John Licata, GWWBN President has announced that American University's Katzen Arts Center will host the next Speaker Series and Network Event on Thursday, January 26th from 7-9 p.m. "The Katzen Fine Arts Center is an ideal site to promote our mission and bring together our business leaders and professionals. Holding our event on the campus demonstrates the business community's support of amateur wrestling. You can't find a better place to build relationships and grow your business," stated Licata. The event will feature Dennis Hastert and Dan Gable.

Dennis Hastert was the 59th Speaker of the House and the longest- serving Republican Speaker in history. Also, a former collegiate wrestler, high school government teacher and Illinois State Championship wrestling coach.

Dan Gable is famous for having lost one match his entire high school and college career- his last, and winning the 1972 Olympic Gold Medal in Munich while not giving up a single point. As head coach at the University of Iowa he won fifteen NCAA team championships.

GWWBN is a not for profit group formed by its founding board to mobilize the business wrestling community for personal, social and business purposes in a proactive fashion to support and prosper. Founders Board Members consist of;

John Licata, JK Moving Services; Keith Burgess, The Meltzer Group; Darran Anthony, First Home Mortgage; Eric Brugel, Grey Owl Capital Management; Kevin Colabucci, Mercedes-Benz of Silver Spring; Derek Donahue, Business Solutions HZI, Inc; Michael Lerner, Meridan Homes; Alan Meltzer, The Meltzer Group; Wade Schalles, Eagle Hawk Academy; and Dan Wotring, Integrated Logistics/ Platinum Circle Technologies.

The event objective is to engage the business community with ties to wrestling to support wrestling while showing its economic impact. The goal is to mobilize the group to support each others business with the clear understanding that we individually will give back to the sport of wrestling.

Alan Meltzer, a Founding Member and event sponsor said, "Having Dennis Hastert and Dan Gable on campus as our guest speakers is a huge testament to the commitment of the wrestling business community and I am so pleased to play a part in making it happen."

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Release courtesy of the Greater Washington Wrestling Business Network