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Featuring Mike DeWine, Governor, State of Ohio and Jo Ingles, Journalist/Producer, Statehouse News Bureau
May 8, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Jeff Snyder, Director of Recycling, Rumpke Waste & Recycling; Tres Carter, Director of Creative Engagement, COSI, and forum moderator; Scott Barbour, President and Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Drainage Systems; Elena Irwin, Professor of Environmental Economics, The Ohio State University Sustainability Institute; Tia Johnson, Owner, Compost Clubhouse
May 1, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Ukeme Awakessien Jeter, City of Upper Arlington, Council President & Mayor, and Partner, Taft Law; Kim Emch, Founder and Executive Director, Festa; Guadalupe Velasquez, Managing Director, Welcoming City; Sudarshan Pyakurel, Executive Director, Bhutanese Community of Central Ohio; and hosted by Peter Gill, Immigration Reporter / Report for America, The Columbus Dispatch
April 24, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Stephanie Hightower, President and CEO, The Columbus Urban League; Karen Mozenter, CEO, Jewish Family Services; Tony Collins, CEO & President, YMCA of Central Ohio; Lawrence Funderburke, Founder, President, and Certified Financial Planner, Funderburke Institute of Financial Empowerment and hosted by Tonisha Johnson, Emmy Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist and Anchor, Spectrum News 1
April 17, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Dr. Amy Acton, Licensed Physician, Preventive Medicine and Former Director, Ohio Department of Health; Susan DiMickele, CEO, National Church Residences; Dr. Whitney Raglin Bignall, On Our Sleeves Associate Clinical Director, Nationwide Children's Hospital; Dr. Megan Schabbing, Medical Director of Psychiatric Emergency Services, OhioHealth and with host, Tracie McCambridge, Director of Art & Resilience, The Wexner Center for the Arts
April 10, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Barb Smoot, President & CEO, Women for Economic and Leadership Development, and First Lady Shannon Ginther, Chair, Columbus Women's Commission, Dr. Joyce Chen, Professor of Economics, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University with host Tanya Salyers, Director of Advocacy, YWCA Columbus
April 3, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Columbus social media influencers Alissa Henry, TV personality and content creator, @alissahenrytv, Morgan Pelt, Founder and Content Creator, Columbus Living Blog, @columbuslivingblog, and Jenny Zaerr, Brand Builder & Content Creator, Instagram's @jennysbites with host Heather Whaling, President & Founder, Geben Communication
March 27, 2024
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Jason Hollar, Chief Executive Officer, Cardinal Health and John Warner, MD, Chief Executive Officer, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Executive Vice President, The Ohio State University, with host, Tracy Townsend, Anchor & Medical Correspondent, WBNS-10TV
March 20, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Ron Clark, Co-Founder, The Ron Clark Academy, Kevin Miller, Ed.D., Superintendent, Licking Heights Local Schools, Angela Chapman, Ed.D., Superintendent & CEO, Columbus City Schools, with host, Ralph Smithers, Assistant Vice President, Encova Insurance
March 13, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Grand Event Center at Grandview Yard
Featuring Stevie Pasamonte, Chair, Transit Columbus, William Murdock, Executive Director, MORPC, Shannon Hardin, President, Columbus City Council, Monica Tellez-Fowler, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, COTA and introductory remarks by Andrew J. Ginther, Mayor, City of Columbus, with host, Curtis Jackson, Evening Anchor, Spectrum News 1
March 6, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
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