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Learn from Leaders

Learn from Leaders is just one way the Lakeland Business Management program provides value-added experiences for our students and community.

Access to local leaders in business management, human resources, entrepreneurship and leadership gives students and community members the opportunity to learn from the best, ask questions and gain invaluable insight into the business world.

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View the live presentation videos from our previous guests here.

Leaders:

Vincetta Dickerson | Director of Internal Audit for Rivers Casino Portsmouth
Vincetta Dickerson is the Director of Internal Audit and Chief Audit Executive for Rivers Casino Portsmouth. Since stepping into the role in 2022, she has overseen all internal audit operations, risk governance, and regulatory compliance for the property. With nearly a decade of specialized experience in the gaming industry and an additional 10 years of experience in banking, Ms. Dickerson brings a wealth of practical, real-world knowledge in financial oversight and risk management.
 
Deeply committed to professional leadership and community service, Ms. Dickerson serves as a 
Governor-at-Large for the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Central Virginia Chapter. Locally, she is a board member for the Portsmouth Schools Foundation and previously served on the Safety 
Audit Committee for Suffolk Public Schools.
 
Ms. Dickerson holds an Associate's degree in Business Management from Lakeland Community College. Through the Lakeland Community College alliance program, she earned a Bachelor of  Science in Business Forensics (Magna Cum Laude) from Franklin University, where she also completed her MBA. Ms.Dickerson is currently completing her final course toward a Master of Arts in Law (General Studies).
 
 
Finn & Bowen Alexy | Co-Chief Operating Officers of Alexy Metals and Co-Founders of BowFin Capital
 Bowen and Finn Alexy are business leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors, from Northeast Ohio. Together, they serve as Co-Chief Operating Officers of Alexy Metals, an award-winning advanced manufacturing company specializing in brazing alloys and precious metal refining. Under their leadership, the company has experienced significant growth, expanded its national footprint, created high-skilled manufacturing jobs, and earned multiple regional and statewide honors, including recognition from Ohio Business Magazine in 2025 as "the most innovative company in Ohio."
 
Alongside their operating roles, the brothers co-founded BowFin Capital, a Cleveland-based investment firm focused on backing innovative companies across fintech, health, consumer products, and economic empowerment. Through BowFin, they have invested in high-growth startups while advancing a philosophy that entrepreneurs can successfully build operating businesses and investment platforms simultaneously.
 
Their work has earned statewide recognition, including being named co-recipients of the Lake-Geauga Fast Track 50 Young Entrepreneur Award—the first brothers to receive the honor together in the program's history. They were also selected to the Cleveland Professional 20/30 Club's Top 25 Under 35 Movers & Shakers class, also becoming the first brothers ever recognized in the same class. Both brothers were additionally recognized as Ohio's Finest Citizens through senatorial citations honoring their contributions to entrepreneurship, community leadership, and economic opportunity throughout the state of Ohio.
 
Beyond business, Finn and Bowen are passionate advocates for entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic development throughout Ohio. They frequently guest lecture at universities, speak at entrepreneurship and business leadership events, mentor aspiring founders, and support initiatives focused on workforce development and economic growth. Both serve on Lakeland Community College's WAVE Entrepreneurship Advisory Council, helping support the next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders.
 
Bowen and Finn are also the visionaries behind the Unaccredited Investor Movement, a national policy initiative focused on expanding access to early-stage investing opportunities for everyday Americans. Supported by academic research, legal analysis, and formal engagement with regulators, the movement seeks to modernize investment regulations and create greater economic opportunity by allowing knowledge, education, and merit—not simply wealth—to determine access to investing in innovative startup companies.
 
Through their work in manufacturing, investing, education, and public advocacy, Bowen and Finn are committed to strengthening Northeast Ohio's entrepreneurial ecosystem, creating meaningful economic opportunity, and inspiring the next generation of builders, investors, and innovators.

Recent Guests
Spring 2025

Courtney Falato| Senior Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Shawn Neece | Founding Member of Renew Partners, LLC

Fall 2025

Chad Collins| Executive Director for Lake-Geauga Habitat for Humanity

Nathan Rutz | Co-Founder and Director of Soil at Rust Belt Riders (joined by Ingbert Schmidt | Soil Production Coordinator)

Spring 2025

Tim Dieghan | Patient Experience Coordinator for University Hospitals
Brandi Haught | Banking Relationship Manager at Key Bank
Mariam Shamszad | Technology Development Manager at Lubrizol Corporation

Fall 2024


Spring 2024

 
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