she is Entergy's former president.

    -- Barbara Travis, executive director of the Mississippi World Trade
       Center.

Colin Powell also has held national leadership positions as the president's national security adviser and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His 1995 autobiography, "My American Journey," was a best-seller.

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