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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
Come grab some coffee and meet fellow CMC members for a casual event. Members only exclusive networking opportunity at Roosevelt Coffee Shop at Gravity! Not a Member? Join today!
June 9, 2026
8:00 am - 9:30 am
The Roosevelt Coffeehouse at Gravity (Franklinton)
Featuring John McCarthy, Founding Partner, Speire HealthCare Strategies;Â Amy Rohling McGee, President, Health Policy Institute of Ohio; Dr. Buhari Mohammed, Chief Executive Officer, Heart of Ohio Family Health, Louis W. Blessing III State Senator (R-Colerain Township), with moderator Laura A. Bischoff, Ohio Politics and State Government Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch.Â
June 3, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Mike DeWine, Governor, State of Ohio, and moderator Jo Ingles, Journalist and Producer, The Statehouse News Bureau.
May 20, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum