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Featuring Nicole Metzgar-Schall (Corporate Counsel at Sportradar), Bruce Jones (Gambling Counselor at Maryhaven). Kevin Braig (Partner at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP), and host Doug Buchanan (Editor in Chief at Columbus Business First).
Studies indicate that organizations with diverse leadership and staff are more innovative and successful. Central Ohio has a rapidly increasing, diverse population so business, government and nonprofits should adapt appropriately.
Our panel will feature Denise Robinson (President CEO of Alvis Inc.), Carter Stewart (Managing Director of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation), Jodi Thomas (Franklin County Municipal Judge), and host Karen Kasler (Bureau Chief of Statehouse News).
To discuss the myriad options and indeed challenges surrounding death, we welcome Ryan Nash, MD, MA (Director of The Ohio State University Center for Bioethics and Director of Division of Bioethics, Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy), Robert Rivas (General Counsel for the Final Exit Network), and host Jo Ingles (Reporter at The Statehouse News Bureau).
We welcome the return of warm weather and our 4th Thursdays Happy Hours, running May through September.
We dive into the deep end of this discussion by inviting three people who have made it a professional priority to reform criminal sentencing: Larry Obhof (State Senator for District 22 and President of the Senate), Ron O'Brien (Franklin County Prosecutor), Zach Klein (Columbus City Attorney), and host Karen Kasler (Bureau Chief of the Statehouse News Bureau).
Michael Drake, M.D., President of The Ohio State University, will be interviewed by Stacia Naquin (Co-Anchor at WSYX ABC 6).
To understand the murky waters of educational funding, we welcome Howard Fleeter (Owner of Fleeter & Associates), Melissa Cropper (President of the Ohio Federation Of Teachers), Tracy Nájera (Executive Director of the Children’s Defense Fund), and host Jim Seigel (Ohio Statehouse reporter at The Columbus Dispatch).
The future of mobility in Ohio is at an interesting point with the state government considering increased funding for public transportation and the recently passed gas tax to maintain infrastructure.