Theme: RISK

We explored different themes on RISK including "not so risky ideas," "Finding your risk mentor," "serving the at-risk populations," and "risk in health care."

77 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio, 43215
United States

Arts and College Preparatory Academy

Arts High School

High School students from the Arts and College Preparatory Academy.

Amit Majmudar

Ohio's Poet Laureate

Amit Majmudar is a poet, novelist, essayist, and diagnostic nuclear radiologist. He is the state of Ohio's first Poet Laureate. His poetry and prose have appeared in the New York Times, New Yorker, Best of the Best American Poetry 1988-2012, and Norton Introduction to Literature. His novels include Partitions (Holt/Metropolitan, 2011) and The Abundance (Holt/Metropolitan, 2013). His latest poetry collection is Dothead (Knopf, 2016).

Andy Boy

Founder, United Schools Network (Charter Schools)

Andy is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at the United Schools Network (USN). He opened his charter school, Columbus Collegiate Academy (CCA-Main), in 2008. The school, which serves about 240 students in grades 6-8, received an “Excellent” rating from the Ohio Department of Education in 2012. Recently, CCA-Main also won the Gold Star EPIC award from New Leaders for New Schools for its extraordinary student achievement gains; it was one of only four schools nationwide to win the honor.

Angie Plummer

Executive Director, Community Refugee Immigrant Services

Angie Plummer is the Executive Director of Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS), a non-profit organization serving refugees and immigrants in Central Ohio. She has been with CRIS since 1998, and started as a volunteer lawyer. She became Executive Director of the agency in 2003. She is a 1989 graduate of the University of Dayton, where she majored in International Studies and minored in German, and is a 1992 graduate of the Ohio State University College of Law. She is admitted to practice law in Ohio and admitted by the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Prior to working for CRIS, Angie worked for the State of Ohio and in private practice. She lists as her professional accomplishments the participation in resettlement to Columbus, Ohio of more than 7,500 refugees and the successful resolution of many family reunification and asylum cases. She lives with her husband and two children in Columbus, Ohio.

Anna Ray Ziegler

Anna is a sophomore at Columbus School for Girls in Columbus, OH.

Anshuman Mishra

Anshuman is a 12th grade student at Dublin Jerome High School in Dublin, Ohio.

Brooke Yoakam

Brooke is a 9th grade student at Upper Arlington High School in Columbus, Ohio.

Cathe Kobacker

Hospice Volunteer

Cathe is a 40 year hospice volunteer on a mission to help people prepare for their death.

Chloe Jaffe

Chloe is a senior at Linworth Alternative School in the Worthington, OH, School District.

Chris Volpe

Founder, Multivarious Games

Chris is the co-founder of Multivarious Games, the leading game development company in Columbus, OH. He is also the President and Co-Founder of the Ohio Game Developer Association which strives to build a community of game development and turn Columbus into the Silicon Valley of Video Games.

Debbie Goff

Infectious Disease Clinical Pharmacist

Debbie Goff Pharm.D. is an internationally renowned infectious diseases clinical pharmacist who works hand in hand with physicians and pharmacists in hospitals across six continents advocating for the responsible use of antibiotics through antibiotic stewardship.

Donte Woods-Spikes

Student

Donte Woods-Spikes Is a Columbus Ohio Native with a camera and a plan to change both minds and hearts. Donte began taking classes at Columbus State Community College as a part time student in 2012, where he first ran into his Sociology teacher, an ex-cop, who introduced him to community work. Ever since he's been trying to make positive changes in areas where people are told to "stay away."

Eric Zimmer

Host, The One You Feed (Podcast)

Eric is the host of a popular podcast. The One You Feed.

Hawa Diawara

Hawa is a 9th grade student at St. Francis DeSales High School in Columbus, Ohio.

Heather Reese

Heather is a performative painter who has survived some of life's most difficult traumas.

Isatu Barry

Isatu is a senior at Briggs High School in the Columbus, OH, School District.

James Sullivan

James Sullivan is a recent high school graduate.

Jennifer Kempton

Founder, Survivors Ink

A true survivor of human trafficking, Jennifer Kempton uses her experience to promote awareness of the issue and to advocate for social change.

