Executive Development Events

The Executive Development Events are held once per semester exclusively for our MBAs and faculty, and provide a unique opportunity for our MBAs to enhance their personal and professional development. At these events, our MBAs and an invited guest enjoy an elegant dinner at one of our partnering venue properties. The EDEs are a “signature event” of the PLNU MBA experience, so make sure to attend!

Spring 2012

Thursday, March 29th
Location: The University Club Atop the Symphony Towers
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Check-in
8:30 pm - Dinner & Program
Guest Speaker: TBD

 

Please click on one of the following links to register for this event:

Current Student Registration Form               OR                 MBA Alumni Registration Form
Registration Deadline is Monday, March 26th

 

    

 

Fall 2011

Guest Speaker: Congressman Mick Mulvaney (South Carolina)

Please click here to learn more about Congressman Mulvaney
Location:  Bothwell Residence
The FBEI was pleased to host the EDE at the home of our very dear friends Steve and PJ Bothwell.  Steve was our 2010 Business Partner of the Year and has been a great friend and strong supporter of our work for the past 6 years. This was the first time that we hosted an event at their lovely home in Point Loma overlooking the San Diego Bay.  

 

 

 

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Summer 2011 

Guest Speaker: Mrs. Ellen Hughes-Cromwick

Chief Economist, Ford Motor Company

Ellen Hughes-Cromwick is chief economist at Ford Motor Company.  Her global team is responsible for firm's global economic and automotive industry forecasts used to support business strategy, finance, and planning.  Prior to joining Ford, Ellen was a senior economist at Mellon Bank from 1990 to 1996, and assistant professor of economics at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut during the late 1980s.  She also served for two years as a staff economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisers during the Reagan Administration.  Ellen received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Master's degree in International Development and a Ph.D. in Economics at Clark University in Massachusetts. 

Ellen completed a six-year term on the National Association for Business Economics, included a one-year term as President.  She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the NABE Foundation.  Ellen also is a member of several professional organizations, including the Conference of Business Economists, Harvard Industrial Economists Group, and the American Economic Association (AEA).  Ellen will participate in an AEA panel session at the January 2011 annual meeting.  Most recently, she was appointed to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Board of Directors for a five-year term. 

 

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Spring 2011

 

 

Rear Admiral William D. French, Commander, Navy Region was the guest speaker for the Spring 2011 Executive Development Event on March 17th at the University Club. 

 

 

 

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Fall 2010

Mr. Stein Kruse, President and CEO of Holland America Line was the guest speaker for the Fall 2010 Executive Development Event on November 8th at the University Club Atop the Symphony Towers. 

Stein Kruse is president and chief executive officer for Holland America Line Inc. a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc.

Kruse joined Holland America Line in 1999 as senior vice president, fleet operations with overall responsibility for all Holland America Line's operations. In 2003, Kruse was named president and chief operating officer, and on December 1, 2004, chief executive officer.

Kruse joined Holland America Line from "K" Line America, where he was senior vice president and chief financial officer. He also oversaw financial activities in seven U.S. subsidiary companies for the global Japanese shipping company and served on the board of directors.

Prior to that, Kruse held several executive positions in the cruise industry. He was executive vice president and chief operating officer for Radisson Seven Seas Cruises and president and CEO for Seven Seas Cruise Line.

He is a former vice chairman of Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and presently serves as a director on the board of the United States Coast Guard Foundation and the International Council of Cruise Lines (ICCL) and on the board of governors of the World Trade Center Seattle. Kruse, a native of Oslo, Norway, holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University and is a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program. He is married to Linda and they have two children – Victoria and Alexander. The Kruse family resides in Bellevue, Washington.