Executive Forum with Sydney Keenan, Senior Research Assistant for Federal Reserve Board

The Executive Forum, one of the most popular classes offered at Purdue, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023. The class, started in the School of Management in 1973 by Professor J. Fred McLimore, brings guest speakers to campus each week to discuss their career paths and lessons learned along the way. The Executive Forum is a management class (MGMT 40100) that features top-level executives and community leaders sharing their experiences with students.

The Forum is designed to provide opportunities for the exchange of ideas and discussion of topics and issues facing business and management education between students and leaders who have achieved high levels of success and recognition. These exchanges are directed toward an understanding of problems and solutions, opportunities and the need for educational preparation of future business leaders. Dialogue develops that gives the students, faculty, and business leaders a better understanding of themselves, their responsibilities and their relationships with each other.