Featured Speakers

Michael Ramlet is the co-founder and CEO of Morning Consult, a global decision intelligence company changing how modern leaders make smarter, faster, better decisions.

Ramlet co-founded Morning Consult in 2014, and since then, the company’s proprietary technology, including both AI and machine-learning solutions, has paired with leading, high-frequency datasets and access to more than 100 million people globally, to power global leaders’ decision making. Morning Consult’s proven advantage drives more accurate decisions at unparalleled speed and scale.

Before co-founding Morning Consult, Michael was a principal at Purple Strategies. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business strategy and public policy from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management where he has also served as an adjunct lecturer. 

Dean & Investors in Leadership Distinguished Chair

Jamie Darin Prenkert is the 13th dean of the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. He began his tenure on July 3, 2023, leading a school of 5,000 current students and 400+ faculty and staff, with 60,000 alumni in more than 100 countries. In addition, Professor Prenkert is the Investors in Leadership Distinguished Chair.

Prior to joining the Carlson School, Prenkert served as Executive Associate Dean for Faculty and Research and Charles M. Hewitt Professor at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University-Bloomington. During his 20 years at Indiana, he served in several administrative leadership roles including Associate Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University; Associate Dean of Academics at the Kelley School; and chairperson of Kelley’s Department of Business Law and Ethics.

Dean Prenkert has taught undergraduate and graduate courses, both in residence and online, focusing on the legal environment of business, employment law, law for entrepreneurs, business and human rights, and critical thinking and leadership.

Prior to joining the Kelley School faculty, Professor Prenkert was a senior trial attorney for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He also practiced with the law firm of Baker & Daniels (now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP).

He earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School and a B.A., summa cum laude with honors in Political Science, from Anderson University.