Columbus Partnership
Civic and Social OrganizationsOhio, United States11-50 Employees
The Columbus Partnership is a private, non-profit CEO leadership organization based in Columbus, Ohio. It brings together 75 chairpersons, chief executive officers, and other senior executives from the region’s largest companies and universities. The group aims to articulate a long-term vision for greater economic prosperity in the Columbus Region, and it mobilizes leaders from both public and private sectors to advance the area’s competitiveness through collaboration and tangible economic-development results. Historically, the Partnership launched Columbus 2020, a regional economic development strategy designed to sustain and grow the 11-county Columbus Region as a major hub for commerce. The effort focuses on coordinated action to improve regional competitiveness and deliver measurable development outcomes. The organization notes that Columbus has become one of the country’s most dynamic and fastest-growing cities with notable wage growth and innovation activity.