The annual Haitkin Lecture is a forum dedicated to the examination of issues of integrity and ethics in business. It is a special opportunity that allows for Stern students to listen to and ask questions of extraordinary individuals from academia, practice and the press. The Haitkin Lecture was established through the generosity of Stern alumnus Jeffrey Haitkin, BS ’68.
Past speakers include:
Brad Smith Vice Chair and President, Microsoft
Daniel Lubetzky Founder and executive chairman of KIND Snacks
Saru Jayaraman Co-founder and co-director of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) and director of the Food Labor Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley
Preet Bharara Lawyer and former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Jane Mayer Investigative journalist and author of Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires
Seema Saifee Staff attorney for the Innocence Project
Anita Raghavan Author of The Billionaire’s Apprentice and contributor to The New York Times and Forbes
Kurt Eichenwald Author of Conspiracy of Fools
Nell Minow Founder of The Corporate Library, author and noted shareholder activist
Marc Rotenberg Executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Thomas Ekeli Investment director in the asset management department of the Norwegian Ministry of Finance
Rosanne Haggerty Founder of Common Ground
Simon Johnson Author of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeoverand theNext Financial Meltdown
Paul Volcker Former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
Neil Barofsky Former inspector general of TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) and former federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York.