Akron Roundtable Podcast

Program: Prior to 2020, the Akron-Canton Airport (CAK), challenged by a reduction of passenger traffic of more than 50% since 2012, looks at plans to rebound. With social distancing measures in place, a gate expansion project, right-sizes the facility for the future. A Strategic Plan looks to the future as customer-centric with a preservation of assets, revenue generation, & social responsibility...

This episode from, April 18, 2013 , is part of our "Most Memorable" collection. Recommended by Akron Roundtable board member, Joan Lauck: "I think one of my favorite aspects of Akron Roundtable is that you often attend a luncheon with a pre-determined mindset on what you will hear; only to be taken in a completely different direction by the speaker. One such talk that stands out in my mind was giv...

This episode from September 20, 2018 is part of our "Fan Favorites" collection. Recommended by Patty Dill: "My most memorable Roundtable was having BGen Stephen Cheney, he spoke about Homeland Security and how the Climate change has changed the world, masses of people migrating to other countries due to drought, famine, etc….the cost of our military to be involved and the rising waters that will e...

This episode from June 3, 2015 is part of our "Most Memorable" collection. Recommended by Akron Roundtable board member, David Hunter: "Former Deputy Director and Acting Director of the CIA.  A Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio native and a University of Akron graduate, Morrell delivered his remarks in a changed-up Akron Roundtable format:  a moderated conversation.  While he covered a broad array of topics du...

This episode from August 16, 2018 is part of our "Fan Favorites" collection. Recommended by Diane Lazzerini: "I don't get to attend many Roundtables but I organized a group of my lady friends and we came to hear Jim Donovan.  His talk was entertaining, humorous, and moving.  We all loved it!." Jim Donovan joined Channel 3 in March of 1985 as weekend sports anchor and in June of 1999, he was named...

This episode from August 17, 2017 is part of our "Most Memorable" collection. Recommended by Akron Roundtable board member, Vivian Hairston: "Chief Williams, did a really great job of helping me understand policing from the police perspective.  I also gained a better understanding of the consent decree." As we collectively explore the topic of policing, this is an opportunity to reflect back on th...

This episode from October 17, 2019 is part of our "Most Memorable" collection. Recommended by Akron Roundtable board member, David Hunter: "This 2019 Akron Roundtable speaker will long be remembered as a presenter who came to Akron fully prepared and offered remarks and presented statistics that evidenced the national progress that has been made toward positively influencing attitudes toward and r...

This episode from September, 15th 2016 is part of our "Most Memorable" collection. Recommended by Akron Roundtable board member, Barbara Feld, "People are still saying this was one of the best Roundtable luncheons they ever attended. Theaster, along with members of his band The Black Monks of Mississippi (now known as The Black Monks), began the presentation. While Theaster stood at the podium qui...

This episode from July 21, 2016 , is part of our "Most Memorable" collection. Recommended by Akron Roundtable board member, David Minc, who said: "Mental health is a large public concern. Attitudes have changed considerably over the decades and a very significant percentage of families have personal experience with this heartache, yet embarrassment and discrimination persist. Before Kennedy spoke,...

This episode from January 17, 2019 , is part of our "Most Memorable" collection. Recommended by Akron Roundtable board member, Mark Scheffler, who said "In his first public appearance after being sworn in as Ohio's new governor, DeWine signaled his priorities in what could be the final assignment of a distinguished public service career. After decades of experience as a public official, DeWine dre...

This episode is part of our "Most Memorable" collection. Recommended by Akron Roundtable board member, Beth Boggins: "In 2016, Akron Roundtable hit it out of the park for its 40th-anniversary gala when it welcomed homegrown rock star Patrick Carney and fellow Akron native, author David Giffels. Together, the two dished on the legacy of being from Akron, their first meeting, the Black Keys' slow gr...

Brandon Edwin Chrostowski is on a mission to change the face of re-entry in the United States. In 2007, he founded EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute , with the belief that every human being regardless of their past has the right to a fair and equal future. Under Chrostowski's leadership, EDWINS has grown to include culinary education and life skills training at its flagship Cleveland, Ohio...

Dr. Janet L. Kavandi serves as Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio .  In this position, she is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the activities required in accomplishing the missions assigned to the center.   Glenn is engaged in research, technology, and systems development in support of the nation's spa...

Majora combines her corporate consulting practice focused on Talent-Retention, and her first-hand experience pioneering sustainable economic development in one of America's most storied low-status communities: the South Bronx. Her focus harnesses the tremendous capital flows resulting from widespread re-urbanization among all ages, races, and income levels, to help entrench wealth building opportu...

Mayor Horrigan took office in January of 2016 and is now in his second term as Akron's Mayor, winning over 77% of the vote in 2019. With a core focus of growing Akron's population again, he has been laser-focused on key areas of opportunity, including jobs and economic inclusion, improving infrastructure, investing in safety equipment and programming, uplifting neighborhoods and investing in publi...

About the Author: Sherrod Brown is the senior United States Senator from Ohio, elected to his seat in 2006. He was the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993¬ to 2003 and the forty-seventh Secretary of State of Ohio from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic Party, Senator Brown began his political career in 1975 upon election to the Ohio House of Representatives....

Program Description: Supportive housing, a combination of quality affordable housing and voluntary but robust services, has been demonstrated through rigorous evidence to save lives and money and is responsible for a roughly 50% decrease in chronic homelessness in Ohio. CSH, a national non-profit focused on elevating evidence-based housing strategies, has spent the past decade learning how support...