Leadership Conference: June 11, 2026

Leadership in a Time of Tumult

8:00-8:40 a.m.

Registration / Light Breakfast and Refreshments
Ambani Auditorium / Forum
Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19104

8:45-8:55

Welcome & Introductions
Peter Cappelli, Director, Wharton Center for Human Resources
Michael Useem, Faculty Director, McNulty Leadership Program at Wharton

9:00-9:50 a.m.

Vik Malhotra, Senior Partner, McKinsey

9:55-10:45 a.m.

Mary McVeigh ConnorCEO, Common Goal
Fireside Chat with Umi Howard, Senior Director, Advancement 
& Faculty Partnerships, McNulty Leadership Program

10:55-11:05 a.m.

BREAK

11:10-12:00 p.m.

Pat Harker, Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Fireside Chat with William P. Lauder, Chair, Board of Directors

The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.

12:00-1:00 p.m.

LUNCH

1:15-2:05 p.m.

George R. OliverFormer Chairman and CEO, Johnson Controls
Fireside Chat with Jeff Klein, Executive Director,
McNulty Leadership Program

2:10-3:00 p.m.

Katie Rogers, White House Correspondent, 
The New York Times

3:00-3:15 p.m.

BREAK

3:20-4:10 p.m.

Andrew BursteinCharles P. Manship Professor of History
(emiritus), Louisiana State University; Biographer

4:15-5:05 p.m.

Michelle A. SartainPresident, Marsh US and Canada
Fireside Chat with Peter Cappelli, Director, Wharton Center 

for Human Resources

5:05-5:10 p.m.

Final Reflections
Peter Cappelli
Director, Wharton Center for Human Resources
Mike UseemFaculty Director, McNulty Leadership Program

5:15-6:15 p.m.

Reception