Columbus Metropolitan Club
Saturday mornings at 10, Podcast
With a mission to connect people and ideas through community conversation, the Columbus Metropolitan Club presents weekly town hall-style forums where engaged citizens hear from speakers and panelists on a variety of newsworthy, current, and relevant topics of community interest. CMC has almost 1,400 members of various ages, professions, races, and beliefs. WCBE is proud to partner with CMC to deliver audio of the forums on-air and through this podcast.
Latest Episodes
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This CMC forum features 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. -
This CMC forum features 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. -
Healthy nonprofit organizations are critical to any community. They address unmet needs, enrich our cultural life, and build social capital. With a panel of passionate leaders and advocates, we unpack the state of Central Ohio nonprofits at one of CMC’s most popular forums of the year. -
With an expert panel, this CMC forum reflects on the vision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and examines the state of and threats to civil liberties in today’s America. -
With a panel of veteran leaders, this CMC forum unpacks the hidden challenges Ohio veterans face returning to the workforce after military life, and dive into the strategies that are connecting veterans with Ohio employers ready to hire them.
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This CMC forum features 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. -
In this CMC forum with veteran Statehouse News Bureau journalist Jo Ingles, we sit down with Ohio’s 70th governor, Mike DeWine, for a wide-ranging conversation unpacking his 2024 “State of the State” address and a look at what Ohio’s future may hold. -
With a panel of regional leaders, this CMC forum explores the advantages of thinking about economic growth in an entirely new way and how key players in Central Ohio are working together to bring sustainable circular growth to the region. -
This CMC forum features 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. -
This CMC forum features 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.
