Selected Keynote Speakers of Past SWED Events
| Keynote Speaker | Affiliation |
| Jim Perdue | Chairman, Perdue Farms Inc. |
| Lyle Hogg | President, Piedmont Airlines Inc. |
| Jeffrey Lacker | President, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| Governor Paris Glendening | Governor, State of Maryland |
| William Wrobel | Directorate: NASA Wallops Island |
| Kevin Hassett | Economist, Author Dow 36,000 |
| Gary Stockbridge | President, Delmarva Power |
| A.B. (Buzzy) Krongard | Director, BT Alex Brown Inc. |
| Lou Abbagnaro | President, K&L Microwave |
| Bill Satterfield | Executive Director, Delmarva Poultry Industry |
| Dr. Memo Diriker | Director, BEACON at SU |
| Rick Pollitt | County Executive, Wicomico County |
| James Roberson | President, Research Triangle Foundation |
| William Donald Schaefer | Comptroller, State of Maryland |
| Dr. Andrew Bauer | Regional Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| Alan Newberry | President & CEO, PRMC |
| James T. Brady | Secretary, Maryland DBED |
