OverDrive
Aug 21, 2025 12:00 PM
Virtual - Steve Potash
OverDrive

Hear from Steve Potash, a lifelong Clevelander, as he shares the journey that led him to found and lead OverDrive, the world’s leading digital reading platform for libraries and schools. Guided by its mission to create “a world enlightened by reading,” OverDrive delivers the industry’s largest catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and video to a global network of 92,000 libraries and schools across 115 countries. Its portfolio includes Libby, the award-winning library reading app; Kanopy, the acclaimed streaming video service; and Sora, the platform where students discover and enjoy books. In this session, Steve will share the OverDrive story and its impact on communities, here in Cleveland and around the world.