Former Facebook exec Randi Zuckerberg to speak at UB Oct. 26

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Randi Zuckerberg, former director of marketing at Facebook, will speak at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, in Alumni Arena on the University at Buffalo North Campus as part of the UB’s Distinguished Speakers Series.

Founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, a boutique marketing firm and production company, she created and ran the marketing program for Facebook from 2005 to 2011.

Zuckerberg is the author of “Dot Complicated,” a New York Times bestseller about her personal journey on the front lines of Facebook and her thoughts on how technology is changing our lives.

Her lecture is sponsored by the UB School of Management’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Executive MBA program.

During the program, audio and/or video photography, as well as still photography, will be limited to the first five minutes of her lecture. Zuckerberg is expected to begin speaking at approximately 8:10 p.m.

Working media may reserve tickets for the program by contacting Christine Vidal in the UB Office of Communications at 645-4607 or vidal@buffalo.edu no later than noon on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Reserved tickets may be picked up at the will-call window in Alumni Arena prior to the program. Media may need to show press credentials in order to be admitted to the program.