Past Events

Bryan Stevenson

February 23, 2023

This event was presented by Travis and Rose Collins

Thomas Friedman

November 15, 2022

This event was presented by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

President George W. Bush

& Jon Meacham

September 14, 2022

This event was presented by Allegacy Center for Leadership and Character at the Wake Forest University School of Business

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

April 12, 2022

This event was presented by Salemtowne

Yo-Yo Ma

February 16, 2022

This event was presented by Rose and Travis Collins

Secretary Madeleine Albright and Secretary Chuck Hagel

November 9, 2021

This event with Secretary Albright and Secretary Hagel was presented by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel talk with journalist Paul Richter at the Face to Face speaker series in Joel Coliseum, on the campus of Wake Forest University on Tuesday, November 9, 2021.
Wake Forest President Susan R. Wente gives her remarks
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel talk with journalist Paul Richter at the Face to Face speaker series in Joel Coliseum, on the campus of Wake Forest University on Tuesday, November 9, 2021.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speak with Leadership and Character scholars Ani Garcia-Velez and Rachel Edwards in Wait Chapel, as part of the Face to Face speaker series, on the campus of Wake Forest University on Tuesday, November 9, 2021.
Viewers watching the Face to Face Speaker Forum

Malcolm Gladwell

September 14, 2021

This event with Malcolm Gladwell was presented by Allegacy Center for Leadership and Character.

The Wake Forest Face To Face Speaker Series hosts Journalist Malcolm Gladwell in the LJVM Coliseum on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Vice President Mark Petersen moderates the discussion and interviews Gladwell.
The Wake Forest Face To Face Speaker Series hosts Journalist Malcolm Gladwell in the LJVM Coliseum on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Vice President Mark Petersen moderates the discussion and interviews Gladwell.
The Wake Forest Face To Face Speaker Series hosts Journalist Malcolm Gladwell in the LJVM Coliseum on Tuesday, September 14, 2021.
Wake Forest hosts a student-led discussion with journalist and author Malcolm Gladwell in Wait Chapel on on Tuesday, September 14, 2021.
Wake Forest hosts a student-led discussion with journalist and author Malcolm Gladwell in Wait Chapel on on Tuesday, September 14, 2021. Leadership and Character Scholars Rute Ayalew and Sofia Ramirez Pedroza interview Gladwell on stage.

Isabel Wilkerson

April 14, 2021

“Their dreams and wishes and heartbreaks run through me, and that is what allows me to do the work that I do.“

Isabel Wilkerson

Additional Past Speakers

Peggy Noonan, Eugene Robinson