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A speaker series that provides a forum for the world’s most distinguished thinkers, speakers and personalities to engage in a dialogue with members of our community. Questions 216.444.2800 Email a Question Feature Speaker Upcoming Speakers Speaker Archives Feature Speaker

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Kenneth C Frazier

Executive Chairman of the Board
Merck & Co., Inc. Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Location: InterContinental Hotel
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. EST

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Biography

Kenneth C Frazier is the Executive Chairman of Merck's board of directors, a role he began in July 2021, following his retirement from a decade-long tenure as Merck's President and Chief Executive Officer. Under Ken's leadership, Merck delivered innovative life-saving medicines and vaccines as well as long-term and sustainable value to its multiple stakeholders. Ken substantially increased Merck's investment in research, including early research, while refocusing the organization on the launch and growth of key products that provide far-reaching benefits to society. He also led the formation of philanthropic and humanitarian initiatives that build on Merck's 130-year legacy. Ken joined the company in 1992 and held positions of increasing responsibility, including General Counsel, before becoming President and CEO in 2011. Prior to joining Merck, Ken was a Partner with the Philadelphia law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath. Ken's contributions, especially in the legal, business, and humanitarian fields, have been widely recognized. He sits on the boards of Weill Cornell Medicine, Eikon Therapeutics, the National Constitution Center and Cornerstone Christian Academy in Philadelphia, PA. He is Co-Founder and Co-Chair of OneTen, a coalition of leading organizations committed to upskilling, hiring, and promoting one million Black Americans into family-sustaining jobs. OneTen is committed to facilitating a meaningful, measurable, and lasting impact on racial and economic justice. Ken is also Chairman, Health Assurance Initiatives, at the venture capital firm, General Catalyst, where he advises on investments and partnerships and provides mentorship to founders building companies that are well positioned to transform the healthcare industry through collaborative and responsible innovation. He also is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, The Business Council, the Council of the American Law Institute, the American Bar Association, and a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Additionally, Ken is Co-Chair of the Legal Services Corporation's Leaders Council. As a strong advocate for social justice and economic inclusion, Ken is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Anti-Defamation League Courage Against Hate Award, the Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics from Columbia Business School, the Legend in Leadership Award from the Yale School of Management, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund National Equal Justice Award, and the National Minority Quality Forum's Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2018, Ken received the Harvard Law School Association Award, the highest honor given by the prestigious association, in recognition of his extraordinary service to the legal profession, Harvard Law School, and the public. In that same year, Ken was named one of the World's Greatest Leaders by Fortune magazine and was also named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People and again made that list in 2021. In 2019, he became the first recipient of the Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award for Healthcare. In 2021, Columbia Business School honored him with the Deming Cup for Operational Excellence, and his peers named Ken Chief Executive magazine's CEO of the Year. Ken received his bachelor's degree from The Pennsylvania State University and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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Speaker Archives

