What
Columbus needs
Columbus
Monthly asked a simple
question of people active
in community affairs:
What does Columbus need
to improve itself? Here
are the more than 300
answers from the 102
respondents, including
Mayor Mike Coleman, civic
association presidents,
Titans, bar and restaurant
owners and Jack Hanna.
Check out the September
issue of Columbus
Monthly for the full
story.
Respondents:
Steve
Abbott, coordinator,
the Poetry Forum at Larry’s;
professor, Columbus State
Bret
Adams, attorney and
sports agent
Gloria
Ann Zebbs Anderson,
president, Argyle Park
Civic Association; vice
chair, North Central
Area Commission
Sharon
Archie, president,
Shepard Community Association
Paul
Astleford, president
and CEO, Experience Columbus
Kathleen
Bailey, Near East
Area Commission
Gary
L. Baker II, chairman,
Greater Hilltop Area
Commission
Tom Bedway,
creative director, Burkholder
Flint
John M. Bennett,
president, Delawanda
Residents Association
Leif
P. Bickel, president,
Fraternal Order of Police,
Capital City Lodge #9
Jerry
Borin, executive
director, Columbus Zoo
Robert
Breithaupt, executive
director, Jazz Arts Group
Paula
Brooks, Franklin
County commissioner
Yvette
McGee Brown,
president, Center for
Child and Family Advocacy
Jeff
Cabot, Columbus
school board
Lelia Cady,
legislative aide, Columbus
City Council
Jack
P. Calareso,
president, Ohio Dominican
University
Paul
Carringer, former
chairman, Clintonville
Area Commission
Ray
Catalino, business
manager, the Lantern
Michael
Celentano, president,
Celentano and Associates
Mike
Coleman, mayor,
city of Columbus
Rich Cordray,
Franklin County treasurer
Tanny
Crane, president
and CEO, Crane Group
Jeff
Darbee, co-owner,
Benjamin D. Rickey & Company
Karen
Susan Days, president,
Columbus Coalition Against
Family Violence
Roger
Deal, president,
Northwood Park Homeowners’
Association
Diane
Deane, executive
director, AIA Columbus
Hugh
Dorrian, Columbus
city auditor
Betty
Drummond, vice
president, Columbus school
board
Ezra
C. Escudero,
executive director, Ohio
Commission on Hispanic/Latino
Affairs
Ben
Espy, attorney;
candidate, Ohio Supreme
Court
Terry
Foegler, president,
Campus Partners
Mark
Froehlich, judge,
Franklin County Municipal
Court
Alyson Gledhill,
vice president, Schumacher
Place Civic Association
Denny
Griffith, president,
Columbus College of Art & Design
Matt
Habash, president,
Columbus City Council
Harland
Hale, judge,
Franklin County Municipal
Court environmental division
Jack
Hanna, director
emeritus, Columbus Zoo
Lisa
Hinson, president,
Hinson Ltd. Public Relations
Tom
Hoaglin, chairman,
president and CEO, Huntington
Bancshares
Karen
Holbrook,
president, Ohio State
University
Mary Jo
Hudson, Columbus
City Council
Ron Hupman,
University Area Commission
Artie
Isaac, president,
Young Isaac
James
Jackson, Columbus
police chief
Larry
James, attorney;
chairman, King-Lincoln
District Redevelopment
Corp.
Mike Johnson,
superintendent, Bexley
schools
Glenn Kacic,
president, Waterford
Tower Condominium Association
James
Karnes, Franklin
County sheriff
Kyle
Katz, developer,
Buggyworks Loft Development
Carl
Kohrt, president
and CEO, Battelle
Paula
Kulp, president,
Greater Feder Road Civic
Association
Rajesh
Lahoti, CIO,
Roy G. Biv Inc.
Cynthia
Cecil Lazarus,
president and CEO, YWCA
Columbus
Bob
Leighty, president,
Merion Village Association
Brad
Lewis, coroner,
Franklin County
Bill Lhota,
CEO, COTA
Paul Liu,
restaurateur
Teresa
Long, Columbus
health commissioner
Nannette
Maciejunes, executive
director, Columbus Museum
of Art
Algenon
Marbley,
judge, U.S. District
Court Southern District
of Ohio
Ty Marsh,
president and CEO, Columbus
Chamber
Eric Martineau,
attorney
Jim McGregor,
state representative
Eunice
McMullen, founder,
Save Our Southside Civic
Association
Bob Milbourne,
president, Columbus Partnership
Katharine
Moore, executive
director, German Village
Society
Michael G.
Morris, chairman,
president and CEO, AEP
Doug
Motz, Old Oaks
Civic Association
Thomas
D. Nann, past
president, Northland
Community Council
Barbara
Nicholson, executive
director, King Arts Complex
Dae
Oh, restaurateur;
owner, Po Furnishings
Maryellen
O’Shaughnessy,
Columbus City Council
Charles
Parker, president,
Devonshire Civic Association
Rick
Pfeiffer, Columbus
city attorney
Kellye
Pinkleton, interim
executive director, Stonewall
Columbus
Daniel Province,
Flint Ridge Terrace Residents
Association
Kathy
Ransier, attorney
Nancy
Recchie, co-owner,
Benjamin D. Rickey & Company
Cleve
Ricksecker, director,
Capital Crossroads Special
Improvement District
Heidi
Samuel, president,
Eastmoor Civic Association
John
Saros, executive
director, Franklin County
Children Services
Pete
Scantland, president,
Orange Barrel Media
Bill
Schaefer, former
superintendent, Upper
Arlington schools
Alex
Shumate, attorney
Karen
Simonian, director
of media and public relations,
Wexner Center
Bradley
Smith, law professor,
Capital University; former
FEC chairman
Gene
Smith, OSU athletic
director
Harrison
Smith, attorney;
chairman, Downtown Commission
Jodelle
D. Spruill, president,
Laurel Canyon Civic Association
Carol
J. Stewart, president,
Franklinton Historical
Society
Scott Stienecker,
president, PromoWest
Productions
Charleta
Tavares, Columbus
City Council
Anne
Taylor, judge,
Franklin County Municipal
Court
George
Tombaugh, superintendent,
Westerville schools
John
Warhol, chairman,
North Linden Area Commission
Skully
Webb, owner,
Skully’s Music-Diner
W. Carlton
Weddington, Columbus
school board
Bob Weiler
Sr., chairman,
the Robert Weiler Company
Skip
Weiler, president,
the Robert Weiler Company
Micheal
Wiles, president,
Council of South Side
Organizations
Mary
Yost, vice president
of public affairs, Ohio
Hospital Association
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