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Mandy Bishop Raja Sundararajan Deputy Director of Public Service, City of President and COO, American Electric Power Columbus & Smart Columbus Program  AEPNEWS AMERICANELECTRICPOWER Manager Raja Sundararajan is president and chief operating PLATINUM $5,000+  SMARTCBUS SMARTCBUS  SMARTCBUS officer for AEP and is responsible for all aspects Mandy Bishop serves as the Smart Columbus of electric service for AEP Ohio’s 1.5 million customers. Program manager and is responsible for the delivery of the USDOT and Paul Sundararajan has held several leadership positions since joining AEP in G. Allen Family Foundation grant funded programs. During her tenure, 2002. He served as vice president – Regulatory Services, leading AEP’s Bishop has served as a senior project manager with GPD Group, the staff regulatory activities before 11 state regulatory commissions and the Federal lead for the Ohio Governor’s 21st Century Priorities Task Force and deputy Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). He was also vice president – Trans- director of Planning for the Ohio Department of Transportation. She has 19 mission Asset Strategy and Policy; managing director – Transmission years of private- and public-sector experience with a specialty in complex Business Strategy; managing director of Market Risk; and has held manage- project management. ment positions in Treasury and Corporate Finance at AEP. GOLD $3,500 BRONZE $1,000 Bishop holds a bachelor of science in civil engineering from Ohio State Sundararajan has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Accenture Ice Miller AECOM HNTB University. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. He also has a master’s degree Barnes & Thornburg LLP National Church Residences American Dairy Association Mideast Home Care Assistance in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland, a master’s The Boat House at Confluence Ohio Capital Corporation for Association of Independent Colleges Homeport Sophia Mohr degree in business administration (MBA) from the University of Michigan Park Housing and Universities of Ohio Hospice of Central Ohio Chief Innovation Officer, Central Ohio Transit and he completed the Executive MBA program at the University of Virginia. Bricker & Eckler Starry Barbara K. Fergus Huckleberry House Authority Columbus Partnership/One Thomas J. Moyer Legacy CivicPoint  COTABUS COTABUS  COTABUS Kerry Charles Columbus Committee I Know I Can Columbus Chamber Fifth Third Bank T. Marzetti - Lancaster Colony Improving As the first Chief Innovation Officer for the Central Co-Anchor, WCMH NBC4 Company Columbus Metropolitan Housing Installed Building Products Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), Sophia Mohr brought a  KERRYNBC4  NBC4I NBC4COLUMBUS Authority  NBC4I Marker, Inc. keen understanding of the rapid transformation of the Columbus Regional Airport global transportation industry. Emmy Award winner Kerry Charles is a weeknight SILVER $2,000 Authority Massucci Law Group MKSK Since joining COTA in September 2019, Mohr has focused on expanding the anchor for NBC4. He joined the station after working Benefactor Group ms consultants Community Shelter Board as an anchor/reporter in Atlanta. Prior to that, he spent Moody Nolan use of technology to reimagine and advance mobility. She has played a key Carlile Patchen & Murphy Regionomics Corna Kokosing role in rolling out the first bus on-demand service in North America as well seven years as a morning anchor in Greensboro, N.C. Kerry has also worked Otterbein University Crane Group State Auto Insurance Company CoverMyMeds as an effort to share artificial intelligence data regarding traffic, infrastruc- as a reporter and/or producer in Shreveport, LA, Cincinnati, and here in City of Hilliard Ulmer & Berne LLP Crabbe Brown & James Overmyer Hall Associates ture and connected vehicle data across Central Ohio. Columbus. Deloitte Roetzel & Andress Grange Insurance US Bank Mohr comes to COTA from the private sector, having worked 17 years at In his years away from home, Charles covered all sorts of stories. He Smith & Hale Help Wizards WCMH NBC4 DesignGroup NetJets, a Berkshire Hathaway company headquartered in Columbus. She followed two viewers to the Bahamas to check on their families and Spectrum MORPC Easton joined NetJets in 2002 as a business analyst and became the company’s childhood homes following Hurricane Dorian. Charles has covered a The Edwards Companies Star House first director of product development, and then its first vice president of presidential debate and three national political conventions. He anchored special coverage live on the scene at the Charleston church shootings, the Encova Steptoe & Johnson owner experience design and strategy. Prior to NetJets, Mohr started her 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom and at Event Marketing Strategies The Jeffrey Company career as a human factors design engineer for IBM, then served as a consul- FORUM FLYER Super Bowl LIII. During the grand opening of Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, The Saunders Company tant and manager for a global technology and consulting company. SPONSORED BY Fahlgren Mortine Charles interviewed a number of entertainment icons. GBQ Partners The Smoot Corporation A Columbus native, Mohr earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Central Ohio is home for Charles. He attended , and Interested in sponsorship? Call 614.464.3220 x1 or industrial and systems engineering from The , with a specialization in designing systems and services for people. graduated from -McKinley High School. He went on to earn a email Lanie Cuthbert at [email protected] communication degree from the University of Cincinnati. Audio assist headphones are available the Today’s Attendees B CMC Board Member LM Lifetime Member NM New Member AV table at the side of the room.

