Advancing Together: Meet the Columbus Partnership’s New Leader

If “The Columbus Way” were a river, its source might just be The Columbus Partnership. Founded in 2002 as a non-profit organization, the Partnership is a collaborative civic institution that brings the CEOs of Columbus’ leading businesses and institutions together in common purpose to advance metro-wide prosperity. Its work spans economic development, innovation, and efforts to shape an expanding opportunity economy and dynamic community for all. In January 2025, the Columbus Partnership welcomed only its fourth Chief Executive Officer, Jason Hall. The former CEO of Greater St. Louis, Inc., Hall was known for his innovation, collaboration, and results, including stewarding the St. Louis metro to a top 5 job growth market for the first time since 1990 while also catalyzing bold investments in under-invested neighborhoods. Join us as we sit down with The Columbus Partnership’s new CEO Jason Hall for an in-depth conversation on both his leadership style and his vision for the Partnership and the Columbus metro area.

Featuring Jason Hall, President and CEO, The Columbus Partnership, and with moderator Sophia Fifner, President and CEO, The Columbus Metropolitan Club.