Strategic Communications and Marketing News Bureau

Cozad Lecture to bring back UI alum to speak on entrepreneurism

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Anthony DiTommaso, the president and chief executive officer of Innerpac Inc., will speak April 3 on “Career Fulfillment From Entrepreneurism” during the 2001 Cozad Lecture at the University of Illinois. The talk will begin at 5 p.m. in 141 Wohlers Hall, 1206 S. Sixth St., Champaign.

A 1974 UI graduate with a bachelor’s degree in finance, DiTommaso founded Innerpac in 1986. The company, based in Cicero, Ill., produces chipboard and corrugated assembled box partitions, pads and die-cut specialties. From five employees, the company has grown to employ 550 people and has annual revenues of $40 million. It operates manufacturing plants in Cicero; El Paso, Texas; and Keene, N.H.

DiTommaso was general manager for Sonoco Products before founding Innerpac. He has been active in the Cicero Chamber of Commerce and Industry and is a member of the Business Advisory Council of the UI College of Commerce and Business Administration.

The Cozad Lecture, sponsored by the college, is free and open to the public.



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