
Crayola Executive Lecture Series
ESU has partnered with Crayola in the development of a Crayola Executive Lecture Series
This lecture series offers students an opportunity to learn more about the career options, business challenges, life experiences and educational opportunities of its guests.
Spring 2025 speakers will include:
- David Capitano: Higher Education Practice Leader, Baker & Tilly on February 20th, Beers Lecture Hall, 2:00 p.m.
- Andrew Helmer: Vice President Human Resources, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts on February 27th, Beers Lecture Hall, 2:00 p.m.
- Nafis Smith: Principal, Head of Taxable Money Markets, Vanguard on April 3rd, Beers Lecture Hall, 2:00 p.m.
The Crayola Executive Lecture Series is free and open to members of the public.
David Capitano is the Higher Education Practice Leader, Baker & Tilly based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
As the firm’s higher education practice leader, Dave Capitano provides oversight to more than 200 team members serving over 400 colleges, universities, research institutions and higher education systems across the United States.
Dave has more than 30 years of experience working with college and university leadership and boards in a variety of strategic advisory and accounting areas. He specializes in working with organizations through mergers, consolidations and strategic partnerships. Dave is a proactive, driven, results-oriented professional with a passion for amplifying talent and collaborating alongside educators and leaders. He takes a hands-on approach working closely with institutional leadership to provide guidance to be sustainable and resilient.
Experience
- Co-leads Baker Tilly’s collegiate athletics and esports practice, working with athletic directors, coaches and student athletes to help them succeed on and off the field
- Serves as overall engagement principal for a large state system, a role that required coordinating more than 7,000 staffing hours to deliver the consolidated financial statements for 14-plus universities
- Acts as partner-in-charge or relationship partner of more than 20 private and community colleges and universities
- Provides accounting and audit expertise to national and local media outlets and publications, including USA Today, AICPA Insights, Compliance Week, Central Penn Business Journal, Pennsylvania CPA Journal and Reading Eagle
Crayola LLC, based in Easton, Pa. and a business of Hallmark Cards, Inc., is the worldwide leader in children’s creative expression products. Known for the iconic Crayola Crayon first introduced in 1903, the Crayola brand has grown into a portfolio of art tools, crafting activities and creativity toys that offer children innovative ways to use color to create everything imaginable. Consumers can find the wide array of Crayola products in the “Crayola Aisle” at all major retailers.
College of Business and Management Residential College
The Crayola Executive Lecture Series is a program of the ESU's College of Business and Management residential college. Through the residential college, students become an integral member of their community through their interactions with their peers, taking courses together, studying in groups, working in teams, and bridging the classroom experience by taking the learning to conversations over dinner with faculty and attending presentations by guest speakers, participating in community service, engaging in professional development workshops, and utilizing campus resources that are made available to their Residential College.
For more information about the COBM residential college, contact Dr. Sylvester Williams, dean of the College of Business and Management.
For assistance or special accommodations, please contact swilliams@esu.edu or (570) 422-3589. Accommodations may include, but are not limited to, services for physical, cognitive, visual or auditory assistance.
Contact Us
Contact Information
- Campus Address
- Rosenkrans Hall East 123A
- Phone:
- (570) 422-3589
- Fax:
- (570) 422-2704 (Fax)
- Title of Department Leader
- Dean, College of Business and Management
- Name
- Sylvester E. Williams, IV, JD, MBA, CCLE
- E:
- swilliams@esu.edu