Many thought leaders have participated in the Ideas for Tomorrow speaker series. Previous speakers are listed below along with links to their presentation videos where available. Alex Gorsky
Executive Chairman, Johnson & Johnson Arvind Krishna
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, IBM Doug McMillon
President & CEO Walmart Inc Mellody Hobson
Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments Indra Nooyi
Former Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo Tim Brown
Chair, IDEO Valerie B. Jarrett
Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama Judy Faulkner
CEO and Founder, Epic Mike DeWine
Ohio Governor Brian Grazer
Academy Award-winning producer and Executive Chairman, Imagine Entertainment David Feinberg, MD
Head of Google Health Stephen A. Schwarzman
Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, Blackstone Kevin Love
NBA player for the Cleveland Cavaliers,
Founder of the Kevin Love Fund Katie Couric
Journalist and Founder, Katie Couric Media Dan Schulman
President and CEO, PayPal David Rubenstein
Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group Larry J. Merlo
President and Chief Executive Officer, CVS Health Franz Welser-Möst
Music Director
Kelvin Smith Family Endowed Chair
The Cleveland Orchestra Steve Case & J.D. Vance
Steve Case: Chairman and CEO, Revolution LLC; Co-Founder, America Online; Chairman, The Case Foundation
J.D. Vance: Managing Partner, Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Revolution, LLC; Author, Hillbilly Elegy – Revolution, LLC Keven Plank
CEO of Under Armour Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best-selling author and "America's Historian-in-Chief" Mindy Grossman
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director of Weight Watchers International, Inc. General Stan McChrystal
Former Commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan; Author of Best-Sellers Team of Teams and My Share of the Task; Co-Founder of the McChrystal Group John Doerr
Chairman, Kleiner Perkins Ginni Rometty
Chairman, President and CEO of IBM Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, DPhil
Oncologist and Author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene: An Intimate History Satya Nadella
Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Sheryl Sandberg
Chief Operating Officer at Facebook Angela Duckworth
Founder and Scientific Director of the Character Lab Frederick W. Smith
Founder and CEO of FedEx Corporation Adam Silver
National Basketball Association Commissioner Dan Gilbert
Majority Owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers Fred McLeod
Play by Play Announcer for the Cleveland Cavaliers David Gergen
CNN Senior Political Analyst; Harvard Kennedy School Professor and Director David Agus
New York Times Bestselling Author; Physician and Professor of Medicine and Engineering, University of Southern California Jim Free
Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's John H. Glenn Research Center Jim Colins
Author and Lecturer David Gregory
Author and Former Moderator of Meet the Press Admiral Michael Rogers
Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Cenpal Security Service Marissa Mayer
Former President & CEO, Yahoo Candice Bergen
Actress and Author Jack and Suzy Welch
Executive Chairman of the Jack Welch Management Institute and Author Lord Norman Foster
Founder of Foster + Partners, Architect Thomas Friedman
Author & Journalist, The New York Times Gentry Lee
Chief Engineer for the Solar System Exploration Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg
Former CEO of Google, Current Google's Executive Chairman; Google Advisor Michael Govan
CEO and Walps Annenberg Director Sebastian Thrun
Co-Founder and CEO, Udacity Dr. Donald Berwick
Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Founding CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Mark Tercek
President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy Arianna Huffington
Chair, President and Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group Karim Sadjadpour
Author and Middle East Expert Daniel Yergin
Author and Authority on Energy, International Politics and Economics Jack Dorsey
Creator, Co-Founder, and Executive Chairman of Twitter, Inc.; Co-Founder and CEO of Square, Inc. Warren Buffet
Business Leader, Philanthropist Vladimir Pozner
Russian Journalist and Author John T. Chambers
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cisco Kevin Johnson and Michelle Rhee
Mayor, City of Sacramento and CEO/Founder, StudentsFirst Diane von Furstenberg
Fashion Designer General Stanley A. McChrystal
Former commander of U.S. and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) Afghanistan; Former commander of the Premier Military Counter-Terrorism Force, Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Dr. Ben S. Bernanke
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve System General James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.)
National Security Advisor Dr. Atul Gawande
Practicing Surgeon, Accomplished Writer, Teacher and Speaker Victor L.L. Chu
Chairman of the First Eastern Investment Group Dean Kamen
Inventor and Physicist Craig Mundie
Chief Research and Strategy Officer at Microsoft Corp. Michael Dell
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Dell H. Lee Scott, Jr.
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Walmart) Tom Kelley
General Manager of IDEO Michael E. Porter
Glen Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School His Excellency Yousef Al Otaiba
Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States of America and Mexico Mike Milken
Philanthropist, Chairman of Milken Institute Doris Kearns Goodwin
World-Renowned Historian Stephen Kappes
Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency Tom Brokaw
NBC News Special Correspondent Glenn D. Lowry
Director of The Museum of Modern Art Steven A. Burd
CEO of Safeway Inc. Oprah Winfrey
Worldwide Media Leader, Philanthropist and Television Host J. Craig Venter, PhD
Founder, Chairman and President of the J. Craig Venter Institute John Glenn
Astronaut and Senator William McDonough
World-Renowned Architect and Designer Peter Lewis and Frank Gehry
Architects Anne Mulcahy
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xerox Corp. Antonin Scalia
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