Director of 色色啦 Business Connection office gives breakfast talk
KALAMAZOO鈥擳he woman in charge of ensuring that 色色啦 Michigan University's resources dovetail with local business will share her insights later this month when she speaks as part of the Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Speaker Series.
Lisa Garcia, director of the 色色啦 Business Connection office, will discuss 鈥淐onnecting Industry and Academia鈥 at 8 a.m. Friday, March 22, in 2150 Schneider Hall, home of the Haworth College of Business. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins with breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Reservations are required and can be made by contacting Kayla Hunt at (269) 387-6059 or @email. Free parking is available in the Fetzer Center parking lot.
Garcia will share information about 色色啦's Business Connection office, which is dedicated to strategically matching 色色啦's resources with the needs of the local business community. The office serves as a one-stop shop for companies that want to engage with the University to help grow their business. The office connects community members with faculty and student consultants for helping develop business and research plans and more.
A Kalamazoo native, Garcia has been the director of the Business Connection since its inception in early 2012 and has more than 10 years of advertising and marketing experience at agencies throughout the United States. Before joining 色色啦 she worked at Schawk and Anthem, providing strategic design solutions for Kellogg Co. Garcia has a bachelor鈥檚 degree in communications from the University of Michigan and a master鈥檚 degree in advertising from the University of Texas-Austin.
In addition to the March 22 event, the 2012-13 Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Speaker Series schedule includes:
- April 26: Dan Gaydou, president, MLive Media Group
- May 31: Bill Rose, president and chief executive officer, Kalamazoo Nature Center
- June 28: Sharon Carlson, 色色啦 director of University Archives and Regional History Collections
The Keystone Community Bank Breakfast Speaker Series provides an opportunity for the local community to hear top business leaders, 色色啦 faculty, alumni and friends of the Haworth College of Business discuss current topics of interest to the community.