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• 7 p.m. Program
• 8 p.m. Dinner
• 9 p.m. Book Signing
• 10:30 p.m. Event Concludes


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Keynote Speaker

Jon Meacham
Announcing the 2022 Awardees and Honorary Chairs
2022 Awardees and Chairs

JSS Celebration of Learning Award
Ann and Ron Pizzuti
Ann and Ron Pizzuti are long-time Columbusites known for growing their local real estate development company, transforming public spaces and working to make art inviting and accessible to all. Over the last four decades, they have collected and shared more than 2,000 pieces of contemporary art. In 2015, they transformed a 100-year-old building in the Short North Arts District into the Pizzuti Collection: a public gallery with a sculpture garden and resource library. Through the Pizzuti Collection, Ron and Ann aim to “foster cultural understanding and education exchange by championing a diversity of voices from around the globe.” The space has been part of the Columbus Museum of Art since 2018. Ron and Ann are also lifelong learners who devote time and resources to educational institutions at every level, serving in leadership positions at several schools and universities. Both avid readers, Ann has belonged to the same book club for 37 years and read more than 370 books.

Columbus Metropolitan Library Foundation Award
Roger Sugarman
Roger Sugarman joined the Columbus Metropolitan Library Board of Trustees in 2007 and was instrumental to ensuring a world-class library over the course of his two seven-year terms. Roger helped shape the Library’s Finance, Audit, and Nominating Committees as well as the Governance Task Force, chairing each during his tenure. He also held the roles of Board Secretary, Vice President and President – for an unprecedented four years. In addition, Roger was a member of the Library’s Foundation Board from 2011 until 2017 and served as Co-Chair of the “Great Libraries CREATE” campaign. Under his leadership, the Library renovated and rebuilt 13 branch locations and Main Library. Reflecting on more than a decade of service, Roger shared: “CML is a community treasure that positively impacts countless lives in central Ohio each and every day. Whether inspiring reading, sharing resources, or helping build a foundation for a successful future, the Library is at the center of helping us all reach our potential. Now, perhaps more than ever before, the Library needs and deserves our support so that its books and the diversity of thought it engenders can truly be ‘Open To All.’”
Celebration of Learning Honorary Chairs

Veronica Meinhard and
Kristina M. Johnson, PhD
Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, the 16th president of The Ohio State University, strives to establish OSU as the model land-grant university for the 21st century. Her vision includes pathways to a debt-free undergraduate education among initiatives in research, faculty development, innovation,and safety and well-being. She was chancellor at the State University of New York System before joining Ohio State and previously served as the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at John Hopkins University and the dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. Johnson earned her BS, MS and PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University and has also received six honorary degrees.
Veronica Meinhard is the President and Founder of Juniper Philanthropy Partners, a consulting company focused on helping university leaders, philanthropists and organizations unlock their philanthropic potential. Prior to Juniper, she served as a Senior Advisor for Advancement Strategies and Policy at the State University of New York. She has also held several leadership roles in advancement at the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Florida, her alma mater. A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Meinhard earned a BS in sports management from the University of Florida, where she was a four-time All-American swimmer, and an MBA from the Universidad de Alcala de Henares in Madrid, Spain.
Celebration of Learning Chairs

Alex and Renée Shumate
Celebration of Learning Honorary Chairs
Veronica Meinhard and Kristina Johnson
Each year the Columbus Metropolitan Library Foundation selects an individual or couple who have shown great appreciation and support for the important role of libraries in our community.
2022 Host Committee

Chairs
Alex and Renée Shumate

Honorary Chairs
Veronica Meinhard and Kristina M. Johnson, PhD
Committee Members:
John Behal
Barbara Brandt
Tanisha Lyon Brown
Laney Burgdoerfer
Mary Jo Conte
Sue Cooper
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Scott Gaines
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Patrick King
Wayne Lawson
Justin Linscott
Victoria Losinski
Amy Milbourne
Achea Redd
Corde Westwater Robinson
Robin Shockney
Barbara Siemer
Catherine Strauss
Hope Wolman
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