Lillianna Romaker

Lillianna is a 10th grade student at Columbus School for Girls in Columbus, Ohio.

Lito Ramirez

Founder, Down Syndrome Achieves

Lito Ramirez is CEO of DownSyndrome Achieves, a charitable research organization that champions the development of critical research capabilities needed to better understand Down syndrome and to accelerate breakthrough discoveries. In 2015, DownSyndrome Achieves launched an innovative partnership with Nationwide Children's Hospital to develop the first centralized and dedicated biobank for DS research.

Madeleine Gagne

Madeleine is a senior at Dublin Coffman High School in the Dublin, OH, City Schools.

Marc Levitt

Surgeon; Founder - Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction

Marc Levitt, MD, is the Surgical Director of the Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction (CCPR) at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the Ohio State University. The CCPR aligns specialists within GI, Colorectal, Pediatric Surgery, Urology and Gynecology to create a comprehensive treatment program assisting children with these complex disorders, and is the first fully integrated program of its kind in the world.

Mark Kvamme

Founder, Drive Capital

When he's not racing (and sometimes crashing) off-road trucks, Mark is a co-founder and partner at Drive Capital. Before Drive Capital, Mark was the Interim Chief Investment Officer and President of JobsOhio, a private, nonprofit corporation leading Ohio’s job-creation efforts. Prior to JobsOhio, Mark was a partner at Sequoia Capital for 12 years, where he led investments in Linkedin (LKND - NYSE), MarkLogic, Cast Iron (IBM), and FunnyOrDie.com. Prior to Sequoia, Mark was the Chairman and CEO of CKS Group (CKSG - NASDAQ) and a founding member of Apple France.

Marshall Shorts

Founder, Soulo Theory

Marshall is the founder of Soulo Theory Creative, a brand and advertising agency, who is a creative thinker with a passion for design.

McKenna Hensley

McKenna is a junior at Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School in the Columbus, OH, City Schools.

Ricardo Felix

Ricardo is a junior at South High School in the Columbus, OH, School District.

Rob Brisk

Since 1980, Robert D. Brisk has been passionate about changing the world of education. Rob serves as the Head of The Wellington School, an independent school for students in preschool through grade 12. Wellington under Rob’s leadership has developed and commercialized educational technology focused on student engagement and has been named a top workplace in Columbus 4 years running.

Rylei Nami

Rylei is a 12th grade student at Gahanna Lincoln High School in Gahanna, Ohio.

Sara Abou Rashed

Sara is a senior at senior at Centennial High School in Columbus, Ohio.

Sile Singleton

Founder, His Kings

For the past 30 years Sile is an accomplished gender performer best known for her gender bending portrayals of the sassy Lustivious Dela Virgion and the savvy Luster Dela V. She is the co-founder and visionary of 1990’s nationally and internationally acclaimed drag king troupe, H.I.S. KINGS and IDKE (The International Drag King Extravaganza). Ms. Singleton is featured in several documentary films; most notable Discovery Health’s "Drag Kings on Tour" (Atlantis 2004) and 2016's break out documentary "Kings, Queens and In-Betweens (Five Sisters Productions, 2016). For 8+ years she toured with her one person play, "PAINT! A Transformative Project" and with a multi-generational production titled "THE LOVE IN(side) Faith & Positive Perceptions of Self"; a show that merges traditional cross-dressing & drag performance with pop, urban & gospel music, spoken word and God’s blessings.

Stefan Farrenkopf

English Teacher, Theatre Director

Stefan Farrenkopf is a singer-songwriter, playwright, and educator from Columbus. His music covers topics ranging from life, love, and loss, to parenting, road trips, and kitchen remodeling. He has played locally in the bands Any Questions, Station 14, and was a founding member of the a cappella group Throat Culture.

Stephanie Domas

Ethical Hacker, Cyber Security Expert, Medical Devices

Stephanie Domas is Lead Security Engineer for Battelle’s DeviceSecure® Services. In this role, she is responsible for the design, architecture, verification, and execution of security best practices in the development of new medical devices as well as the testing and cybersecurity risk mitigation of legacy systems.