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SUMMARY:Eggs & Issues - Regional Collaboration
LOCATION:7007 N. High St. Worthington OH 43085
DESCRIPTION:The Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce and the City of Worthi
 ngton invite you to a quarterly speaker series that will focus our collabo
 rative attention to exceptional learning opportunities for the business co
 mmunity. The Eggs & Issues breakfast series – an extension of our growin
 g Economic Development Committee and our popular Groundhog Day forecast br
 eakfast – will provide thoughtful discussion on development affairs in W
 orthington and its surrounding environs. The quarterly events will feature
  well-regarded regional or statewide subject matter experts in economic de
 velopment\, community development\, urban planning\, and related matters. 
 The series debuts Tuesday\, April 28\, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Holiday Inn 
 Columbus-Worthington in the Worthington Room. A buffet breakfast will be s
 erved. Check-in and networking begin at 7 a.m. The Chamber and City are gr
 ateful for the sponsorship of Worthington Industries for this event. The k
 eynote speaker for the first Eggs & Issues breakfast is Alex Fischer\, pre
 sident and CEO of The Columbus Partnership. Columbus Partnership is a civi
 c organization of Columbus\, Ohio’s top business leaders formed in 2002 
 to improve the economic and cultural base of central Ohio. The Partnership
  is helping to lead the Columbus 2020 economic development effort\, which 
 is a collaboration of regional economic development organizations\, and is
  involved with education reform efforts with Columbus City Schools. The Pa
 rtnership’s members include 15 Fortune 1000 CEOs\, as well as the leader
 s of the nation’s largest university and world’s largest research and 
 development organization. Prior to joining the Columbus Partnership\, Fisc
 her was senior vice president for Business and Economic Development for Ba
 ttelle and served on the company’s executive committee and as a corporat
 e officer. His responsibilities included commercialization of Battelle’s
  technologies including six national laboratories managed or co-managed by
  Battelle. Fischer was previously the Director of Technology Transfer and 
 Economic Development for UT-Battelle at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
 (ORNL) where he oversaw tremendous growth in commercialization activities\
 , the development of a new Science and Technology Park on the ORNL campus\
 , the implementation of a technology-focused venture capital fund with loc
 al business leaders\, and the launch of the successful Global Venture Chal
 lenge business plan competition. Before joining Battelle\, Fischer served 
 as the deputy governor and chief of staff to Tennessee Governor Don Sundqu
 ist. In this position\, he served as the principal advisor to the Governor
  on all matters of the State of Tennessee including the oversight of the 2
 2 agencies of state government. Prior to his service as Deputy Governor\, 
 Fischer served as the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic
  and Community Development (ECD). During Fischer’s tenure\, the State of
  Tennessee set numerous economic development investment records including 
 more than $40 billion of new capital investment and was named “State of 
 the Year” for its economic development accomplishments. During his servi
 ce in state government\, Fischer acted as the primary state-liaison in the
  development of the successful bid by the University of Tennessee and Batt
 elle for the $5 billion management contract for the Oak Ridge National Lab
 oratory. A question-and-answer session will follow the keynote presentatio
 n\, facilitated by Jeffry Harris\, economic development manager\, City of 
 Worthington\, and Kathryn Paugh\, president and CEO\, Worthington Area Cha
 mber of Commerce.\n\nhttps://www.worthingtonchamber.org/events/63062
URL:https://www.worthingtonchamber.org/events/63062
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