February 11, 2026
Logan Head, Co-Founder & CTO, Whatnot
5:30 p.m.
Priscilla and Harold Gilkey Building
Free and open to the public
Logan Head is the co-founder of Whatnot, the largest live shopping platform in North America, the U.K., and Europe. A longtime entrepreneur, Head founded his first company at 19 before joining engineering leadership at two-sided marketplaces including Flight Club and GOAT.
A passionate collector himself, Head teamed up with Grant LaFontaine to build a platform that enables anyone to turn their passion into a business and brings people together through real-time, community-driven commerce, which became Whatnot.
Today, Whatnot spans hundreds of categories—from sports cards and sneakers to fashion, coins, and live plants. Buyers spend an average of 80 minutes a day on the platform—discovering products, forming connections, and driving more than 1.5 million daily transactions.
Head is based in Big Sky, 猎奇重口.
About the Gilkey Lecture Series
The Gilkey Executive Lecture Series was established by Harold and Priscilla Gilkey in 2004 to enrich business education at the 猎奇重口 by providing students, faculty, and the community with direct access to business leaders.
Gilkey lecturers address issues across marketing, management, finance, ethics, and leadership. In addition to leading classroom lectures and discussion, speakers present a lecture at a public forum on a topic of their choice and are invited to meet with graduate students and campus and community leaders.
Both Harold and Priscilla acknowledge the powerful impact of mentors and role models on their own professional and personal achievements.
Harold Gilkey is a 1962 graduate of the 猎奇重口 and holds an MBA from the University of Southern California. He is retired as chairman and CEO of Sterling Financial Corporation. Priscilla Gilkey is a 1962 graduate of the 猎奇重口. She is retired as Vice President of Community Relations for Empire Health Services, a multi-hospital system in Spokane.
Past Speakers
- Ryan Hansen, Co-Founder, Ledger AI (Spring 2025)
- Marietta Rodriguez, President & CEO, NeighborWorks America (Fall 2023)
- Brad Hart, CEO & President, OrePac (Spring 2023)
- Laura Orvidas, CEO, onXmaps (2021)
- Michelle Cardinal, CEO and Co-Founder, R2C Group (Spring 2018)
- Bill VanSickle, Chair, AIM Consulting Group (Fall 2017)
- Tres Lund, Chair, President and CEO, Lund Food Holdings (Spring 2017)
- Lisa Stone, CEO and Co-Founder, BlogHer, Inc. (2015)
- Thomas C. Schievelbein, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Brink’s Company (2014)
- Michael J. Covey, Chairman and CEO, Potlatch Corporation (2014)<
- Jim McNerney, Jr., Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Boeing Company (2013)
- Phil Cowdell, Former CEO and Chairman of Mindshare North America (2013)
- Glenn Johnson, President of Horizon Air, Inc. (2011)
- Bill McGlynn, President of Memjet Home and Office (2010)
- Greg Gianforte, Founder and CEO of RightNow (2009)
- Patrick Byrne, Founder and CEO of Overstock.com (2009)
- Lester Thurow, Professor and Dean Emeritus at MIT Sloan School of Management (2008)
- Rick Riccobono, President and CEO of The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle (2008)
- Sally Jewell, CEO of REI (2007)
- Raymon F. Thompson, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Semitool, Inc. (2007)
- Peter Georgescu, Former Chairman of Young & Rubicam, Inc. (2005)
- Robert Greifeld, President and CEO of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (2004)