Damon Barry is vice president of business affairs and assistant general counsel for CSG Systems International, Inc., a leading provider of software and services. In this role, he advises executive management on a wide range of corporate legal and business issues as well as corporate growth strategies. He has played a key role in a number of mergers, acquisitions and transactions exceeding $2 billion in value. Over the years, Damon has served as a director on several non-profit boards and other committees, including being appointed by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter to serve on the Economic Development and International Trade Transition Advisory Committee. Ebony magazine recognized him as one of its "30 Leaders of the Future." Barry is being hosted by the College of Law.

Robert Douglass has focused his career on the intersection of healthcare delivery and architecture. He has worked for the Leo A. Daly firm in Omaha and Caudill Rowlett Scott firm in Houston where he developed innovative approaches to the delivery of hospital and healthcare projects. In 1975 he founded his consulting firm, Robert Douglass Associates, which quickly became a national leader in strategic and facility planning for healthcare facilities, with particular expertise in university teaching hospitals. He sold RDA to Deloitte & Touche and retired from that partnership. He later initiated his solo practice as Douglass Planning and Architecture. This firm completed more than 20 medical center plans and designs in the U.S. and Pacific Region before he retired from active practice in 2004. He now enjoys life as an artist and occasional adviser to not-for-profit community improvement projects. Douglass is being hosted by the College of Architecture.

Loren Lutes is a professor emeritus of civil engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1967, and was a faculty member at Rice University until going to Texas A&M in 1988. He has also taught at the University of Chile in South America, the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Auburn University and George Washington University. He is co-author of two books and numerous papers. In May 2000 he was presented the Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers for his research contributions related to structural reliability. Lutes is being hosted by the College of Engineering.

Allan Noddle is the president of Daymon Worldwide in Greenwich, Conn., and a guest lecturer in the Business School at Cornell University. He has been a panelist, guest speaker, counselor and adviser to numerous companies in the food industry. He started his career as a trainee at Hinky Dinky Supermarkets of Omaha, and rose to the position of executive vice president and COO. He also held executive positions at various stores owned by Royal Ahold, the world’s most successful global food provider. He was responsible for Ahold's operations in Latin America and Asia and was the first American to be asked to serve on the company's corporate executive board. His experience has entailed working in 28 countries on four continents. Noddle is being hosted by the College of Business Administration.

Roger Wehrbein is a livestock producer and farmer at Breeze Valley Farms, Inc.; Wehrbein Farms, Inc.; and D& R Livestock Co. Partnership. He was the Cass County Commissioner from 1974 to 1983 and was elected as the District 2 representative to the Nebraska State Legislature for five terms. He is currently a member of many organizations, serving in positions such as vice president of the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement, president of the Alpha Gamma Rho Foundation and president of Ag Builders of Nebraska, among others. Wehrbein is being hosted by the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.