Event Archive

Featuring Rob Dorans, President Pro Tem, Columbus City Council and Leah Evans, President & CEO, Homeport; and Rebecca Kemper, CEO, Columbus Landmarks; Kathy Green, Vice-Chair and Zoning Committee Chair, Columbus Southside Area Commission; with Moderator Mark Ferenchik, News Director, WOSU Public Media

July 10, 2024 11:30 am - 1:00 pm The Ellis

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Featuring Laura MacDonald, Principal & Founder, Benefactor Group (moderator); Dr. Una Osili, Associate Dean for Research and International Programs, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy; Erika Gable, President, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Central Ohio Chapter; Rachel Lustig, CEO, Lutheran Social Services

June 26, 2024 11:30 am - 1:00 pm The Ellis

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Featuring Dan Sharpe​, Vice President for Community Research and Grants Management, The Columbus Foundation (moderator); Matthew Goldstein, CEO, Besa; Suzan Bradford, Executive Director, The Lincoln Theater; Gabrielle Fields, Executive Director, Franklinton Farms and Kristen Rost, Vice President, Nationwide Foundation

June 12, 2024 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Vue Columbus

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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