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Everyone has a seat at the table during this day of community-wide conversation! Through intentional dialogue and connection, participants are encouraged to imagine the next steps toward a kind and just future for all. This year, CMC's conversation topic will be Empowering Voices: Amplifying Diversity in Civic Engagement.
October 11, 2023
9:00 am - 10:00 am
The Ellis
Featuring Gaëtane Verna, Executive Director, Wexner Center for the Arts, and Brooke Minto, Executive Director and CEO, The Columbus Museum of Art with host Erica Thompson, Features Editor, The Columbus Dispatch.
October 4, 2023
4:15 pm - 6:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Brent Orrell, Senior Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute, and Lisa Patt-McDaniel, CEO, Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio, with Archie Williamson, Founder and CEO, Diversified Systems, Inc.
September 27, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Nationwide Children's is home to one of the top 10 pediatric research institutes in the US, and one of the top 100 most renowned research institutes in the world. Our members first event will be a behind the scenes look at the hospital which is building Columbus as a biotech leader
September 26, 2023
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Nationwide Children's Hospital Conference Center
Featuring Lubna Najjar, Founder & CEO, IL Moda Brand Development, Creative Director, Her Denim, and Board President, Columbus Fashion Council, Melanie Corn, Ed.D., President, Columbus College of Art & Design, and Katherine DePizzo, President, Justice Design Lab, with host Maria Seguin, Board Member, Columbus Fashion Council, and Member, OSU Fashion & Retail Industry.
September 20, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Columbus Business First’s Bonnie Meibers sits down with Brett Kaufman for an-in-depth conversation on his vision for Columbus and the city’s unrealized potential as a modern, sustainable, and equitable city.
September 13, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
With Treasurer Robert Sprague as our special guest, we dive into the present and future of Ohio’s political climate with veteran Statehouse News Bureau Chief Karen Kasler.
September 6, 2023
11:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Grange Insurance Audubon Center
Featuring Cynthia W. Turner. Ph.D., Assistant Dean and Chief Diversity Officer, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, Margaret Finley, Director of DEI and Head of Corporate Affairs, Advanced Drainage Systems, and Erin Butcher, Of Counsel, Bricker Graydon, with host Sherrice Sledge-Thomas, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access, Columbus Chamber of Commerce.
August 30, 2023
11:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Grange Insurance Audubon Center
Featuring Jatu Boikai, Nurse Manager, Maternity Services, Mount Carmel Health System, Shawnee Benton-Gibson, Co-Founder and CEO, Spirit of a Woman Leadership Development Institute, and Co-Founder, ARIAH Foundation, Jessica Roach, CEO, Co-Founder, and Clinical Director, Restoring Our Own Through Transformation, and Dorian L. Wingard, Co-Founder, COO, and Policy Director, Restoring Our Own Through Transformation, with host Erica Crawley, Franklin County Board of Commissioners.
August 23, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Grange Insurance Audubon Center
Featuring John Barker, President & CEO, The Ohio Restaurant Association, Bennett Goldberg, Partner, Maker Kitchens, Chris Baggott, Co-Founder and CEO, ClusterTruck, and Lisa A. Gutierrez, Founder and CEO, Dos Hermanos Taco Truck, Founder and Food-Based Business Coach, Food Truck Millionaire, with host Susan Post, Associate Editor, Columbus Underground.
August 16, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Grange Insurance Audubon Center