Favatas Lecture Series
Event Information
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About the Favatas Lecture Series
The Favatas Lecture Series was established by Louise Woerner and Don Kollmorgen, who named the annual event after their godson and Saunders graduate, Dionisios Favatas ’01 (international business), also a contributor to the endowment—which was established to promote a relationship between recent RIT employed graduates who would discuss the real world of business to RIT students. Woerner is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of HCR, Inc., and the 1989 winner of the Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award from the Saunders College of Business. Kollmorgen is a long-time consultant to the health insurance industry, and Favatas works as Financial Services AdTech and Identity Strategy Lead at Capgemini.
Past Events
Saunders College of Business was proud to host the 2026 Favatas Lecture Series featuring Stefan Ruffini, Product Manager at Epic Games.
On Thursday, February 12, 2026 and 12:30 p.m. the lecture occurred in the in the Susan R. Holliday Center (4050), Max Lowenthal Hall.
Saunders College of Business was proud to host the 2023 Favatas Lecture Series featuring Brendan '15 (computer science and computational math) and Bianca Shah '15 (management), CEO's at International Tea Importers Inc.
On Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. the lecture occured in the Innovation Center (Room 1600) at the Rochester Institute of Technology Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Saunders College of Business was proud to host the 2022 Favatas Lecture Series featuring Ashley Singleton '12 (marketing)!!
On September 22, 2022, at 5 p.m. the lecture took place in the Innovation Center (Room 1600) at the Rochester Institute of Technology Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.