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Featuring Jon Melchi, Executive Director, Building Industry Association of Central Ohio; Buffie Patterson, President Elect, Columbus REALTORS® Board of Directors; Josh Barkan, Division Vice President, M/I Homes of Central Ohio, LLC, and with moderator Bonnie Meibers, Commercial Real Estate Reporter, Columbus Business First.

January 15, 2025 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Vue Columbus

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Featuring Dr. Bill LaFayette, Owner, Regionomics, Kathy Bostjancic, Chief Economist, Nationwide Mutual; Dr. Joyce Chen, Professor of Economics, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University and with moderator Benjamin Lanka, Business Editor, The Columbus Dispatch.

January 8, 2025 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Vue Columbus

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Featuring Nicholas J. Bankston, Columbus City Council; Amy Taylor, President, Downtown Columbus, Inc.; Jim Merkel, CEO and Co-Founder, Rockbridge, and with moderator Jessica Ralston, Anchor, Good Day Columbus, ABC6/FOX28.

December 18, 2024 11:30 am - 1:00 pm The Ellis

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Featuring Daniel Juday, Founder + Facilitator, Space Creator LLC; Dr. Tina Pierce, Chief of Strategy and Belonging, The Ohio State University Alumni Association; Jennifer Robinson, Chief Human Resources Officer and Deputy Director, Ohio Department of Veterans Services and with moderator Margaret Finley, Head of DEI and Corporate Affairs, ADS, and President, Board of Directors, Central Ohio Diversity Consortium.

December 11, 2024 11:30 am - 1:00 pm The Ellis

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Featuring Kate McGarvey, Executive Director, Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio; Shayla D. Favor, Franklin County Prosecutor-Elect & Columbus City Council Member, and Chair, Columbus City Council Housing, Homelessness & Building Committees; Gene Edwards, Director of Legal Research and Magistrate, Franklin County Municipal Court, and with moderator Danae King, Underserved Communities Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch.

December 4, 2024 11:30 am - 1:00 pm The Ellis

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Featuring J. Averi Frost, Freedom Equity Inc. and the Central Ohio African American Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Gina Ginn, CEO, Columbus Early Learning Centers; Matt Martin, Director of Community Research, The Columbus Foundation, and with moderator Autumn Glover, Senior Vice President, Provider + Community Partnerships, AndHealth.

November 20, 2024 11:30 am - 1:00 pm The Ellis

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Featuring Matt Martin, Director of Community Research, The Columbus Foundation; Kenny McDonald, President and CEO, One Columbus, Padmini Roy-Dixon, Economic Development Director & Regional Innovation Officer, MORPC, and with moderator Doug Buchanan, Editor in Chief, Columbus Business First.

November 13, 2024 11:30 am - 1:00 pm The Ellis

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Featuring The Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu, Daughter of Archbishop Desmond and Nomalizo Leah Tutu, and Priest Associate, All Saint's Episcopal, Atlanta, Georgia, and with moderator Colleen Marshall, Anchor, NBC4.

November 6, 2024 11:30 am - 1:00 pm The Ellis

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Featuring Kate Tullio, Associate Vice President for Health Equity, CareSource; Amy Rohling McGee, President, Health Policy Institute of Ohio; Dr. Chyke Doubeni, Chief Health Equity Officer, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center; Carrie Harris-Muller, Senior Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer, OhioHealth and with moderator Angela Dawson, Executive Director, Ohio Commission on Minority Health.

October 23, 2024 11:30 am - 1:00 pm The Ellis

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Featuring Maureen O'Connor, Former Chief Justice, The Supreme Court of Ohio; Kareem Crayton, Vice President, The Brennan Center for Justice; Bradley Smith, The Josiah H. Blackmore II / Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law, Capital University; Keith Faber, Ohio Auditor of State; and with moderator Jessie Balmert, State Government Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch | Gannett | USA Today Network.

October 16, 2024 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Vue Columbus

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