Membership and Engagement

MEMBERSHIP & ENGAGEMENT

UPCOMING ALL-MEMBER ENGAGEMENTS

OCTOBER 14-15

Strategic Member Worksessions (virtual)

We will use these two days together to advance conversations about the future of the Columbus Region, community issues we are facing and our collective leadership role.

Due to Covid-19, the annual Leadership Retreat at Harvard has been postponed. We are hopeful to revisit those plans in early 2022.

DECEMBER 9 | 6-9 PM

Holiday Party (location TBA)

Vaccinated members and spouses are invited to join us in celebration of our collective community efforts and the holiday season.

Q3 ENGAGEMENT RECAP

August 26 | New Member Overview We hosted 7 of our newest members at the Columbus Partnership offices to discuss the history and evolution of our organization and our collective work to advance community issues.

July 16 and September 17 | DEI All-Workgroups Sessions In Q3 we hosted two DEI all-workgroups sessions where members discussed our progress and how to advance the work ahead. The group also engaged with Ryan Donahue, our partner in this work, to begin to build a framework for goal-setting, impact and future investments.

July 28 | Competitiveness Council Members of the Competitiveness Council convened at The CoOperative, Nationwide’s innovation center, to discuss our public policy priorities and economic development progress and hear from Franklin County Commissioner Erica Crawley.

NEW MEMBERS

We welcomed five members to the Columbus Partnership this quarter:

Chris Calamari Senior Vice President, U.S. Nutrition Abbott Nutrition David Ciesinski Chairman & CEO Lancaster Colony Corporation

Arthur Scherbel Managing Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Dr. Andy Thomas Interim Co-Leader and Chief Clinical Officer; Senior Associate VIce President of Health Sciences OSU Wexner Medical Center

Lewis Smoot, Jr. Chairman, President & CEO Smoot Construction

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

YALP

On September 2, Columbus YALP alumni participated in a special virtual conversation with Heather McGhee, chairman of Color of Change and author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, moderated by Nancy Kramer. The program was held in conjunction with The Columbus Foundation’s Celebration of Philanthropy.