The passion Paula Haines has for her work as CEO of Freedom a la Cart can’t be taught in business school. It’s evident in the way she explains her organization’s mission to serve and empower human ...

Keith Stevens is a serial entrepreneur who launched his first business in 1992 to help people who were considered “hard-core unemployable.” His most recent venture at a business consulting group for ...

Billy Vickers has plenty to be proud of. He’s the owner and CEO of a $1.1 billion Dublin-based business, MAI Companies, whose chief customer is Honda. The automotive industry sup­plier, also known as ...

Central Ohio is fortunate to have remarkable bench strength when it comes to organizational leadership. The region boasts numerous CEOs and executives who help their companies thrive, even in ...

Less than a year after Kirt Walker was named CEO of Nationwide in 2019, he launched a five-year, $160 million investment in the company’s workforce. The Future of Work initiative to reskill and ...

It takes a special skillset to successfully manage an organization and the employees who contribute to its success. The Columbus region is fortunate to have excellent leaders at organizations of all ...

Here is an overview of some of the key metrics that Central Ohio executives rated in Columbus CEO’s 2024 Survey of Economic Conditions. The survey, which was open to all local C-suite and ...

During his two decades as an insurance executive, Oyauma Garrison never hesitated to give back to the community. Volunteering, leading boards, raising funds and joining civic organizations was just as ...

Columbus CEO’s 14th annual CEO of the Year awards celebrate four winners and 11 finalists who lead a variety of for-profit and nonprofit organizations around Central Ohio. The honorees are divided ...

Heading into the new year, inflation remains a top challenge for Central Ohio’s organizational leaders, yet they feel more optimistic about how much things cost than they did a year ago. More than two ...

This story originally appeared in the February 2019 issue of Columbus CEO. It says a lot about Corrine Burger’s low-key style that until now, she’d never done a major media interview. You might not ...

Judith Horvath knew the chickens would have to go, eventually. The homeowners’ association in her Pickerington neighborhood had been challenging her about keeping the egg-laying backyard pets for ...