Four-term governor of Wisconsin to speak at Kelley school of business

Tommy G. Thompson, former U.S. Government Health and Human Services secretary and four-term governor of Wisconsin, will visit the William J. Godfrey Graduate and Executive Education Center today to speak with undergraduate and MBA students.\nThe class that’s hosting the event, Business of Life Sciences – Global Events and Trends Impacting the Life Sciences Industries, is part of Kelley’s Academy PLUS Life Sciences MBA study option. The class has about 70 graduate students from the business school, sciences, informatics and the medical school, some of whom will attend through teleconferencing technology.\nThompson is building on his past efforts to develop innovative solutions to the health care challenges facing American families, businesses, communities, states and the nation as a whole, according to an IU media press release.\nThompson will be joined by two other speakers, John Brown of Wellpoint and Ken Weixel of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, according to the press release. \nDan Smith, dean of the Kelley School, said in a press release that Thompson is widely recognized as one of the leading authorities on national and global health care issues and is “truly extraordinary in terms of his insight and candor.”\n“Exposing our students to world-class leaders is one of the things that makes the Kelley School so special,” Smith said in the release. “It is certainly an honor to have Mr. Thompson share his most recent ideas with us.”