Chambers Lecture Series
The Chambers series brings high-profile speakers to offer perspectives around current and relevant themes of human interest, adversity, and social justice issues, that are designed to shape ethical leaders of the future.
THE NEXT CHAMBERS LECTURE WILL BE HELD IN SPRING 2025
Past Speakers
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Business Leaders
Patrick Kuhse, International Speaker & Business Ethics Consultant
Entertainment
Chris O'Donnell '92, Actor
Global Perspectives
Paul Rusesabagina, Real-Life Hero of Hotel Rwanda
Military
Col. Art Athens, Director, Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, United States Naval Academy
Col. Eileen Collins, Pioneering Astronaut and Aviator; First Woman to Pilot and Command an American Spacecraft
Nathaniel Fick, Author, One Bullet Away:The Making of a Marine Corps Officer
David Iglesias, JAGC, USN, Former US Attorney and Navy JAG Officer
Carey Lohrenz, Former Lieutenant, United States Navy and first female F-14 Tomcat Fighter in the U.S. Navy
Politics and National Perspectives
Tom Brokaw, American Television Journalist
Rosa Brooks, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy, Georgetown University Law Center
Lara Logan, 60 Minutes Correspondent & CBS News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Susana Martinez, Governor, New Mexico (2011-2019)
Jason Riley, Senior Fellow, The Manhattan Institute & Columnist, Wall Street Journal
Luke Russert, NBC News Correspondent
Olympia Snowe, U.S. Senator from Maine (1995-2013) and Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives (1979-1995)
Michael D. Tubbs, Mayor, Stockton, California (2017-2021)
Social Impact
Father Greg Boyle, S.J., Founder and Executive Director, Homeboy Industries
Piper Kerman, Author, Orange Is the New Black
Raymond Offenheiser, Former President, Oxfam America
Dr. Bennet Omalu, Forensic Pathologist, Neuropathologist, and CTE Expert
Vincent Stanley, Chief Storyteller, Patagonia
Bill Strickland, President and CEO, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, Macarthur Fellowship Genius grant award winner
Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Acclaimed Filmmaker, and Undocumented Immigrant
Sports
George Bodenheimer, Former President, ESPN, Inc. (1998-2012)
Bob Bowman, United States Olympic Swim Coach
Charley Casserly, Former NFL General Manager, Studio Analyst, CBS Sports' The NFL Today
Boomer Esiason, Former NFL Quarterback, Studio Analyst, CBS Sports The NFL Today
Jessica Long, United States Paralympic swimmer
Beth Mowins, Sports Journalist, ESPN
Norman C. Chambers MBA’82 and Monever Chambers
Monever and Norman Chambers
The Chambers Lecture Series was established through the generosity of Norman C. Chambers MBA’82 and Monever Chambers. From all walks of life, speakers offer an inside look at how to remain ethical and driven in a modern society even in the face of adversity and obstacles. Prominent Chambers guests have included Col. Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command an American spacecraft; Tom Brokaw, American Television Journalist; author of Orange Is the New Black, Piper Kerman; and Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant.