Leading in Times of Crisis: A Conversation with Jeff Immelt D'78

Join us for a conversation with Jeff Immelt D'78, former Chairman & CEO of GE and Venture Partner at NEA, about his book Hot Seat: Hard-Won Lessons in Challenging Times that discusses his tenure leading an iconic company. Jeff Davidson D'01 will moderate the conversation followed by a Q&A session with attendees.

Speaker Bio

Jeff Immelt was the ninth Chairman of GE and served as CEO for sixteen years. He has been named one of the “World’s Best CEOs” three times by Barron’s. During his tenure as CEO, GE was named “America’s Most Admired Company” by Fortune magazine and one of “The World’s Most Respected Companies” in polls by Barron’s and the Financial Times. Immelt has received fifteen honorary degrees and numerous awards for business leadership and chaired the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness under the Obama administration. He is a member of The American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and a lecturer at Stanford University. Immelt earned a BA in applied mathematics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard University. He and his wife have one daughter.