President, GAR Foundation
Chairman, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Thursday, December 8, Noon
Quaker Station, 135 South Broadway - Downtown Akron
$20 per person, www.akronroundtable.org
Presentation Topic: "NEO - What's in it for you?"
The Akron Roundtable will present GAR Foundation President Robert Briggs on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 12 noon at the Quaker Station on the campus of The University of Akron. His presentation topic is “NEO – What’s in it for you?”
A highly recognized leader in northeast Ohio with a deep commitment to serving the community, Briggs is currently President of the GAR Foundation and chairman emeritus and former CEO of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP. He became a trustee of The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in June 2002 and was elected its chairman in 2010.
An active member of the Akron community, Briggs is involved with several regional organizations. He is a board member and former co-chair of OneCommunity; a board member and chair of Invent Now, Inc., parent of The National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation; founding chair and current member of the Fund For Our Economic Future, an unprecedented collaboration of more than 80 philanthropists in Northeast Ohio. He also serves on the board of FirstMerit Corp., Buckeye Oil Producing Company, and several other organizations.
