Guest Executive Dinners

James LaDine David Smith Don Purdy Norman Leenhouts William Kuchta Jeff Ziegler
David Tideman Emerson Fullwood Rhea Reed Brad Van Riper Karen Fohl Keith Nickoloff
Mark Mungenast Doug Perkins Jeff Clay Cliff Lange David Foster
Eugene Frost Efrain Rivera Jennifer Haines Tom Taylor
Bill Carpenter Lori Northrup
Lyn Barnett David Walton
       

The Guest Executive Dinner series at Houghton College brings a steady stream of experienced executives to campus each semester.

This program is designed to help students:

  • catch the excitement and spirit of the free enterprise system;

  • meet individuals who are succeeding in living out ethical/biblical principles in the marketplace;

  • further their efforts in networking;

  • broaden their exposure to the ever widening range of industries and opportunities for service; and

  • obtain role models for being "salt and light" in the workplace.

About once each month during the semester a guest executive will come to campus and speak on one or more of these topics. They will usually introduce students to their industry, describe their current responsibilities and then provide an overview of their career and the challenges they have faced. Then students have a time to interact both formally and informally. The topics discussed include ethics and Christianity in the marketplace, how to best interact with superiors, subordinates, and employees, entrepreneurial strategy, and many others.

These dinners are open to any student on campus. For details on past guest executives, click on the respective years below or on any pictures posted above for a direct link to that executive's page. 

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2007-2009  2006-2007  2005-2006  2004-2005  2003-2004  2002-2003