2009 Event Speakers

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  Frederick W. Smith

  Chairman and CEO, FedEx Corporation

  Frederick W. Smith is chairman, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Corporation, a $35.5-billion global transportation, business services and logistics company. Since founding FedEx in 1971, Smith has been an active proponent of regulatory reform, free trade and "open skies agreements" for aviation around the world.  Most recently, he has advocated for vehicle energy-efficiency standards and a national energy policy. 

  Smith has served on the boards of several large public companies and the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Mayo Foundation Boards. He was formerly chairman of the Board of Governors for the International Air Transport Association and the U.S. Air Transport Association. Smith is a member of the Business Roundtable, the CATO Institute and is co-chairman of the Energy Security Leadership Council. He served as chairman of the U.S.-China Business Council and is the current chairman of the French-American Business Council. In addition, Smith received the Circle of Honor Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, was named 2006 Person of the Year by the French-American Chamber of Commerce and received the Medal of Honor from the American Chamber of Commerce in France.  He is a member of the Aviation Hall of Fame, served as co-chairman of the U.S. World War II Memorial Project, was named among the world’s best CEOs by BARRON’S magazine and was CHIEF EXECUTIVE magazine’s 2004 "CEO of the Year."

  Born in 1944 in Marks, Miss., Smith attended Yale University, where he earned a B.A. in 1966. Smith served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1966-1970.

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