2010 National Number 1′s Luncheon
National Number 1′s panel audio podcast
The Columbus Foundation celebrates the outstanding work of this group of business and nonprofit leaders and organizations and the acclaim their 2010 national number one rankings bring to our community as a great place to learn, innovate, and play.
Together, we are building Columbus’ reputation as a place distinguished both by its knowledge resources and its openness to ideas and those who have them.
LIBRARY OF THE YEAR
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Library Journal
BEST MANAGED NONPROFIT ENDOWMENT
OSU – Jonathan Hook, CIO
F.E.M.M.
AMERICA’S BEST ICE CREAM
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
Food Network
TRIPLE-A NATONAL CHAMPIONS
Columbus Clippers
WORLD RECORD, FASTEST ELECTRIC CAR
Center for Automotive Research
THE AMERICAN PRIZE IN CHORAL PERFORMANCE (youth choir division)
Columbus Children’s Choir’s New World Singers
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Gene Smith, OSU
Sports Business Journal
GOLD PRIZE
OYO – Middle West Spirits
B.T. Institute
Photo (l-r) front row: Sandra Mathias, Artistic Director, Columbus Children’s Choir, Jeni Britton Bauer, founder, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, Ken Schnacke, General Manager, Columbus Clippers, David Emerling, Center for Automotive Research, David Meuse, Columbus Foundation Governing Committee chairman, second row: Jonathan Hook CIO, OSU, Brady Konya, principal, Middle West Spirits, Gene Smith, OSU Athletic Director, Pat Losinski, Executive Director, Columbus Metropolitan Library
Photography by Michael A. Foley ©2010 Rycus Associates Photography LLC
