In our never ending quest to make each Bakersfield Business Conference more exciting and meaningful than the last, Borton, Petrini & Conron, LLP, year after year brings the world's best speakers to Bakersfield.

World Leaders

Ehud Barak - Former Israeli Prime Minister
Gerald Ford - Former President of the United States
Rt. Hon. John Major - Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Ernesto Zedillo - Former President of Mexico

Debate

James Carville - America's Best-Known Political Consultant and Best-Selling Author
Bill O'Reilly - Host of Fox News Network's The O'Reilly Factor
and Syndicated Columnist for The New York Times,
Parade Magazine, and Newsweek

World of Business

Frank Abagnale - Author and subject of the national best-seller, Catch Me If You Can. Mr. Abagnale went from the clandestine life of the world renowned fugitive, "The Skyway Man" to a life of fighting crime.
Herman Cain - The driving force behind Godfather's Pizza rise from struggling subsidiary of Pillsbury, Inc. to a corporate juggernaut in its own right
Andrew Cuomo - Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and founder of the charitable Housing Enterprise for the Less Privileged (H.E.L.P.)
William Freund - Chief Economist Emeritus of the New York Stock Exchange
Deborah Marchini - Anchor for CNN's Business Day
and co-anchor for CNN's Before Hours
Tom Peters - Author of the Bible for Management, In Search of Excellence, and other business best-sellers
Lawrence Summers - Former Secretary of the Treasury who's tenure was marked by the longest period of economic growth in United States History
Larry Winget - Best-Selling Author of Just Do This Stuff, The Little Red Book of Stuff That Works, Money Stuff, and Stuff That Works Every Single Day
Stephen Wynn - Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Mirage Resorts, Inc. and pioneer of the gaming industry and the Las Vegas construction boom

National Security

William Cohen - Former Secretary of Defense
Lieutenant General Claudia J. Kennedy - Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence

News Media

Cokie Roberts - Co-Anchor of ABC's This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts, Syndicated Columnist, and Best-Selling Author

American Hero

John Glenn - Former U.S. Senator, First American to Orbit the Earth, the Oldest Man to Ever Visit Space, and Original Member of the Mercury Space Program

Sports

Steve Young - Future Hall-of-Fame Quarterback and Super Bowl MVP

Film Industry

Arnold Schwarzenegger - From Mr. Universe to Mr. Hollywood to Mr. Governor? Transcending the Terminator

Entertainment

Tim Conway - Comedian, Film and Television Actor, Writer
Roy Firestone - Host of ESPN's Up Close
Charles Grodin - Film, Broadway, and Television Actor,
Author and Talk Show Host
Bernadette Peters - Golden Globe and Tony Award Winning Actress