Economic Summit 2022

11:30 am — Registration/Box Lunch Provided

12:00 pm — Welcome

Welcome - Shyam Rajadhyaksha, AACG President

Introduction of MC Maria Durant

Joy Kouns Lewis, AACG Executive Director

12:15 pm — Keynote Speaker, Frank LaRose, Secretary of State

12:45 pm — Break

1:00 pm — Access to Capital To Grow Your Business

Moniqua Spencer, Advantage Capital

Tiffany Whitner, Vice President, First Merchants Bank

Monica L. Womack, Chief, Minority Business Development Division,
Ohio Department of Development

1:50 pm — Break

2:00 pm — Strategies for Logistics & Supply Chain For Your Business

Randy Rhodes, Vice President of Operations, MES

Suzanna Zhu, Procurement Supplement Executive, Bath & Body Works

Maxwell Posival, Senior Vice President, Advantage Capital

Vinita Mehra, Global Business Attorney, Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter

2:50 pm — Break

3:00 pm — Workforce Solutions for Your Business

Opal Brant, Director of Business Solutions, Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio

Tom Poole, Talent Acquisition Director, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Chris Ferruso, Legislative Director, National Federation of Independent Businesses

Kevin Boehner, Director of Small Business and Workforce Polity, Ohio Chamber of Commerce

Jeffery Johnson, Chief, Minority Business Development Division,
Ohio Development Services Agency

4:00 pm - Closing Keynote - Mark Fleming, Senior Portfolio Manager, Fifth Third Bank

4:30 pm — Economic Summit Reception - Market 65 Restaurant - 65 East State Street, 1st Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215

5:00 pm — Remarks - Lt. Governor Jon Husted

7:00 pm — Reception Ends