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Featuring Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries , Associate Professor, Department of History, The Ohio State University; Janet E. Jackson , Former President & CEO, The United Way of Central Ohio, Former City Attorney for the City of Columbus, Former Franklin County Municipal Court Judge; Jen Miller, Executive Director, The League of Women Voters of Ohio; with panel moderator W. Kay Wilson, Associate Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Mahogany Columbus
June 5, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Tony Anzic, U.S. Navy Veteran, and Executive Director, Location Services, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Major General (Retired) Deborah Ashenhurst, Director, Ohio Department of Veterans Services; Marnie Holder, Vice President of Advancement, National Veterans Museum & Memorial; A-Jay Orr, Executive Director, Ohio Veterans Collaborative, and U.S. Army Veteran; and hosted by Stacia Naquin, Anchor, ABC6 & Fox 28 Columbus
May 22, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Andriel Ugbomeh, CEO, Healing Without Limits Counseling & Consulting; Erika Clark Jones, CEO, Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County (ADAMH); LeeAnne Cornyn, Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; and Charleta B. Tavares, Chief Executive Officer, PrimaryOne Health
May 15, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
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
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