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“This honor is very meaningful to me and my siblings as it honors the memory of our mother, who attended and graduated from Cleveland Heights High School following her arrival to Cleveland Heights as a Holocaust survivor and war orphan.”
Steve Potash is President and Chief Executive Officer of OverDrive, a company he founded in 1986. He also serves on its Board of Directors. Under his leadership, OverDrive has become the leading digital reading platform for eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital media for over 92,000 libraries, schools, government agencies, corporate learning centers, colleges, and universities worldwide. He has pioneered many innovations for digital content use and applications. OverDrive has long-standing partnerships with thousands of publishers, authors, and media companies across the industry. As a mission-based company, OverDrive became a Certified B Corp in 2017 dedicated to “A World Enlightened by Reading.”
The Steve & Loree Potash Family Foundation funds literacy programs through BelieveinReading.org. In 2021, Steve and his wife Loree gifted $7.5 million to establish the Steve and Loree Potash Women & Newborn Center at the University Hospital Ahuja Medical Center, it is a family-focused medical center for expectant mothers and newborns. In addition to the named center, Steve and Loree’s gift launched an innovative literacy program called Baby’s First Books, ensuring families go home with their first collection of baby books to be read to the newborn.
Prior to starting OverDrive, and while practicing law, Steve served as Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General, served as an acting Municipal Judge, and authored technology columns for the American Bar Association Journal. He was admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court in 2019. You don’t have to look further than Steve Potash to see that as a beacon of success, he truly believes that a life of giving is a life well led.
The Ohio State University – Bachelor of Journalism
Cleveland State University College of Law – Juris Doctor
Founder & CEO, OverDrive, Inc.