John A AllisonJohn A. Allison is President and CEO of the Cato Institute. Previously he served for twenty years as Chairman and CEO of BB&T, one of the largest financial institutions in America. Allison is a former Distinguished Professor of Practice at Wak Forest University. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from American Banker, was named one of the decade's top 100 most successful CEOs in the world by Harvard Business Review, and is the recipient of six honorary doctorate degrees. Read More Read Less