Community leaders involved in COLA
- Jan Allen | Executive Coach
- Keith Bell | Former Chief Academic Office, Columbus City Schools
- TaKeysha S. Cheney | Founder & Former CEO, The Women’s Book
- Elfi Dibella | Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, CAPA; Former President, YWCA
- Nichole Dunn | President and CEO, Flying Horse Farms; Former President & CEO, Women’s Fund of Central Ohio
- Yaves Ellis | CEO, Sling Shot Media Group; Director, Radio One
- Alex Fischer | President & CEO, Columbus Partnership
- Dr. E Gordon Gee | President Emeritis, The Ohio State University
- C. Robert Kidder | Past Chairman, Chrysler Group LLC & Past Lead Director of the Board, Morgan Stanley
- Doug Kridler | President, The Columbus Foundation
- Kevin L. Boyce | Commissioner, Franklin County Board of Commissioners
- Hannah Powell | Executive Director, KIPP Columbus
- Dr. Lillian Lowery | Vice President, P-12
- Patrick Losinski | CEO, Columbus Metropolitan Library
- Judge Alegnon Marbley | United States Federal Judge
- Yvette McGee Brown | Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice
- Christine Poon | Former Dean, Fisher College of Business
- Peyman X. Salehi | Market Director – Private Banking, JP Morgan Chase Bank
- Robert H. Schottenstein | President, Chairman, and CEO, M/I Homes
- Todd Tuney | Senior Vice President, YMCA of Central Ohio
- Ben Tyson | Director of Community Relations, Steiner + Associates
- Tammy Wharton | CEO, Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland Council Inc.
- David Brown | Founder and Creative Director, The Harmony Project Columbus
- Javier Sanchez | Founder and CEO, R.E.A.C.H. Communications, Inc.
- Dwight Smith | Founder, My Special Word
- Jeff Dess | Co-Founder, Trill or Not Trill
- Archie Griffin | Former Running Back, NFL, Two-time Heisman Trophy winner
- MelRo | Founder and CEO, MelRo Foundation
