ENTREPRENEURSHIP and BUSINESS

Presented by: James Hayes

February 16th 12:00 – 1:00 pm
UC Center 3rd floor Theater

James B. Hayes is the Chairman and CEO of the Colorado Festival of World Theatre, a Colorado Springs-based organization which hosts an annual summer theatre festival featuring productions from around the world.

James recently retired as President and CEO of Junior Achievement Inc., a nationwide not-for-profit organization providing economic education to over four million students in the United States, and an additional one million young people in nearly 103 countries around the world.

Prior to his years as President of Junior Achievement, Hayes enjoyed a lengthy career in magazine publishing. He joined Time Inc. in 1959 and held various executive posts in the New York, Philadelphia, and Detroit offices of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. In 1982, he became advertising sales director of MONEY Magazine, and was named publisher of DISCOVER in 1984. He was appointed publisher of FORTUNE in 1986 and held that position until retiring in 1994 to enter the independent sector. While publisher, Hayes founded the FORTUNE 500 Forum, an annual gathering of FORTUNE 500 CEO's to discuss the major issues facing business and the nation.

A longtime advocate for improvement of the U.S. public education system, Hayes established the FORTUNE Education Summit. Held annually in Washington, DC from 1988-1993, the Summit brought together government, business and academic leaders to discuss the role of the business community in education reform. In further pursuit of these interests, in 1994 Hayes founded The New American Revolution, a business led initiative to address the needs of our nation's children.