The Summit for Restoring Prosperity to Ohio

7:30 Registration opens

8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:30 Opening Plenary Session

Welcome

The Honorable Michael Coleman, Mayor, Columbus

Summit Introduction and Overview

Lavea Brachman, Co-Director Greater Ohio, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Bio

9:00 Presentation

Restoring Prosperity: A New Economic Vision for Ohio and Its Core Communities

Bruce Katz, Vice President & Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution Bio

10:00 Response Panel

What would Ohio look like, if we implemented the proposed new economic revitalization strategies? What other proposed solutions are feasible?

Moderator: Mike Curtin, Associate Publisher Emeritus, Columbus Dispatch Bio

Confirmed Panelists

The Honorable Lee Fisher, Lieutenant Governor Bio

The Honorable Bill Harris, President, Ohio Senate Bio

Luis M. Proenza, President, University of Akron Bio

The Honorable David J. Berger, Mayor, Lima Bio

Alex Fischer, Vice President, Commercialization, Battelle

12:15 Lunch Plenary

Introduction

Jerry Jurgensen, President and CEO, Nationwide Insurance

Plenary Presentation

Governor Ted Strickland (confirmed)

Session 1: Creating Vital Neighborhoods

Moderator: Ben Hecht, President and CEO, Living Cities Bio

Author: Alan Mallach, Non-resident, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Confirmed Panelists

Milton Dohoney Jr, City Manager, Cincinnati Bio

Doug Garver, Executive Director, Ohio Housing Finance Agency Bio

Eric Hoddersen, President, Neighborhood Progress, Inc.

Steven Leeper, President and CEO, Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC)

David Sweet, President, Youngstown University

Session 2: Making Ohio Workers More Competitive

Moderator: Chad Wick, President and CEO, KnowledgeWorks Bio

Author: Jane Dockery, Associate Director, Center for Urban and Public Affairs Wright State University

Confirmed Panelist (TBD)

Bob Jaquay, Associate Director, Gund Foundation

Randell McShepard, Chairman and Co-founder, Policy Bridge Bio

Session 3: Spurring Economic Investments in Ohio’s Core Communities

Moderator:Bob Milbourne, President and CEO, The Columbus Partnership Bio

Author: Rob Greenbaum, Professor, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State University

Confirmed Panelists

Mark Barbash, Deputy Director, Ohio Department of Development Bio

Mark Erickson, President, Wittenberg University (Springfield, OH)

Ned Hill, Professor, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs of Cleveland State University, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

David Pepper, Hamilton County Commissioner Bio

Joseph Roman, President and CEO, The Greater Cleveland Partnership

Session 4: Fostering Regional Solutions to Increase Shared Prosperity

Moderator: David Abbott, President, Gund Foundation Bio

Author: Mark Partridge, Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy, The Ohio State University

Confirmed Panelists

Dan Foley, Montgomery County Commissioner Bio

Ellen van der Horst, President, Cincinnati USA Chamber of Commerce

Brad Whitehead, President, Fund for Our Economic Future

The Honorable Georgine Welo, Mayor, City of South Euclid

Session 5: Achieving New Transportation Investment Strategies

Moderator: Ty Marsh, President and CEO, Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Author: Scott Bernstein, President, Center for Neighborhood Technology Bio

Confirmed Panelists

Chester Jourdan, Executive Director, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC)

Gene Krebs, Co-Director, Greater Ohio Bio

Jolene Molitoris, Assistant Director, Ohio Department of Transportation

Chris Warren, Chief of Regional Development, City of Cleveland

Introduction to Panel (TBA)

Moderator: Douglas Kridler, CEO, Columbus Foundation

Confirmed Panelists

The Honorable Michael Turner, Congressman, 3rd District of Ohio

The Honorable Jay Williams, Mayor, Youngstown

Nancy Zimpher, President, University of Cincinnati

4:30 Next Steps and Closing

Staying Engaged and Advancing the Restoring Prosperity Agenda