Dr. G. Dale Meyer
Dr. Meyer is currently President of the International Council for Small Business, The Anderson Chair Holder in Entrepreneurial Development and Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado. He has won 14 teaching excellence awards, been designated the permanent title of President’s Teaching Scholar, and in 1998, received the Hazel Barnes Prize which is the University of Colorado’s ultimate award for career excellence in teaching and research.

Dr. Larry Penley
Dr. Penley is currently Dean of the College of Business at Arizona State University. He holds the University’s Bob Herberger Arizona Heritage Chair. Dean Penley is Chair of the AACSB -The International Association for Management Education. He has been a leader in the AACSB movement for “relevance” in business school curricular – the creation of close links with the private sector in meeting their needs for graduates who can perform effectively in the new business environment.

Ambassador John Bryant
John Bryant is the Founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Operation HOPE, Inc., America’s first non-profit investment-banking organization. As Chairman of Operation HOPE, Inc., Mr. Bryant also serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the growing network of Operation HOPE Banking Centers and Inner City Cyber Cafes, which are for-profit subsidiaries of Operation HOPE, Inc., innovative new models for banking under-served communities and bridging the digital divide.

On December 5, 1994, Mr. Bryant was selected by TIME Magazine as "One of America’s 50 Most Promising Leaders of the Future," and featured in the TIME Magazine cover story on leaders under 40 years of age. As a direct result of the pioneering work of Operation HOPE, Inc. in the United States, in 1998, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, Switzerland, appointed Mr. Bryant to be their first ever Goodwill Ambassador to the United States of America for the Partners for Development Initiative (August 25, 1998 - May 10, 1999).

Ambassador Bryant's Speech

S. Michael Camp
Dr. Camp is currently Director of Research at the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. He is responsible for developing the strategic research agenda for the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.