Smyth Leadership Lecture Series
The Smyth Leadership Lecture Series is made possible by the Smyth Foundation, an organization established by former Mary Baldwin College Trustee H. Gordon Smyth and his wife Mary Beth Smyth (MBC ’47).
Past Smyth Lecturers:
2007
Venus Williams
World-Renowned Tennis Champion
2006
Benazir Bhutto
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
2005
Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland
2004
Judy Galloway ’69
President of New York City-based marketing company The Young Group
2003
Dominique Dawes
Former U.S. Olympic gymnast
2002
Mary Catherine Bateson
Clarence J. Robinson professor of anthropology and English at George Mason University
2001
Jean Sherman Chatzky
Journalist, author, editor
2000
Cokie Roberts
Political commentator for National Public Radio and ABC
1999
Louise Rossett McNamee ’70
Advertising executive, named "Leader and Legend" by AdWeek magazine
1998
Mae C. Jemison
First African-American woman to go into space
1997
Geraldine A. Ferraro
Former U.S. congresswoman and first woman nominated for vice president by a major party
