Cornell to host USA Today's CEO Forum with American Express chairman, CEO

American Express Chairman and CEO Kenneth I. Chenault and USA Today senior reporter David Lieberman will be on campus April 3 for a forum hosted by Cornell's Johnson School and the School of Hotel Administration.

The USA Today CEO Forum will be held at 4:30 p.m. in Alice Statler Auditorium and will feature an hour-long interview with Chenault, conducted by Lieberman, followed by a moderated question-and-answer session and a reception in Sage Hall atrium.

The interview will be featured in USA Today's Money section the following week.

The USA Today CEO Forum was launched in 2005 and has been presented at seven university campuses and business schools. Each CEO Forum features a distinguished CEO of a corporation heralded for its achievements and advancements in the areas of business and technology.

Chenault joined American Express in 1981 as director of strategic planning. He was named president of the Consumer Card Group in 1989, and in 1993 he became president of Travel Related Services, which encompassed all of American Express' card and travel businesses in the United States. In 1995 Chenault assumed additional responsibility for the company's worldwide card and travel businesses and was named vice chairman of American Express. He became president and CEO in 1997 and chairman in 2001.

Free tickets are available through March 26 in 107 Sage Hall and 180 Statler Hall for Johnson School and Hotel School students, faculty and staff. Remaining tickets will be available to the Cornell community, March 27-April 3, at the Willard Straight box office.

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