Keynote speaker for 2nd annual MOV Entrepreneurship Expo keynote
Day-long program returns to Marietta College on Friday, Sept. 29
Marietta, Ohio (08/04/2017) — Organizers of the second annual Mid-Ohio Valley Entrepreneurship Expo, which will be held on the Marietta College campus on Friday, Sept. 29, are pleased to announce this year's keynote speakers will be Carol Roth and Chip Pickering.
Roth, who will make her presentation at 1 p.m., is the creator of the Future File legacy planning system, a "recovering" investment banker, business advisor, entrepreneur and best-selling author of The Entrepreneur Equation.
She also "plays herself on TV", as a reality TV show judge, media contributor and host of Microsoft's Office Small Business Academy. She's recognized internationally as a small business expert and has worked with startups to the biggest companies and brands in the world on everything from strategy to content creation and marketing to billions of dollars in capital raising and transactional work. She's been a public company director and invests in mid-stage companies as well.
Pickering, who will make his presentation at 8:45 a.m., is the founder of Pickering Associates, an architectural and engineering firm located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Pickering Energy Solutions, a company that installs, owns and maintains solar photovoltaic power systems within the Mid-Ohio Valley.
His commitment to solar energy goes beyond the boundaries of the US as he has worked on several projects in both Haiti and Africa. Pickering has earned a B.S. in Engineering Physics, a M.S. in Engineering Management, and a Ph.D. in Strategic Leadership. He has recently written a book entitled, Learning Leadership: Building Your Professional Career.
The Expo runs from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and is open to anyone. Please register at www.marietta.edu/movexpo#register.
Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy begun in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers 45 majors and has been listed among Barron's Best Buys in College Education and Peterson's Competitive Colleges, and has been recognized as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com.
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Carol Roth and Chip Pickering will deliver keynote addresses at the 2017 Mid-Ohio Valley Entrepreneurship Expo on Sept. 29.
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