Executive in Residence
The College hosts an Executive-in-Residence event each fall for a day long visit. Typically, a business alumnus in recent years, the executive speaks at a breakfast for area business leaders and/or students. The remainder of the day is spent speaking in an auditorium during two or three class periods depending on the day (Wednesday, three classes, Thursday, two classes). Classes from various business disciplines are combined during each class period to give as many students as possible the opportunity to learn from the executive.
The following is a list of past participants who spoke in this important program at the University of Mary Washington. Since 2012, alumni have been targeted to participate in the program.
| Year | Speaker | Title | Organization |
| 1989-90 | Warner N. Dalhouse | Chairman and CEO | Dominion Bankshares |
| 1990-91 | Robert S. Jepson, Jr. | Chairman and CEO | Jepson Industrial Corporation |
| 1991-92 | Phyllis B. Brotman | Founder and President | Image Dynamics, Inc. |
| 1992-93 | Frank Cappiello | President | McCullough, Andrews and Cappiello, Inc. |
| 1993-94 | Edward H. Utley | Vice Chairman | GEICO Corporation |
| 1995-96 | Wallace Stettinius | Chairman | Cadmus Communications Corporation |
| 1996-97 | John G. Macfarlane III | Managing Director | Saloman Brothers, Inc. |
| 1997-98 | David R. Goode | CEO | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| Warren Buffett | CEO | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | |
| 1998-99 | Karen C. Radley | CEO | Radley Automotive Group |
| 1999-00 | O.M. “Tony” Nicely | CEO | GEICO Direct |
| Richard “Sandy” Alderson | Executive VP-Baseball Operations | Major League Baseball | |
| 2000-01 | James E. Ukrop | Chairman | Ukrop’s Supermarkets, Inc. |
| Richard L. Sharp | Chairman | Circuit City Stores, Inc. | |
| 2001-02 | Katherine C. Hegmann | GM, App Mgt Svcs, Americas | IBM Global Services |
| G. Gilmer Minor III | Chairman and CEO | Owens & Minor, Inc. | |
| 2002-03 | John M. Albertine | Chairman and CEO | Albertine Enterprises |
| 2003-04 | James W. Brinkley | President and COO | Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. |
| Rebecca L. Adamson | Founder and President | First Nations Development Institute | |
| 2004-05 | Richard F. Barry III | Vice Chairman | Landmark Communications, Inc. |
| Charles H. Foster, Jr. | Chairman | LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. | |
| 2005-06 | Lynn M. Bragg | President | Chocolate Manufacturers Association |
| Frank A. Cappiello | Chair and Managing Director | Montgomery Brothers, Cappiello, LLC | |
| Randall R. Eley | Founder, President and CIO | Edgar Lomax Company | |
| Richard A. Mayo | Chairman | Mayo Capital Partners, LLC | |
| Douglas G. Stewart | Managing Director | StewarT Wealth Management Group of Wachovia Securities | |
| 2006-07 | Brenda Shipplett | President and COO | Long and Foster Companies, Inc. |
| Fred M. Rankin III | President and CEO | MediCorp Health System | |
| 2007-08 | Aaron Altscher ’03, 06 | President | Altscher Consulting |
| Kevin Dillard ‘83 | President and Co-owner | Lifecare Medical Transport | |
| Kenneth Lopez ‘92 | President | Animators at Law | |
| Sarah Armstrong Gregg ‘48 | President, The Fashion Group | Federated Department Stores | |
| Gaynelle Parrish Grizzard ‘50 | Co-owner (with husband) | Southeastern Mills | |
| Iris B. Harrell ‘69 | President and CEO | Harrell Remodeling, Inc. | |
| Doug Simpson ’04, ‘07 | President and Owner | Adasphere | |
| 2008-09 | Shawn Boyer | CEO | SnagAJob.com |
| Arrington Hearn Mixon | Senior VP | Bank of America | |
| 2009-10 | John A. Allison | Chairman | BB&T Corporation |
| 2010-11 | Robert Nutting | Chairman | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 2011-12 | Thomas P. Nerney | Chair, President and CEO | United States Liability Insurance Group (USLI) |
| John F. Chappell | Chairman (retired) | SmithKline Beecham Worldwide Pharmaceuticals | |
| 2012-13 | Doug Dolton ‘78 | Founder, Chair and CEO | San Francisco Motorsports |
| 2013-14 | Matt Ernst ‘94 | Chairman | Walnut Grove Holdings, LLC |
| 2014-15 | Daniel Wolfe ‘84 | Executive VP—Marketing, Worldwide Operations | NBC Universal |
| 2015-16 | Dave Carey ‘96 | Co-founder and President | ROI Training, Inc. |
| 2016-17 | Kyle Ragsdale | Chief Marketing Officer | Billy Casper Golf |
| 2017-18 | Roberta MacDonald ‘72 | Senior VP of Marketing | Cabot Creamery Cooperative |
| 2018-19 | The Honorable Sean Stackley | Vice President for Advanced Programs and Technologies | L-3 Technologies |
| 2019-20 | Pat Filippone | President | 7th Inning Stretch |
| 2020-21 | Cancelled due to COVID | ||
| 2021-22 | Cancelled due to COVID | ||
| 2022-23 | Marc Logan | Partner | RSM Transactions Advisory Services |