Marquette Business welcomes Microsoft Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer Kathleen Hogan as the speaker at the annual Business Leaders Forum on Sept. 29. The event will take place in the Monaghan Ballroom in Alumni Memorial Union as part of Mission Week.
The 2026 Business Leaders Forum, which welcomes BizTimes Media as an event partner, will feature a conversation on Hogan’s experience leading an enterprise-wide strategy and transformation agenda. The discussion will highlight Hogan’s ability to mobilize change across the company, which has accelerated Microsoft’s evolution into a Frontier Firm: one that is AI-powered, human-led and continuously reinventing itself to create enduring impact.
Check-in opens at 11:45 a.m. with lunch and the program to follow at 12:15 p.m. The event will conclude at 1:30 p.m.
Registration is required, and attendees can register individually or sponsor a table including a table sign, eight guests and two students to be assigned by Marquette. Learn more and register online.
Established in 1999, the Business Leaders Forum is a speaker series sponsored by Marquette University’s College of Business Administration. The forum provides a setting for nationally recognized business leaders to engage in discussions and interact with students, faculty and local business leaders. The program enables Marquette to build practical knowledge into its rigorous business curriculum, exploring current trends, issues and practices in business. The Kathleen and Frank Thometz Foundation has made the Business Leaders Forum speaker series possible through a special endowment.
