The Robert E. and Charlotte Lowder Endowed Executive Professor Program brings nationally prominent individuals of exemplary accomplishment to share their experience and insights with Culverhouse students. The Lowder Program is planned and organized by the Culverhouse College of Business’ Department of Alumni and Corporate Relations, with generous support from Robert E. and Charlotte Lowder of Montgomery, Ala.
Lowder Lecture Series brings the realities of today’s business world into the classroom education. These experiences excel the business knowledge base and understanding of our students making them today’s top recruits. The individuals below are among the nation’s leading executives who have returned to campus to engage the Culverhouse students on in-depth business discussions:
- Andre Anderson, SVP, Corporate Engagement Division, Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
- Richard Anthony, Former Chair, First Commercial Bank and Synovus Financial
- Jeffrey Bayer, Founder, Bayer Properties
- Ellen East, EVP, Time Warner Cable
- Gary Fayard, EVP and CFO, Coca-Cola Companies
- Ken Tidwell, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
- Phillip Raymond, EVP, CFO and Treasurer, Alabama Power
- Vernon Smith, Nobel Prize-winning Economist
- Cherie Fuzzell, Senior Director of Alliances, Apple Pay
- Greg Rayburn
- John List, Chief Economist, Lyft; Professor of Economics, The University of Chicago
- Jeff Naigle, Operating Partner, AEA Investors
- Chris Emmerson, President, Airbus
- Martha Gardner, Executive Quality Leader for Strategy and Operational Excellence, GE Aviation
Speaker Spotlight Series
The Speaker Spotlight series was started in the Fall of 2018 to give Lowder Lecture Speakers a chance to sit down with us and share their story. The series is hosted on the college’s YouTube and Instagram channels.