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Featuring Eric Karolak, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Action for Children, Kara Wente, Director, Department of Children and Youth, State of Ohio, Aslyne Rodriguez, Senior Director, Regional Strategic Partnerships, COTA, and Carol Haynes, Executive Director, Kiddie Academy, with host Cierra Johnson, Anchor and Reporter, NBC4
February 14, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Matt Schuler, Executive Director, The Ohio Casino Control Commission, Dan Dodd, Vice President of Government Relations, ZHF Consulting LLC, Stacey Frohnapfel-Hasson, Chief, Office of Prevention & Problem Gambling, Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services, and Oyauma Garrison, President & CEO, Maryhaven, Inc, with host Rob Oller, Sports Reporter & Columnist, The Columbus Dispatch
February 7, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Adam Brouillette, Artist, Muralist, & Public Art Advocate, Celeste Malvar-Stewart, Adjunct Faculty, CCAD, Marshall Shorts, Creative-N-Chief, Artfluential, & Creative Director, Ohio Organizing Collaborative, Shelbi Toone, Project Manager, Poindexter Village Museum and Cultural Center, with host Corey Favor, Senior Director of Community Engagement, Talent, & Culture, Orange Barrel Media
January 31, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Todd Ambrosia, President, Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Karen Rose, Ph.D., Dean, The Ohio State University College of Nursing, Susan Beaudry, Vice President, Osteopathic Heritage Foundations, and Chynna Smith, Family Medicine Resident, OhioHealth Dublin Methodist Hospital, with host Greg Moody, Director of Professional Development, The John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
January 24, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Join CMC and City Beautiful creator, producer, and narrator Dave Amos and Manuel Santana Palacios, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, The Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University, as we explore the factors that shape the cities we call home, with host, Belkis Schoenhals, Principal Planner, The City of Columbus
January 17, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Shannon Isom, President & CEO, Community Shelter Board, Sheli Mathias, Director, The Open Shelter, Bob Weiler, Chairman of the Board, The Robert Weiler Company, and Letha Pugh, Co-Founder, Bake Me Happy, with host Ann Bischoff, Executive Director, Star House.
January 10, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring, Bill LaFayette, Ph.D., Owner, Regionomics, Ben Ayers, Senior Economist, Nationwide Insurance, and Joyce Chen, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University, with host Mark Williams, Business Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch
January 3, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Bhakti Bania, CEO, BBCO Design, Chris Hermann, Principal, MKSK, Thomas Slack, Administrator, Capital Programs, Ohio Department of Transportation, Benjamin Perryman, Endangered Properties Fund Director, Columbus Landmarks Foundation, and Chris Hune, Immediate Past President, German Village Society, with host, Mark Ferenchik, Columbus Neighborhoods & Urban Issues Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch
December 13, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Donna James, Board Chair, Victoria's Secret & Co., and Managing Director, Lardon & Associates LLC, and Lydia Smith, Chief Diversity Officer, Victoria's Secret & Co., with host Kimberly Minor, CEO, Bumbershoot, LLC.
December 6, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
Featuring Richard D. Kahlenberg, Non-resident Scholar, Center on Education and Workforce, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Senior Fellow, Progressive Policy Institute, and Author, Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism, and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don't See, Shayla Favor, Member, Columbus City Council, and Tehani Mesa-Morales, Move to PROSPER Parent & Program Participant, and Human Resources Generalist, ViaQuest, with host Amy Klaben. President & CEO, Families Flourish.
November 29, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
The Ellis
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