L.A. Annual Meeting & Read Family Difference Maker Award- August 22, 2024 5:30pm

As a graduate of any Leadership Akron program, you are a valued Alum, and we want to stay connected to and engaged with YOU! Hence we are ecstatic to invite you to join us for an unforgettable evening of SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS, LEVERAGED MOMENTUM, and TRANSFORMATIVE MOVEMENT at our city’s beautiful Akron Civic Theater, for our Annual Meeting and Read Family Difference Maker Award honoring Mark & Sandy Auburn on Thursday, August 22, 2024.

This is the first event of our 41st fiscal year, and the first event under our new “pay to attend” model in which we are honored to invite all of our Alumni to attend.

Annual Meeting (5:30-8:00 pm)

• Networking opportunities

• Single drink and appetizers are provided (additional beverages available for purchase)

• An uplifting program featuring:

• Celebration of Mark and Sandy Auburn – the 2024 Read Family Difference Maker Award recipients

• Introduction of new Board members

• Dynamic presentation from Dave Lieberth about the history of Leadership Akron

• Vision for 2024/2025

• Introduction of our Signature Class 41, Diversity on Board Class 9, and NEXT Class 13

Immerse yourself in an evening that honors transformative leadership and fuels community progress.

Mark and Sandy Auburn
2024 Read Family Difference Maker Award Recipients

Mark & Sandy have been instrumental in the coaching portion of DOB. They have “created what we know it as today” and have mentored almost every coach who is/has been a part of coaching. Before DOB 7, the boardroom experience did not exist. When Henry presented his idea of a real and practical use on a program day, Mark dove in and wrote each of the scenarios used. That went so well, we used them for class 8 and are already preparing to use them for class 9.