Join the Host Committee!

As a Great Lakes AI Week Host Committee member, you will:

  • Recommend impactful speakers for the main event at BGSU

  • Invite potential sponsors, partners, volunteers and other hosts to be a part of Great Lakes AI Week

  • Spread the word about attending to the Great Lakes tech and business communities

  • Optionally, you can host your own event that complements the main program at BGSU

You and representatives from your organization would be expected to attend regular host committee meetings to help plan Great Lakes AI Week.

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Meet Our Coordinating Committee

  • A middle-aged man with a neatly groomed gray beard and glasses, dressed in a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, standing outdoors in an urban setting during twilight, with city lights blurred in the background.

    Tom Bush

    Chief Executive Officer

    Actual Reality Technologies

  • A smiling man with glasses, a goatee, and bald head, wearing a checkered shirt, standing against a metal wall background.

    Keith Instone

    Founder

    Dexterity User Experience

  • A man with dark hair in a blue suit, white shirt, and orange tie standing outside in front of a brick building with large windows.

    Ram Veerapaneni, Ph.D.

    Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

    BGSU

  • Jake Lee

    Bowling Green State University

  • Sharon Speyer

    University of Toledo

  • Steve Hanson

    Bowling Green State University

  • Nicole Szymczak

    University of Toledo

Meet Our Host Committee

  • LeSean Shaw

    EmpoweredAI

  • John Adams

    Ascend Digital

  • Matthew Kirian

    Northwest Ohio Innovation Consortium

  • Justin Beaudry

    Toledo Codes

  • Michael Vanderpool

    Defiance College

  • A woman with short hair wearing hoop earrings and a black top, looking directly at the camera.

    Stayce Fowler

    Pursuit Magazine

  • A young man with dark hair styled back, smiling, wearing a gray plaid blazer over a white shirt with a navy blue sweater. The background features a colorful graffiti mural with green, black, and white elements.

    Lucas Camuso-Stall

    Toledo Lucas County Public Library

  • Close-up of a smiling man with glasses, a beard, and short hair, wearing a dark shirt against a blurred background.

    Josh Peeno

    JPeeno Innovation Group

  • A woman with reddish-brown hair and glasses smiling at the camera.

    Marc Robinson

    Toledo InfraGard

  • A woman in a professional suit standing in a modern office lobby with her hand on her hip, smiling.

    Jennifer Percival

    BGSU

  • A man in a tuxedo with a white shirt and polka dot tie, smiling and posing indoors.

    Marcus Goolsby

    LISC Toledo

  • A woman with curly dark hair and glasses, smiling, standing indoors with one hand on a white mantelpiece and the other on her hip, wearing a black dress with a white sheer jacket and an orange sash.

    Shamika Winfree

    United Way of Greater Toledo

  • A woman with light brown hair, wearing black glasses and a black top, looking at the camera with a slight smile.

    Gwen Betts

    Maro

  • Close-up of a smiling man with brown hair, wearing a blue checkered shirt and a dark blazer, indoor background.

    Bill Taylor

    Owens Community College

  • A professional man in a suit and tie with short black hair against a gray background.

    Liang Cheng

    University of Toledo

  • Brian House

    Crown Battery

  • John Gibney

    Regional Growth Partnership

  • Lance Woodworth

    Destination Toledo

  • Kate Sommerfeld

    Greater Toledo Community Foundation

  • Thomas Winston

    Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority

  • Adam Fineske

    WGTE Public Media

  • Wendy Gramza

    Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce

  • Evan Marsh

    Wynhouse

  • Ericca Ross

    Loft 419

  • Racheal Wallace

    SSOE Group

  • Alishea Wynn

    United Way of Greater Toledo

  • Rishabh Srivastava

    MRI Software

  • Dione Somerville

    Owens Community College

  • Chelsea Chandler

    BGSU