Upcoming Events

March 2022

Mar

Entrepreneur Leadership Series: Allsion DeBona

Panel Discussion/Presentation

This week’s speaker is Allison DeBona, who is the owner and Artistic Director of artEmotion. She is also a First Soloist with Ballet West and has been with the company since 2007.Allison has a Bachelor of Science degree in Ballet from Indiana Universi- ty, Bloomington, where she trained under former New York City ballet acclaimed Principal Ballerina, Violette Verdy. Additional training includes American Ballet Theatre’s New York Summer Intensive and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Graduate program. She grew up under the artistic direction of Jean Gedeon at Pittsburgh Youth Ballet and Debbie Parou at the former Parou Ballet Company.

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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Eccles Conference Center Auditorium | More Info

Mar

Entrepreneur Leadership Series: Colby & McKenzie Bauer

Panel Discussion/Presentation

This week’s speakers are Colby and McKenzie Bauer, who are the co-founders of Thread®, a functional and expressive ‘carry’ accessory brand. They founded Thread after getting married and moving to Hawaii in 2015. Thread has grown rapidly and in 2019 was ranked #104 in the list of fastest growing companies in the US by INC. 5000, and listed again in 2020 as #442.

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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Eccles Conference Center Auditorium | More Info

Mar

Entrepreneur Leadership Series: Bibhu Mohapatra

Panel Discussion/Presentation

This week’s speaker is Bibhu Mohapatra, who served as the design director for J.Mendel, then in 2008 launched his eponymous label. After just a few years, his signature dresses and sharply cut jackets became collector’s pieces, drawing the attention and support of powerhouses such as Lupita Nyong’o, Gwyneth Paltrow, and former first lady Michelle Obama. In January 2010, Bibhu was a finalist for the Women’s Apparel Rising Star Award presented by the Fashion Group International. In May 2010 he received the Young Innovator Award from the National Arts Club and in June 2010 he became a member of the council of Fashion Designers of America. In January 2011, Bibhu received the Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation Award.

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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Eccles Conference Center Auditorium | More Info

Mar

Entrepreneur Leadership Series: Shark Tank Night

Panel Discussion/Presentation

This week we will be holding our annual “Shark Tank Night”. A panel of 5 “sharks” will be judging students as they pitch their business ideas and the sharks will be awarding prize money to the businesses they deem to have the most potential.

The panel of 5 sharks will consist of:
Steve Peterson: General Partner and Portfolio Manager of Millrock Capital and Millrock Development
Dan Clark: Founder and CEO of Dan Clark and Associates
Jane Day: Partner at Strategic Leadership Partners
Peter Foss: Leadership and Management Consultant at Strategic Leadership Partners
Paul Woodland: Former CFO at Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Inc. and Former President and CEO of Hooked on Phonics

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