Published 4/14/2008

Jeff Greenfield, host of CEO EXCHANGE, to speak at commencement ceremonies


MINNEAPOLIS —(April 14, 2008)—Jeff Greenfield, senior political correspondent for CBS News and host of PBS’s CEO EXCHANGE, will speak on “Business & the Media” at the Carlson School of Management commencement ceremonies on May 19 at Northrop Memorial Auditorium in Minneapolis.

In CEO EXCHANGE, Greenfield interviews major business leaders about some of the most pressing business issues of our times and explores their strategies for success. Greenfield’s guests have included business leaders such as Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, Brad Anderson of Best Buy, E. Neville Isdell of Coca-Cola, Michael Dell of Dell Computer, Jack Welch of GE, Ed Zander of Motorola, Marc Andreessen co-founder of Netscape, Jim Donald of Starbucks, and Anne Mulcahy of Xerox.

CEO EXCHANGE is produced on the campuses of major business schools around the country, including NYU’s Stern Business School, Goizueta Business School at Emory University, Harvard Business School, Northwestern University, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas.

Greenfield’s news and political analysis career includes nine years with CNN and 14 years with ABC. Currently with CBS News, Greenfield contributes his political analysis to the Early Show, CBS Evening News and other programs. Greenfield is author of Oh, Waiter! One Order of Crow! Inside the Strangest Presidential Election Finish in American History, a popular analysis of the 2000 presidential election.

At the May 19 ceremonies, Greenfield will address the graduate class at 9 a.m. and the undergraduate class at 1 p.m. For more information, visit www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/commencement.