Thank you to all who attended the 2018 Winter Legislative Conference, #OHWLC18! Over 200 Community Action professionals, partners, vendors, presenters, and elected officials joined us in Columbus last week. We hope you enjoyed the great lineup of featured speakers and workshops.
Photos from the mobile app and others throughout the conference can be found in our Flickr album. If you have not already done so, please complete the short evaluations for the full conference and the workshops! Also, be sure to save the dates for the 2018 Annual Summer Conference in Dayton, Ohio, July 25-27, 2018!
Wednesday Recap:
- Lunch sponsored by Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing
- Exemplary Program Awards:
- Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland, Friendship Through Reading Program
- Highland County Community Action Organization, Family and Community Navigator Pilot
- Highland County Community Action Organization, Rural Impact
- Featured Speaker Richard Cordray, Candidate for Ohio Governor
- Exemplary Program Awards:
- Break sponsored by Computer Data Services
Thursday Recap:
- Breakfast sponsored by Mutual of America Life Insurance Co.
- Breakfast: Featured Speakers Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State and Candidate for Lt. Governor and Denise Harlow, CEO of National Community Action Partnership
- Lunch Sponsored by Applied Energy Products and Sales
- Featured Speakers: Candidate for Governor Dennis Kucinich and Candidate for Lt. Governor Tara Samples.
- Community Action Panel: Tom Reed, Gallia-Meigs CAA; Joshua Anderson, HHWP CAC; Deb Gerken, Northwestern Ohio CAC; Melissa Pearce, Community Action of Wayne/Medina; Rodney Reasonover, Stark County CAA; Gwen Robinson, Cincinnati-Hamilton CAA.
- Break sponsored by Computer Data Services
Friday Recap:
- Breakfast sponsored by Wichert Insurance and Selective Insurance
- Featured Speaker: Stephanie Dodd, Candidate for Lt. Governor
- Legislative Update with David Bradley of National Community Action Foundation
In addition to all our sponsors, we are pleased to have the support of a great number of exhibitors:
Applied Energy Products and Sales
Clark, Schaefer, Hackett CPA & Advisors
Computer Data Service, LLC
Finance Fund
Mutual of America Life Insurance Co.
Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing
Ohio Housing Finance Agency
One Point of Care (OPOC)
Selective Insurance
Schwendeman Agency, Inc.
Tidwell Group, LLC
Wichert Insurance