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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 Armstrong, Mustang, and Falcon.

A recap of each event is posted and you can use the links below to watch on YouTube.

Previous Speakers

A Conversation with the Chairman of Allegiant Travel Company

A Conversation with the Chairman of Allegiant Travel Company

Maurice Gallagher Jr.
Feb. 13, 2025

  • Recap
  • YouTube 
  • The Honorable Jennifer Homendy speaker series event

    A Conversation with the JetBlue CEO

    Joanna Geraghty
    April 17, 2024

    Judge Homendy

    A Conversation with the Chair of the NTSB

    The Honorable Jennifer Homendy
    March 6, 2024

    Speaker Series Gianfranco Beting

    The Secretive Ingredients for a Disruptive Aviation Company

    Gianfranco "Panda" Beting
    Azul Airlines and Breeze Airways Co-Founder
    March 7, 2023

    Phoenix Air Speaker Series

    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

    Dan Elwell

    Pilots and Automation

    Dan Elwell
    Former FAA administrator
    October 3, 2022

    Tyler Grinnell Speaker Series cover

    The Dynamic Drop Point

    Tyler Grinnell
    Vice President of Flight and Launch, Virgin Orbit
    April 20, 2022

    Presidential Speaker Series poster for Tom Conard

    What's Your Flight Plan

    Tom Conard
    Vice President
    The Boeing Company
    September 28, 2021

    Jeff Knittel

    Aviation Outlook with Airbus

    Jeff Knittel
    Chairman and CEO, Airbus Americas, Inc.
    May 13, 2020

    Presidential Speaker Series poster for Bill Ayer

    Leading through the Turbulence

    William S. Ayer

    Retired Chairman, CEO
    Alaska Air Group

    February 11, 2020

    Presidential Speaker Series poster for Mauro Atalla

    Aerospace Redefined

    Dr. Mauro Atalla
    Collins Aerospace, SVP
    Engineering & Technology
    Oct. 30, 2019

    50 Years of Aerospace: Past and Present

    Barry Eccleston
    Former CEO, President
    Airbus Americas Inc.
    Sep 27, 2019

    Alfred Flowers

    A Conversation with the Longest-Serving Airman

    Maj. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers
    Unites States Air Force (Ret.)
    April 18, 2019

    Pat Anderson

    Future of Urban Air Mobility

    Dr. Pat Anderson, Ph.D.
    Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Embry‑Riddle
    February 22, 2019

    Ellen Stofan

    National Air and Space Museum

    Ellen Stofan, Ph.D.
    Director, National Air and Space Museum
    February 4, 2019

    Ron Desantis

    Future of Space in Florida

    Congressman Ron DeSantis
    April 18, 2017