Jeff Cunningham

Jeff Cunningham is a professor of practice at the Cronkite School and serves as a faculty advisor in the areas of business journalism and digital media. He also holds an appointment at the W. P. Carey School of Business in corporate governance and entrepreneurship. He is creator/host of Iconic Voices (iconicvoices.org), a YouTube series of interviews with global leaders such as Warren Buffett, Michael Milken, Freeport McMoRan CEO Richard Adkerson, former NSA chief General James Jones, former Joint Chiefs Chair, General Hugh Shelton, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini, Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman, and IBM CEO Sam Palmisano. He previously served as publisher of Forbes magazine, and was also publisher of American Heritage magazine, founder of Directorship Magazine, and also was a senior executive with BusinessWeek. Lord William Rees-Mogg, editor of The Times of London, described him as “one of the top media professionals in America.” He has managed large global media organizations and has been a venture capital partner for several technology funds including Schroder Ventures Internet Finance Fund, and technology incubator CMGI. He has also been a CEO at Zip2.com, Myway.com, and Michael Milken’s Knowledge Universe portfolio company, CareerTrack.com. He has served as a board director of 10 public companies, including Data General, Schindlerof Switzerland, Genuity/Verizon, Countrywide, Premiere Global, PageNet, Bankrate and Jim Cramer’s TheStreet.com. He currently serves on the board of ASU’s McCain Institute, a geopolitical think tank. He is a senior adviser to the National Association of Corporate Directors. Cunningham graduated from SUNY Binghamton with honors in English. Jeff and his wife, Kristin, live in Scottsdale.