WATERVILLE, May 2017 — Thomas College will hold its second in a series of entrepreneur speaker and networking events to be held at Thomas College’s Ayotte Auditorium on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The featured speaker will be Chris Voynik, founder of “Wag Rags” and Thomas College 2014 graduate, who will talk about his journey on becoming an entrepreneur.  Voynik, a Kennebec County native, is still in the running for a $100,000 prize on the hit TV show Greenlight Maine, Maine’s premiere business pitch competition.

“Thomas College’s Entrepreneur Speaker Series’ provides an opportunity to showcase the women and men who are starting and growing the companies that will be powering our local and regional economy in the very near future,” says Executive Director of Thomas College’s Institute for Business Innovation Mike Duguay. “The Series, consisting of six events to be held throughout the year at Thomas College, will feature the most inspiring entrepreneurial journeys told by the entrepreneurs themselves.”

Refreshments and admission to the event are free and open to the public.