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Featuring Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and moderator Jo Ingles, Journalist/Producer, The Statehouse News Bureau.
March 26 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Joseph Nardone, President & CEO, Columbus Regional Airport Authority; Pamela Boratyn, Director, The Ohio Department of Transportation; Connor Brogan, Arsenal-1 Project Leader, Anduril; Matt Kunz, Vice President, General Manager - Columbus, Turner Construction, with moderator Angela An, News Anchor, WBNS 10TV.
April 2 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin; Katina Fullen, CEO, I Know I Can; Dr. Desiree Polk-Bland, Senior Vice President for Student Success, Columbus State Community College; Janelle Coleman, Vice President, Community Engagement, Inclusion and President, AEP Foundation, and with moderator Colleen Marshall, News Anchor, NBC4.
April 9 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Beth M. Hammack, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and with moderator Clay Gordon, Award-Winning News Anchor.
April 16 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Dr. Louise R. Rodino-Klapac, Executive Vice President, Head of R&D, Chief Scientific Officer, Sarepta; Dr. Frank Agbogbo, Vice President of Process Development, Forge Biologics; Robin Sears, President and CEO, LENTECHS; Dr. Erandi De Silva, Investment Partner, Drive Capital, with moderator Eddie Pauline, President and CEO, Ohio Life Sciences.
April 30 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Duwain Pinder, Partner, Ohio - Columbus, McKinsey & Company; Jason Reece, Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning, Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University; Keith Jones, President & CEO, Oakwood Management, and with moderator Mataryun "Mo” Wright, President & CEO, RAMA Consulting Group. Additional panelists to be announced.
May 7 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
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