Presidential Speaker Series

Presidential Speaker Series
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Presidential Speaker Series
The Presidential Speaker Series at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus welcomes industry leaders, prominent alumni and trailblazers in aviation, aerospace and related fields into a conversation with students, faculty, staff and the greater community.
A student moderator leads these interviews, with a focus ranging from effective leadership and groundbreaking technologies to insights into the workforce and industry trends.
Each 90-minute event begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Willie Miller Instructional Center, Lemerand Auditorium. The series and campus parking are free.
The Willie Miller Instructional Center is located near the middle of campus, west of the Mori Hosseini Student Union, and closest to parking lots are Concorde and Citation.
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A recap of each event is posted and you can use the links below to watch on YouTube.
Previous Speakers
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True North: Elevating Opportunity through Aviation
Darren Pleasance
October 8, 2025
Recap
YouTube
A Conversation with the Chairman of Allegiant Travel Company
Maurice Gallagher Jr.
Feb. 13, 2025
Recap
YouTube
A Conversation with the JetBlue CEO
Joanna Geraghty
April 17, 2024
Recap
YouTube
A Conversation with the Chair of the NTSB
The Honorable Jennifer Homendy
March 6, 2024
Recap
YouTube
The Secretive Ingredients for a Disruptive Aviation Company
Gianfranco "Panda" Beting
Azul Airlines and Breeze Airways Co-Founder
March 7, 2023
Recap
YouTube
Phoenix Air: Special Equipment, Missions and Unmanned Aircraft
WIlliam E. Lovett
Managing Director, Phoenix Air Unmanned, LLC
Dent M. Thompson
Senior Vice President & Chief Operations Officer, Phoenix Air Group, Inc.
November 15, 2022
Recap
YouTube
Pilots and Automation
Dan Elwell
Former FAA administrator
October 3, 2022
Recap
YouTube
The Dynamic Drop Point
Tyler Grinnell
Vice President of Flight and Launch, Virgin Orbit
April 20, 2022
Recap
YouTube
What's Your Flight Plan
Tom Conard
Vice President
The Boeing Company
September 28, 2021
Recap
YouTube
Aviation Outlook with Airbus
Jeff Knittel
Chairman and CEO, Airbus Americas, Inc.
May 13, 2020
Recap
YouTube
Leading through the Turbulence
William S. Ayer
Retired Chairman, CEO
Alaska Air Group
February 11, 2020
Recap
YouTube
Aerospace Redefined
Dr. Mauro Atalla
Collins Aerospace, SVP
Engineering & Technology
Oct. 30, 2019
Recap
YouTube
50 Years of Aerospace: Past and Present
Barry Eccleston
Former CEO, President
Airbus Americas Inc.
Sep 27, 2019
Recap
YouTube
A Conversation with the Longest-Serving Airman
Maj. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers
Unites States Air Force (Ret.)
April 18, 2019
YouTube
Future of Urban Air Mobility
Dr. Pat Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle
February 22, 2019
YouTube
National Air and Space Museum
Ellen Stofan, Ph.D.
Director, National Air and Space Museum
February 4, 2019
Recap
YouTube
Future of Space in Florida
Congressman Ron DeSantis
April 18, 2017
YouTube