Featuring Shereen Agrawal, Executive Director, Center for Software Innovation, The Ohio State University; Alex 'Fro' Frommeyer, Founder and CEO, Stack Health, and Chairman, Beam Benefits; Tim Grace, Managing Director, Techstars Columbus, with moderator Carrie Ghose, Senior Reporter, Columbus Business First.
May 13, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Mike DeWine, Governor, State of Ohio, and moderator Jo Ingles, Journalist and Producer, The Statehouse News Bureau.
May 20, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring John McCarthy, Founding Partner, Speire HealthCare Strategies;Â Amy Rohling McGee, President, Health Policy Institute of Ohio; Dr. Buhari Mohammed, Chief Executive Officer, Heart of Ohio Family Health, Louis W. Blessing III State Senator (R-Colerain Township), with moderator Laura A. Bischoff, Ohio Politics and State Government Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch.Â
June 3, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Mayor Andrew J. Ginther, City of Columbus; Linda Logan, CEO & President, Greater Columbus Sports Commission, with moderator Kristen McFarland, News Reporter, WBNS 10TVÂ and additional panelists to be announced.
June 10, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
eaturing Emmalyn Jerome, CEO of Lower Lights Ministries; Phil Washburn, President & CEO, The Furniture Bank of Central Ohio, with moderator Sheldon K. Johnson, Executive Director, Partners Achieving Community Transformation. Additional panelists to be announced.
June 17, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Michael Corey, Executive Director, The Human Service Chamber of Franklin County; Rhea Cunningham, CEO, Boys & Girls Club of Central Ohio; Columbus City Councilmember Melissa Green; Dr. Bill LaFayette, Owner, Regionomics, with moderator Danae King, Underserved Communities Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch.
July 8, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Daren Griffin, President & CEO, The Columbus Regional Airport Authority, with moderator Jerod Smalley, Co-Anchor, WCMH NBC4, and Host, Columbus 2.0 and additional panelist to be announced.
July 15, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Matthew Goldstein, CEO, Besa; Kerri Mollard, Founder and CEO, Mollard Consulting; Emily Toney, Senior Vice President, Local Market Executive, Bank of America, with moderator Janelle Coleman, President, American Electric Power Foundation.
July 22, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum
Featuring Charles Hillman, President & CEO, The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority with moderator Michael Wilkos, Vice President of Community Engagement, The United Way of Central Ohio.
August 19, 2026
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
National Veterans Memorial and Museum