Business Leadership Conference
The College of Business hosts this conference each year during the month of October. Visit this page for details between August and September.
The conference brings in local titans of industry to speak to more than 1000 business students. It helps prepare our students for the realities of the business world in a professional conference environment and provides opportunities to interact with ECU’s Business Advisory Council members, esteemed alumni, employers, and community members. The event complements the intensive leadership preparation that students receive during enrollment in the business program.
The Business Leadership Conference is free for all students in the College of Business and made possible by generous donations from conference sponsors.
View sessions from 2025 Business Leadership Conference.
Past Keynote Speakers
- 2015 – Ruffin McNeil
ECU Head Football Coach - 2016 – Lynn Good
Chairman, President & CEO Duke Energy - 2017 – Robert D. Cabana
Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, Ret.; Director, Kennedy Space Center - 2018 – Janice Bryant Howroyd
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Act•1Group - 2019 – Brian Hamilton Founder, Inmates to Entrepreneurs
- 2020 – Conference Cancelled due to COVID-19
- 2021 – Ken Bouyer
EY Americas Inclusiveness Recruiting Leader - 2022 – John May
Founding and Managing Partner, CORE Industrial Partners - 2023 – Raj Kannan
CEO at I-Mab - 2024 – Matt Crisp
Co-Founder of eVestment - 2025 – Taylor Chappell, CPA
Controller, Nucor Steel Marion – Nucor Corporation