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June
Kumar N. Sanketh

R&D Director Packaging, Specialty Plastics & Hydrocarbons, Dow Inc.
noon • Thursday • June 20
Quaker Station

Presentation Title: Plastics and Sustainability – Challenge or Opportunity?

Sponsored by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

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July
Chris Bloomfield

Vice President of Multi-Media Rights, Learfield
noon • Thursday • July 18
Quaker Station

Presentation Topic: Collegiate Sports Sponsorship in the NIL era.  How Learfield, a third-party multi-media rights holder, unlocks NIL opportunities for today’s student-athletes.

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August
Valaida Fullwood

Author & Exhibit Creator, Giving Back: A Tribute to Generations of African American Philanthropists
noon • Thursday • August 15
House Three Thirty

Valaida Fullwood's appearance is made possible with support from the Black Giving Collective of Akron Community Foundation.

Valaida Fullwood's appearance is made possible by a gift from the Black Giving Collective of Akron Community Foundation.

Sponsored by Akron Community Foundation

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September
Jonathan Franks

Founder and President, Lucid Public Relations
noon • Thursday • September 19
Quaker Station

Sponsored by David & Margaret Hunter

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November
Tonya M. Matthews, Ph.D.

President and CEO, International African American Museum
noon • Thursday • November 21
Quaker Station

Sponsored by The J.M. Smucker Company

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December
Dave Lieberth

Executive Secretary of the Akron Bicentennial Commission, and President of the Akron History Center, Inc.
noon • Thursday • December 5
Quaker Station

Sponsored by The Dunaway Family

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