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Featuring Remard Colston, InnovateOhio Platform Administrator, State of Ohio; Daniel Poliquin, Principal, Digital Trust & Privacy / Government and Public Sector, Deloitte & Touche, Angel Mumma, Chief Administrative Officer, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium with moderator Megan Kilgore, Co-Founder, BKC Group.
August 19, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Robert Alt, President and CEO, The Buckeye Institute; Rita McNeil Danish, Interim CEO, The Matriots; Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Endowed Associate Professor of History, The Ohio State University, with moderator Lee Strang, Inaugural Executive Director, Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society, and Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University.
August 12, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Brenda Councill, Ohio Women's Monument Artist and Sculptor; Stephanie Kunze, Chair of the Ohio Women’s Monument Commission, Capitol Square Foundation Board Member, and Former State of Ohio Senator; Charley Moses, Capitol Square Foundation Board Chair, and Former Ohio Statehouse Representative with moderator Charlene Brown, Co-Host, WOSU Public Media's Columbus Neighborhoods TV Series.
August 5, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Brian Brackeen, Managing Partner, Lightship Anchor Fund; Shannon McGhee, CEO, SEED SPOT; Ted Velie, CEO, Midwest House, and Co-Founder, Start Midwest, with moderator Wolf Starr, Founder and CEO, Venture Atlas. | Please note this CMC forum will take place at The Idea Foundry.
July 29, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Idea Foundry
Featuring Matthew Goldstein, CEO, Besa; Carrie Maun-Smith, Assistant Vice President, Inclusive Culture, Change & Community Impact, Grange Insurance, and Foundation President, Grange Enterprise Gives; Kerri Mollard, Founder and CEO, Mollard Consulting; with moderator Janelle Coleman, President, American Electric Power Foundation.
July 22, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Daren Griffin, President & CEO, The Columbus Regional Airport Authority; Deborah Scherer, Senior Vice President, Global Trade & Investment, One Columbus; with moderator Jerod Smalley, Anchor, WCMH NBC4, and Host, Columbus 2.0.
July 15, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Michael Corey, Executive Director, The Human Service Chamber of Franklin County; Rhea Cunningham, CEO, Boys & Girls Club of Central Ohio; Columbus City Councilmember Melissa Green; Dr. Bill LaFayette, Owner, Regionomics, with moderator Jordan Laird, Politics and Government Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch, Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK.
July 8, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Sophia Fifner, President and CEO of the Columbus Metropolitan Club, Bill Butler, President of the National Veterans Memorial and Museum and Colonel, U.S. Army Retired, Dr. John Ackerman, Suicide Prevention Clinical Manager with Nationwide Children's Hospital, and moderator WBNS 10TV news anchor Stacia Naquin.
June 24, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Lindsay Baker, Vice President and Director of Philanthropy and Engagement - Central Ohio, The Huntington National Bank; Emmalyn Jerome, CEO of Lower Lights Ministries; Phil Washburn, President & CEO, The Furniture Bank of Central Ohio, Hannah R. Jones, Deputy Director of Community Development, City of Columbus' Department of Development, with moderator Sheldon K. Johnson, Executive Director, Partners Achieving Community Transforma
June 17, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Mayor Andrew J. Ginther, City of Columbus; Linda Logan, CEO & President, Greater Columbus Sports Commission, Mary Shepro, President of Business Operations, Columbus Crew, with moderator Kristen McFarland, News Reporter, WBNS 10TV.
June 10, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum