Executive Education
Ohio Chamber of Commerce CEO Forum
Take part in a proprietary educational experience that is custom tailored to middle market company executives.
The CEO Forum is a peer-to-peer network of middle market companies throughout Ohio created out of a partnership with Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Fisher College of Business Executive Education and the National Center for the Middle-Market.
The CEO Forum provides Ohio business leaders with a network of peers who are committed to scaling their business will helping other like-minded C-suite peers succeed. Through the program, participants will take part in four modules: strategic agility, scaling business and entering new markets, change management and access to capital. Each module will contain engaging asynchronous content delivered by top Fisher College of Business faculty and industry leaders.
Program Details
Program Dates
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Contact Justin Zink at jzink@ohiochamber.com
Registration Deadline
Rolling admissions
Delivery Method
In person kick-off at Ohio State University to start the program, followed by virtual, asynchronous modules.
Cost
$12,000/per year
Prospective Participant Profile
This program is for Middle Market Ohio Business Leaders who are members of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Kickoff Schedule
Time | Event | Speaker |
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9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Coffee & Networking | |
10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. | Ohio Chamber of Commerce Welcome | Steve Stivers |
10:10 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Fisher College of Business Welcome | Aravind Chandrasekaran |
10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. | National Center for the Middle Market Overview | Doug Farren |
10:25 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Fisher College of Business Executive Education Overview | Beth Miller |
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Participant Introductions | Kennia Papadakis |
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Break | |
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | CEO Forum Educational Program Curriculum | Kennia Papadakis |
11:45 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. | Faculty Introductions | Kennia Papadakis |
11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | The Ohio State University Scarlet Navigation | Amber Herron |
12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Q&A | |
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | POD Participant Offsite Lunch |
Every subject consists of three one-hour asynchronous classes per quarter, along with the choice of attending one-hour office hours if desired.
Strategic Agility
During this session participants will be presented with research-based strategic planning process frameworks that will enable documentation of strategic planning cycles, mission, vision and objectives, as well as the discovery of emerging strategies to support growth.
Scaling Business and Entering New Markets
During this session participants will be presented with research-based frameworks and middle market applications to enable identification of new growth opportunities, and the subsequent modifications to business models and processes in support of incremental business.
Change Management
During this session participants will be presented with middle market research-based frameworks for organizational development, succession planning and identifying potential exit strategies.
Access to Capital
During this session participants will be presented with a spectrum of financing alternatives, experience-based, real- world middle market applications, and access to resources presented by financial market advisors.
What You Will Earn
Once you successfully complete the program, you will be eligible to receive a certificate of completion from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business. You may proudly display this certificate in your office or home to showcase your accomplishment. You may also add this certificate to the licenses and certifications section of your LinkedIn profile. This will allow you to showcase your newly acquired experience to your network and stand out in your field.
We also value your commitment to learning, and as a token of appreciation, we offer a 10% discount on future topic-based programs you wish to pursue through Executive Education at Fisher College of Business. We believe that learning is a lifelong journey, and we are proud to be a part of yours.
Program Faculty
Kennia Papadakis is a senior lecturer in the department of finance. Prior to becoming a Fisher College faculty member, Kennia worked at Emerson Electric Corp. in a variety of business groups and roles, ranging from logistics management, product engineering, development and marketing, strategic planning, financial and capital budgeting. Kennia brings more than 20 years of combined engineering and business management experience to Fisher and specializes in managerial corporate finance.
Jaideep (Jay) Anand is the William H. Davis Chair and Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Strategy at the Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University. He is also the Academic Director of the Center for Innovation Strategies. Prior to joining Fisher, he was faculty at the University of Michigan (Ross). He earned a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, and master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His interests include corporate growth, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures & strategic alliances, global strategy and strategy implementation. He regularly consults and conducts executive education programs with companies all over the world. He has worked in more than a dozen countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. He has appeared on ABC, NBC and CBS TV News, National Public Radio and Summit Business TV and has been referenced in BBC radio, CEO magazine, The Economist, Financial Times, Forbes, Knowledge@Wharton, New York Times, The Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and other popular media in several countries. He has received several awards for his research and contribution to management knowledge. He has also received numerous awards for teaching in executive, MBA and PhD programs. He served as the elected chair of the Academy of Management (the largest academic association in the field of management), IM division. Currently he serves as the Senior Editor of Organization Science, Consulting Editor of the Journal of International Business Studies and Associate Editor of the Global Strategy Journal and is a member of the editorial board of the Strategic Management Journal. His research has been published in business press (including the Financial Times, California Management Review and the Columbia Journal of World Business), academic journals (including the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal and Organization Science), and has been widely presented at research conferences and seminars around the world.
Chad Zipfel is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance. He joined Fisher in 2018 with more than a decade of progressive finance leadership experience in the Corporate space. Prior to his appointment at Ohio State, Chad led the turnaround of The Oneida Group out of bankruptcy: rebuilding a new Finance organization, reducing inventory, enacting price increases, and refinancing the Company’s capital structure. Prior to that, Chad delivered top-rated results at L Brands and Procter & Gamble in diverse capacities and locations: ranging from FP&A, Corporate Finance, M&A, Innovation, Sales, and Supply Chain.
At OSU, Chad is a STEP Faculty Mentor and is actively engaged with Fisher’s Executive Education as an Academic Director. Chad also serves on various committees and is faculty sponsor for various Student Orgs.
Outside of OSU, Chad stays engaged in the business world through a variety of means. Since 2018, he is the active owner of F.A.S.T. Consulting LLC: specializing in Finance and Strategy transformations as a fractional CFO for small/mid-cap companies. He sits on the Board of a VC-backed start-up while continuing to be active in the non-profit space with numerous Board positions.
Chad received his BSBA in Finance with Honors, graduating summa cum laude from Fisher. He resides in Sunbury, OH with his wife and two boys.
Professor Isil Erel is the David A. Rismiller Chair in Finance and the academic director of the Risk Institute at the Fisher College of Business of the Ohio State University. She holds a PhD in financial economics from MIT Sloan School of Management. Her research spans a variety of areas within corporate finance, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and financial institutions. This research has been published in top finance journals such as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies.
Professor Erel is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)’s Corporate Finance program and a research member at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). She also serves on the boards of the European Finance Association (EFA), Foundation for the Advancement of Research in Financial Economics (FARFE), and the Risk Institute.
Professor Erel is an Editor of the Review of Corporate Finance Studies and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Intermediation. She is the 2010 recipient of the Pace Setters Faculty Research Award, the 2015 recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award, and 2020 recipient of the Recognition Award for significant out-of-classroom contributions at the Fisher College of Business. She also received the Distinguished Referee Award from the Review of Financial Studies in 2012. Professor Erel teaches Financial Institutions courses in both graduate and undergraduate programs at the Fisher College of Business.
Contact
For more information on the program, please visit the Ohio Chamber of Commerce website or contact Justin Zink, SVP, External Relations & Strategic Alliances.
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