Join us every 2nd and 4th Monday for a power lunch you can really sink your teeth into! Each Lunch will feature a transformational leader in government, education, healthcare, criminal justice, and more. Learn about their vision and goals for 2021 and how their strategies are taking shape. Pull up a seat at the table and hear from the change-makers themselves.
On Monday, August 9 at NOON, join us with Ohio Supreme Court Justice Maureen O’Connor. Chief Justice O’Connor will share notes from her illustrious career and offer her thoughts on issues of democracy and important public policy. Join us for a lunch you don’t want to miss!
Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor is the 10th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio and the first woman to lead the state’s judicial branch. Elected twice as a justice and twice as chief justice, she has served as a private lawyer, magistrate, common pleas judge, prosecutor and Ohio lieutenant governor and Director of the Department of Public Safety. Chief Justice O’Connor has led many substantial judicial reforms, in Ohio and nationally, including a focus on the impact of fines, fees, and bail practices that led to substantial rule changes in Ohio in 2020 and 2021. Her ongoing initiatives include data collection and racial fairness in the court system, conviction reform, expansion of technological innovation in the courts, improved civic education for school children, citizen awareness in judicial elections, and increased funding for civil legal aid efforts. Chief Justice O’Connor also is a regional and national leader on governmental responses to America’s drug epidemic.