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Featuring Jason Jenkins, Chief Diversity Officer and Executive Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, City of Columbus; Duwain Pinder, Partner, McKinsey & Company; Marshall Shorts, Founder and Design Principal of Artfluential™ and Creative Director, Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC), with moderator Corey Favor, Senior Director of Community Engagement, Orange Barrel Media.
January 14, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Dr. Bill LaFayette, Owner, Regionomics; Dr. Aravind Chandrasekaran, Dean, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University; Kathy Bostjancic, Chief Economist, Nationwide, with moderator Ben Lanka, Business Editor, The Columbus Dispatch.
January 7, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Greg Davies, CEO, Downtown Columbus, Inc.; Robin Davis, Executive Director, Safer Downtown; Smith Weir, Deputy Chief, Patrol Subdivision, Columbus Division of Police, with moderator Dawn Tyler Lee, Founder & CEO, Forrest Street Consulting. Opening “State of Downtown” remarks by Amy Taylor, President, Downtown Columbus, Inc. Please note, a brief meeting is scheduled for the Dec 17th forum to vote on the previously announced changes to the Columbus Metropolitan Club Code of Regulations.
December 17, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther; Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz; Findlay Mayor Christina Muryn; Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith, with moderator Stacia Naquin, News Anchor, WBNS 10TV.
December 10, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Dr. Kimberlee Goodman, Executive Director, The McConnell Arts Center; Angela Meleca, Chief Advocate Officer, Meleca Creative Advisors; Priscilla R. Tyson, Former Columbus City Councilmember, and Founder, Priscilla Tyson Consulting, with moderator Sheri Chaney Jones, Co-Founder & CEO, SureImpact.
December 3, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Anna Ankenbauer, Senior Director, Global Giving, Engagement, Learning & Development, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.; Nina Day, Community Mental Health Advocate; Dr. Ariana Hoet, Executive Director, The Kids Mental Health Foundation, with moderator Cierra Johnson, NBC4 Anchor & Reporter.
November 19, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Walter Eguez, Founder, Tortilla Street Food; Stuart G. Hoffman, Senior Economic Advisor, PNC Financial Services Group; Inna Kinney, CEO and Founder, Economic and Community Development Institute; Ariana Ulloa-Olavarrieta, Small Business Coordinator, City of Columbus, with moderator Susan Post, Digital Editor, Columbus Business First.
November 12, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Bruce Garfield, Executive Director, MUSIC MEANS BUSINESS INC.; Amy Holihan, Deputy Director, Music Columbus; Natalie Jackson, Co-Founder, Natalie's Grandview; Rashad Thomas, CEO, Elev8tor Music with moderator Chris DeVille, Managing Editor, Stereogum, and Author, "Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion."
November 5, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Ann Bischoff, CEO, Star House; Elizabeth Brown, President & CEO, YWCA; Rachel Lustig, President and CEO, Lutheran Social Services; Densil Porteous, Executive Director, Stonewall Columbus, with moderator Brandi AL-Issa, President & CEO, Habitat for Humanity MidOhio.
October 29, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Philip Bump, Former National Columnist, The Washington Post, and Author, "The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America"; Michelle Everhart-Sullivan, Chief Audience Officer, Signal Ohio; Tareya Palmer, Co-Creator, Columbus Can’t Wait Podcast, with moderator Mike Thompson, Director of Radio, WOSU Public Media.
October 22, 2025
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum