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John R. Page Denise Rehg General Manager, Greater Columbus Executive Director, Columbus Symphony Convention Center/ASM Global  C_S_O COLUMBUSSYMPHONY   CBUSCONVENTIONS  CBUSCONVENTIONS COLUMBUSSYMPHONY PLATINUM $5,000+ COLUMBUSCONVENTIONS The Columbus Symphony appointed Denise Rehg as John Page is the general manager for the ASM Executive Director in October 2017. During her first Global-managed Greater Columbus Convention year as executive director, Rehg negotiated an Admin- Center (GCCC). A 23-year ASM Global veteran, Page became general istrative Services Agreement between CAPA and the Columbus Symphony. manager of the GCCC in 2013 and oversees the GCCC’s daily operations, The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Central Federation stakeholder relationships and business development. Additionally, Page of Musicians Local 103, American Federation of Musicians, and the Colum- serves as a commissioner on the Ohio Expositions Commission, the govern- bus Symphony Board of Trustees was negotiated and completed in August ing body for the Ohio Expo Center and Ohio State Fair, is the board chair of 2018 under her leadership. Rehg was able to secure and offer a health care The Ohio State University’s Hospitality Management advisory board and plan to the musicians for the first time in many years. In both FY18 and GOLD $3,500 BRONZE $1,000 sits on the Board of Directors of Tourism Diversity Matters. FY19, Rehg was able to close the books for the fiscal year without a deficit so that reserves were not needed to cover budget shortfalls. Accenture Ice Miller Advanced Drainage Systems GBQ Partners A Certified Tourism Ambassador, Page is a two-time graduate of The Ohio Rehg has a long history of fundraising and arts management. Prior to her Barnes & Thornburg LLP National Church Residences State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a AECOM HNTB appointment with the Columbus Symphony, she served as Vice President of The Boat House at Confluence Ohio Capital Corporation for specialization in marketing and a master’s degree in sports management. American Dairy Association Mideast Home Care Assistance Development at CAPA where she over saw fundraising efforts for CAPA Park Housing Association of Independent Colleges Homeport and its affiliated organizations. Bricker & Eckler Starry and Universities of Ohio Hospice of Central Ohio John Page Rehg served as the President and CEO of Culture Works, the arts fund and Columbus Partnership/One Thomas J. Moyer Legacy Barbara K. Fergus Columbus Committee Huckleberry House Founder and Principal, PageTech Limited arts service provider for the greater Dayton region for six years before CivicPoint Fifth Third Bank T. Marzetti - Lancaster Colony I Know I Can John Page, founder and principal of Pagetech Limited, relocating to Columbus to serve as the Senior AVP for leadership and major Company Columbus Chamber Improving has spent more than 38 years as technical director gifts at the United Way of Central Ohio. Prior experience also includes Columbus Downtown Development Installed Building Products and/or producer of hundreds of international celebrity various roles with the Victoria Theatre Association and Dayton Opera. Corporation SILVER $2,000 Marker, Inc. performances, Broadway shows and political and Rehg is an alumna from Wright State University. Columbus Metropolitan Housing Massucci Law Group special events. Benefactor Group ms consultants Authority MKSK The events produced by PageTech Ltd. included appearances by President Carlile Patchen & Murphy Regionomics Columbus Regional Airport Authority Moody Nolan Clinton; Luciano Pavarotti; The Rolling Stones; Ringling Brothers Barnum & Hayleigh Colombo Crane Group State Auto Insurance Company Community Shelter Board Otterbein University Bailey Circus; Nine Inch Nails; Billy Joel; The Grateful Dead; Crosby, Stills, Reporter, Columbus Business First City of Hilliard Ulmer & Berne LLP Nash, & Young; Garth Brooks; U2; Les Miserables; Rascal Flatts and Corna Kokosing Overmyer Hall Associates  HAYLEIGHCOLOMBO  COLUMBUSBIZ1ST Grange Insurance US Bank hundreds more. COLUMBUSBUSINESSFIRST Help Wizards WCMH NBC4 CoverMyMeds REALM Collaborative Pagetech Ltd. has produced events from coast to coast, and has traveled as MORPC Crabbe Brown & James Roetzel & Andress Hayleigh Colombo is a business reporter specializing far as Mexico, Spain, and Paris. Page’s experiences have helped him Deloitte Smith & Hale in coverage of higher education, tourism, arts, and fine-tune the event-production process. DesignGroup for Columbus Business First. Easton Star House PageTech Ltd. has over 35 employees, and Business First has ranked She is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of Butler University’s College FORUM FLYER Pagetech as the one of the top Event Production Company in central Ohio The Edwards Companies Steptoe & Johnson of Communication, and a member of the board of the Society of Professional SPONSORED BY over the last several years. In 2009, Pagetech Ltd. was ranked the #3 fastest Encova The Jeffrey Company Journalists’ Central Ohio chapter. growing company in central Ohio by the Business First Fast Fifty. Interested in sponsorship? Call 614.464.3220 x1 or Event Marketing Strategies The Saunders Company Colombo has bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science from Fahlgren Mortine The Smoot Corporation Butler University. Prior to joining Columbus Business First in 2019, Colombo email Lanie Cuthbert at [email protected] worked as a reporter in Indianapolis and Lafayette, Indiana. 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 Sima Gellman Amanda Sage Carrie Mayer Skepticism in Science: Rebuilding Confidence George Arnold LM Steve Gravenkemper Jane Scott Ashley Myers In Partnership with Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Kelly Atkinson B Deb Hackathorn B LM Bruce Smith LM John Page Rapid 5: The Power of Parks and Waterways - Christina Brown Marilyn Harris Richard "Ike" Stage John R. Page When did the public start questioning the Local Planners Unveil Designs to Connect validity of science and why? What can be Don Brown Thomas Kahler Chuck Taylor Denise Rehg Wednesday, July 21, 2021 done to restore trust in science and 4:30 – 7:30pm Marilyn Brown Julia Keckstein LM Ryan Ross Joey Thomas scientists? Join us as our panelist discuss renewing interest in RAPID 5 is a unique opportunity to a Doug Buchanan B Stacey Kuzda Charles Warner Omar Salgado science literacy in our community. shared vision for an integrated open space network to benefit the Central Ohio economy, Doug Buchanan Jr. Bill LaFayette GUESTS Lindsey Shapiro Livestream Featuring Frederic Bertley, Ph.D., President and CEO, COSI and host, QED with Dr. B, WOSU Public Media and Kathryn manage growth, provide access for Pamela Conrad Carol Luper B Patricia Barton Jennifer Shuey Sponsored by Sullivan, Ph.D., former NASA Astronaut, former Under recreation, education, and health; while Lanie Cuthbert Steven Marks B LM Hayleigh Colombo Nick Sico Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and preserving natural resources and environ- René Delane LM Kerri Nicholson Celina Fabrizio Reggie Thomas former Administrator of NOAA, with host, Scott Light, Owner, Scott Light Consult- mental health. ing. Warren Fishman LM Jacqueline Pasternack Mikalene Guiser Sara Ticknor Five of our community’s leading design firms have rolled up their sleeves and unleashed their creativity to imagine what is possible for the future of our waterways. The results of Mike Gatto Nicholas Pavlik Geri Lombard Dravon Tyson Sponsored by: WOSU Public Media their work are imaginative and thought-provoking. They will reveal their intriguing Stacy Geller Cheryl Roller In partnership with: COSI EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND designs for the very first time at the Columbus Metropolitan Club’s con*ver*sa*tion 2021. Livestream sponsored by: The Emergency Response Fund of The Columbus Featuring Keith Myers, Vice President, Planning, Architecture and Real Estate Office of Foundation CMC Welcomes Doug Buchanan, Jr. Administration and Planning, The Ohio State University and William Murdock, Executive Livestream in partnership with: PNC and The Columbus Dispatch Director Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission. Doug Buchanan, Jr. has joined media sponsorships. In his initial Images of Livestream in Presentations by Brian Bernstein, Principal/Founder, REALM Collaborative, Margot CMC as the Vice President of years at COSI, he produced America: Stanly TBD Jacobs, Senior Associate, Landscape Design Leader, NBBJ, Kim Way, ASLA, Principal / Programming. marketing and exhibit preview County. Partnership with Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Urban Design and Planning, NBBJ, Jeffrey Pongonis, ASLA, Principal, Landscape videos helped to develop a Charleston, SC: Prior to CMC, Buchanan was Vice Architect, MKSK, Andrew Overbeck, AICP, Principal, Planner, MKSK, Michael Bongiorno, podcast and other promotional Arcadia, 2000, Canine Comfort: Buckeye President of Membership, and AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Vice President, Managing Principal - Design Director, AECOM, tools, which will be valuable skills and Female Brand and Guest Relations at Paws' Curative Role Tedd Hardesty, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP, Principal, EDGE, and Timothy Skinner, ASLA, for producing CMC’s weekly Firsts in the COSI, where he was employed Wednesday, July 28, 2021 PLA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, EDGE. television shows and podcasts. Fields: Air & Space. Philadelphia, since 2006. His roles with PA: Chelsea House, 1999. Featuring Rustin Moore, DMV, Ph.D., JOIN US IN THE ROOM! We will be welcoming an in person audience to network, ever-increasing responsibilities at A native of North Carolina, Diplomate ACVS, Dean, College of Veteri- enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, hear the presentations, as well as, time to review COSI included extensive work Buchanan holds a Bachelors and He and his wife, Heather, have nary Medicine, Ruth Stanton Chair in the planners’ designs. Please make reservations by July 20th. developing branding, program- Masters of Arts Degree in History two teenage daughters, May and Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Nechelle ming, marketing, strategic from the University of Mississippi. Paige, and live in New Albany. Sponsored by: AECOM, Live! Technologies, The Green Funds of the Columbus Founda- Marlow, RN, BSN, Nurse Manager, OSU Wexner Medical planning, member relations and He has published two books: tion, The Ohio State University, REALM Collaborative, Advanced Drainage Systems, Center, and host Gail Hogan, journalist. and Columbus Downtown Development Corporation Sponsored by: The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and In partnership with: Urban Land Institute Columbus and Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Health Services Colleges Catch the Forum After the Forum Board of Trustees Commission Livestream sponsored by: The Emergency Response Fund of The Columbus Livestream sponsored by: The Emergency Response Fund of The Columbus Founda- WOSU Public Media, CMC’s broadcast partner, televises the forums on the WOSU Ohio Steven Marks Chair Josh Harrison Treasurer Foundation tion 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 Livestream in partnership with: PNC and The Columbus Dispatch at 9:00 PM. CTV, Columbus Television, airs the broadcasts on Insight, WOW, and Ellen Bloch Secretary Past Chair Livestream in partnership with: PNC and The Columbus Dispatch 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. 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