Spark Summit

Name: Spark Summit
Start: 2025-03-06T09:00:00-05:00
Location: Owens Community Center for Fine and Performing Arts

Schedule

Thu, 06 Mar, 2025 at 09:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Owens Community Center for Fine and Performing Arts | Rossford, OH

Owens Creative Arts & Media in Collaboration with AAF Toledo Presents Spark Summit: Igniting Artistic Futures Through Networking and Career Insights
This event features dynamic speakers and interactive sessions related to careers with an arts focus. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from:
- Olamide “Ola” Awofeso, Marketing & Events Professional
- Bart Delaney, Suman Entertainment Group
- Ruth Chang, Creative Director at Midstory
- Samuel Chang, President of Midstory
- Eric Chase, Cumulus Media
- Nick Corbin, Nick Corbin Productions
- Melanie Dunn, 3.7 Designs
- Eric Eggly, Advertising Photographer, Inventor/Entrepreneur
- Chris Eischen, Director of the Toledo Tech Loft
- Denise Grupp-Verbon, School of Liberal Arts Internship Manager, Owens Community College
- Steve Hanson, Founder & CEO of Hanson Inc.
- Nathan Hursh, Senior Producer – WGTE Public Media
- Keith Instone, Consultant – Dexterity User Experience
- Linda Lucas, Toledo Public Library
- Ryan Lynch, Owner of RL Creative Video Productions
- Taso Mastorakis, Senior Motion Graphics Designer – CBS Sports
- Angie McGinnis, Manager of Career & Transfer Services at Owens Community College
- Kimberly Minke, Professor of Social & Behavioral Science – Owens Community College
- Louise Morgan – Integrated Marketing Lead at Mozilla
- Mark Reiter, Owner – Level 2 Audio
- Logan Sander, Editorial Director at Midstory
- LeSean Shaw, COO of Actual Reality Technologies and Vice President of Empowered AI
- Sandhya Simhan, Principal Product Marketing Manager – Glean
- Desire Taylor, Lin-Manuel Miranda Fellow
- Joe Walter, President of the Toledo Firefighters Museum
This event is not just for students. Professionals will also find insightful sessions about career advancement, skill building, DEI and more. This is the fun, interactive and informative conference for media arts that you've been looking for in Toledo!