Alumni Forum features Luke Shipp, 2004 grad
Luke Shipp, vice president of commercial insurance, First Insurance Group, will lead this month’s Alumni Forum, at 11 a.m. on Oct. 25, in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
The 2004 Bluffton alumnus will lead a panel of Bluffton alumni currently employed by the insurance industry and discuss his experience in the insurance field.
The panel will also include Alex Wakefield ’08, a mathematics and business administration major who is a State Farm agent in North Canton, Ohio; Steve Speicher ’96, a business administration major who is a regional vice president (Lima) with Auto-Owners Insurance; and Leah Short ’16, a business administration major who also works at Auto-Owners Insurance.
Dr. George Lehman, professor of business and director of The Collaborative MBA, will chair the event.
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