This series of lectures exposes participants to the latest ideas of the finest CEO innovators. Join us to learn how innovation can benefit and grow your organization.

Andrea Jung

Chairman and CEO, Avon Products

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Innovation - The Key to Navigating the Shifting Economic Landscape

Andrea Jung, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avon Products, is responsible for developing and executing all of the company’s long-term growth strategies, launching new brand initiatives, developing earnings opportunities for women worldwide, and defining Avon as the premier direct seller of beauty products. Ms. Jung was appointed CEO in 1999 and elected Chairman in 2001. She has been a member of the Board of Directors since January 1998.

Prior to her current role, Ms. Jung was President and Chief Operating Officer, with full P&L responsibility for Avon’s business units worldwide. From 1996 to 1998, she ascended to senior level positions within Avon’s product marketing group, where she oversaw research and development, market research, strategic planning, joint ventures and alliances.

Ms. Jung joined the company in January 1994 as President, Product Marketing Group, Avon U.S. Before joining Avon, Ms. Jung was Executive Vice President at Neiman Marcus from 1991 to 1993, responsible for accessories, cosmetics and women’s, intimate and children’s apparel. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President, General Merchandising Manager, at I. Magnin from 1987 to 1991.

In 2008, Ms. Jung was appointed Chair of the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations, (WFDSA). She became the first woman elected chair of the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association in March 2001, a role she held until early 2005. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the General Electric Company and Apple and is a member of the New York Presbyterian Hospital Board of Trustees and the Catalyst Board of Directors.

In 2008, Ms. Jung was ranked #19 on the Forbes list of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women”, and #5 on Fortune magazine's "50 Most Powerful Women in Business” list, which she has been on since the list’s inception. In addition, she has been ranked on TheWall Street Journal’s "50 Women to Watch,” since 2004, and was one of only 18 executives included in U.S News & World Report’s “America’s Best Leaders 2007.” Ms. Jung is a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University and is fluent in Chinese (Mandarin).

Lenfell Hall, Hennessy Hall (The Mansion)

FDU’s College at Florham, 285 Madison Avenue, Madison, New Jersey

Registration/Breakfast: 7:15 a.m., Lecture: 8-9 a.m.

$50, pre-registration; $75 at door, space permitting

Seating is limited, please register at 973-443-8842. Learn more about our new Innovation Forum.

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Schering-Plough is an innovation-driven, science-centered global health care company. Through its own biopharmaceutical research and collaborations with partners, Schering-Plough creates therapies that help save and improve lives around the world. The company applies its research-and-development platform to human prescription, animal health and consumer health care products.  Schering-Plough’s vision is to “Earn Trust, Every Day” with the doctors, patients, customers and other stakeholders served by its colleagues around the world. The company is based in Kenilworth, N.J., and its web site is www.schering-plough.com.

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Past Lectures

3rd annual CEO Innovation Lecture
Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and CEO,
Public Service Enterprise Group

November 5, 2008

speaking on "Innovation: The Future of Energy"

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Ralph Izzo is chairman, president and CEO of Public Service Enterprise Group. PSEG is best known as the parent company of PSE&G, one of the largest utility companies in the nation and one of New Jersey’s leading companies since its establishment more than a century ago.

Today, PSEG is forging a path of leadership on the environment while remaining true to its commitment to delivering safe, reliable, affordable energy. While many companies say they are “going green,” PSEG prefers to let its actions do the talking — creating an innovative solar financing program, a proposal for an offshore wind farm and major investments in energyefficiency.

Izzo received his PhD in applied physics from Columbia University and began his career as a research scientist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

He became a well-known leader within the public policy arena through years of work in the offices of U.S. Senator Bill Bradley and New Jersey Governor Tom H. Kean.

2nd annual CEO Innovation Lecture Campbell Soup President and CEO,
Douglas R. Conant

Thursday, October 25, 2007

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Douglas R. Conant was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Campbell Soup Company in January of 2001. He also was elected a Director of the company at that time. Conant is Campbell’s 11^th leader in the company’s nearly 140-year history.

Under Conant’s leadership over the past 6 years, Campbell has reversed a precipitous decline in market value and employee engagement.The company has made significant investments to improve product quality and packaging, strengthen the effectiveness of its marketing programs, and develop a robust innovation pipeline.Campbell also has improved its financial profile, enhanced its relationships with its customers, and consistently improved its employee engagement through investments in its organization.Today, Campbell is delivering total shareowner returns in the top tier of the global food industry and displaying ever-improving employee engagement levels.As a result, the company is well on its way to achieving its mission of building the world’s most extraordinary food company by nourishing people’s lives everywhere, every day.

Inaugural CEO Innovation Lecture
Fred Hassan, Chairman and CEO,
Schering-Plough

Thursday, February 23, 2006

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speaking on Customer Focus: A Prescription for Driving Innovation

Fred Hassan is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Schering-Plough Corporation. His current position is the latest in a 30- year career committed to fostering innovation and science-centered entrepreneurship in the pharmaceutical industry. Hassan has a strong track record of executing transformational change in complex global companies, which led to sustained sales and earnings-per-share growth.

His leadership approach includes a deep focus on fostering attitudes and behaviors among colleagues that are critical to driving long-term high performance —including the behaviors of collaboration, shared accountability and listening and learning.Prior to joining Schering-Plough in April 2003, Hassan was chairman and chief executive officer of Pharmacia Corporation.

Previously, Hassan was executive vice president and a director of Wyeth, formerly known as American Home Products. Hassan also spent 17 years with Sandoz Pharmaceuticals (now Novartis). Hassan received a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of London and an MBA from Harvard Business School.