MEMBERS Tony Gugliemotto Mark Villilo Jen Masor Future of News in a Digital Sponsored by World George Arnold LM Vanessa Harmon Beth Whitted Zach McGuire Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Mandy Bishop Krista Hazen Julia Wyche Sophia Mohr Our panel will discuss the changes COVID Roger Blackwell Mindy Justis Katie Zehnder Mark Patton accelerated in the world of media, which Rapid 5: The Power of Parks and Conner Brintlinger Mark Keister GUESTS Savannah Ranz changes will be sustained into the future, and what news will look like as a result of these changes. Waterways - Local Planners Unveil Doug Buchanan B Sherry Kish Frank Aransky Angie Rybalt Designs to Connect Featuring Alan Miller, Executive Editor, The Columbus Doug Buchanan Jr. NM Stacey Kuzda Bud Braughton Alex Slaymaker Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Dispatch and Gannet Ohio Regional Editor, Walker Evans, 4:30 – 7:30pm Michael Carmichael Bill LaFayette Steve Campbell Raja Sundararajan Co-Founder & CEO, Columbus Underground, and host Ann Christopher Carver Bruce Luecke Kevin Carter Fisher, host, All Sides With Ann Fisher, WOSU Public Media. Join CMC for con*ver*sa*tion 2021 as our Special thanks to Livestream panelists reveal the plans to connect Pamela Conrad Carol Luper B Kerry Charles Livestream sponsored by: The Emergency Response Fund of The Columbus Central Ohio with Rapid 5! This evening our virtual seat Sponsored by Foundation Valerie Croasmun Steven Marks LM Josh Combs event will feature networking over donors! Lanie Cuthbert Stephanie Megas Jordan Davis Livestream in partnership with: PNC and cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, the planners’ presentations, and time to admire their Mary Duffey Jolene Molitoris LM Denise Eck Sherry Hubbard Events are Back: Impact on creative designs. Kristen Easterday Carol Newcomb- Jennifer Fening Patrick Losinski Economy and Social Scene Featuring Keith Myers, Vice President, Planning, Architecture and Real Estate Alutto B LM Mary Fenlon Robert Golias Kelly Scocco Wednesday, June 30, 2021 Office of Administration and Planning, The Ohio State University and William LM Kerri Nicholson Hamilton J. (Joel) EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND Murdock, Executive Director Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission. Warren Fishman Gia Hayes-Martin Our panelists will discuss their experienc- Teaford Ken Freedman Lisa Patt-McDaniel Tom Hibbard es of the past year and what they are Livestream sponsored by: The Emergency Response Fund of The Columbus Mindy Wright seeing on the horizon for events in the Foundation Jim Frey Mark Real LM Len Huff weeks and months ahead. Livestream in partnership with: PNC and The Columbus Dispatch Currecia Gamble Megan Real LM Mackenzie King Livestream in Jane Scott Featuring John R. Page, General Manager, Sima Gellman Jennifer Kiser Partnership with Greater Columbus Convention Kimberlee Bruce Smith LM Phillip Kumar Center/ASM Global, Denise Rehg, Execu- Goodman LM Joey Thomas tive Director Columbus Symphony, and Position Open John Page, Founder and Principal, PageTech Limited with host, Hayleigh Colombo, reporter, Columbus Business CMC is seeking a Vice President of Programming. Thank you to our table hosts First. Columbus Partnership Livestream sponsored by: The Emergency Response Fund of The Columbus For details, please visit NBC4 Foundation columbusmetroclub.org/news or contact Jane Livestream in partnership with: PNC and The Columbus Dispatch Scott at [email protected]. Catch the Forum After the Forum Board of Trustees

WOSU Public Media, CMC’s broadcast partner, televises the forums on the WOSU Ohio Steven Marks Chair Josh Harrison Treasurer digital channel and over-the-air on channel 34.2. The most recent forums air on Mondays Kelly Atkinson Vice Chair Carol Newcomb-Alutto Immediate at 9:00 PM. CTV, Columbus Television, airs the broadcasts on Insight, WOW, and Ellen Bloch Secretary Past Chair Spectrum, AT&T U-Verse, and over-the-air on channel 22. It’s also available statewide on the Ohio Channel. Doug Buchanan Colleen Marshall Edward Pauline Tom Dailey Anthony McIntosh Deborah Pryce The Mission of the Columbus Metropolitan Club is to connect people and WCBE 90.5 Radio airs the forums on Saturdays at 3 PM and are available on demand on their website at wcbe.org/programs/columbus-metropolitan-club. Deb Hackathorn Laquore Meadows Carey Schmitt ideas through community conversation. Niel Jruist Liz Mote Stephen White On the CMC website at columbusmetroclub.org/archive and on YouTube. 1041 Dublin Road, Suite 103 @cbusmetroclub @cbusmetroclub Marie-Joëlle Khouzam Stephen Myers Columbus, Ohio 43215 @cbusmetroclub /company/cbusmetroclub Carol Luper Ray Paprocki 614.464.3220 cbusforum columbusmetroclub.org