Special Programs

Panelists: Ben Bebenroth – Chef/Owner, Spice Kitchen + Bar; Tim Cawley – Filmmaker; Liz Maugens – Executive Director, Zygote Press; Jason Tilk – Senior Designer, Nottingham Spirk; John C. Williams, AIA – Principal and Founder at Process Creative Studios

Moderator: Dee Perry – ideastream

Panelists: Sherri DiPietro – Pet Care Specialist, DeJohn Pet Services; Amy Finkel – Filmmaker; Dr. Neal Sivula – Veterinarian, Dancing Paws Animal Wellness Center

Moderator: Jackie Gerber – ideastream

Panelists: Pastor Angel Arroyo, Guardian Angels; Fabian Debora – Substance Abuse Counselor, Homeboy industries, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services;Ted Ginn, Ginn Academy; Freida Mock – Filmmaker

Moderator: Rick Jackson – ideastream

Panelists: Tim Downing – Co-Chair, National Board of Directors, Human Rights Campaign; Michael Scheunemeyer – Executive of the Office for Health and Wholeness Advocacy of Wider Church Ministries, United Church of Christ (UCC), Executive Director of UCan inc, the United Church of Christ HIV & AIDS Network; Roger Ross Williams – Filmmaker

Moderator: David C. Barnett – ideastream

Panelists: Veronica Dahlberg – Executive Director, HOLA Ohio; John Flores – Assistant Professor of History and Climo Junior Professor, CWRU;
Richard Romero – President, Latino Media network / Co-Founder, Northeast Ohio Latino Magazine

Moderator: Ida Lieszkovszky – ideastream

Panelists: David Beach – Director, Green City Blue lake institute / Cleveland Museum of Natural History; Bonnie Richley – MsODa, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Organizational Behavior, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University; Jeff Rusnak – President and CEO, R strategy Group; Maxine Trump – Filmmaker

Moderator: Dan Polletta – ideastream

Panelists: Pam Carson – Executive Director, Ohio Trust for Public Land; John Debo – Former Superintendent of CVNP from 1988-2009 & Chief Development Officer, Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park; Tim Donovan – Executive Director of Ohio & Erie Canalway National Heritage Area; Nancy Kelly – Filmmaker

Moderator: Jason Russell – the Civic Commons

Panelists: Jennifer Coleman – Architect & Chair of Cleveland Landmarks Commission & Downtown/Flats Design Review Committee; John McGovern – Cleveland Colectivo; Jack Storey – Filmmaker; Eric Wobser – Executive Director, Ohio City inc.

Moderator: Mike Shafarenko – The Civic Commons

Panelists: Pat Lyden – Executive Director & CEO, Suicide Prevention Education Alliance (SPEA); Bridget Rotman – Teacher, Ruffing Montessori; Ruth Thomas-Suh – Director & Co-Producer; Kipling Williams – Professor, Dept. of Psychological Services, Purdue University

Moderator: Molly Bloom – ideastream

Panelists: Zeinab Abdl Magd – Assistant Professor of History, Oberlin College; Ramez Islambouli – Adjunct Professor, CWRU and John Carroll University; Neda Zawahri – Assistant Professor of Political Science, Cleveland State University

Moderator: Jill Zimon – The Civic Commons

Panelists: Diana Centeno-Gomez – Vice President, LATINA Inc.; Lisa Damour – Director, Center for Research on Girls at Laurel School; Kristy Guevara-Flanagan – Filmmaker; Camille Seals – Program Director, Aspire

Moderator: Michelle Kanu – ideastream