Organization Profile

Town Hall of Cleveland was formed in 1931, making it the nation's longest, consecutively running speaker series. It is a not-for-profit organization, registered under section 501(c) 3 of the IRS as an Ohio Corporation. The organization is managed by its trustees in the interest of public education and information.

Town Hall and Cleveland State University will partner for the 2006-2007 Season. This partnership reflects the goals of both organizations to bring education and information to Northeast Ohio.

Mission Statement

The mission of Town Hall of Cleveland is to educate and to inform, through an annual series of public lectures, an audience of attentive and active citizenry in northern Ohio, promoting no particular social or political agenda other than to enrich the depth and quality of the public discourse essential to a free society.

Audience

The meetings of Town Hall of Cleveland are open to everyone with a ticket. Among those who attend are persons from a wide range of business professions, civic activists, religious, social and labor leaders, artists, politicians, teachers and students. Seven lectures are held, between September and March, on Monday evenings at 6:00 PM at the Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square Center.

2006-2007 Officers

Bruce H. Akers, Chairman
Kitty Butler, President
Jane C. Lehman, Vice President - Marketing
Beth Rankin, Vice President - Membership
Donald F. Hastings, Vice President - Development
Mark Olson, Vice President - Student Programs
Charles W. Hickman, Vice President - Programs
T. Martin Butler, Treasurer
Kathy Friedrich, Secretary
Joan McCarthy, Administration

2006 - 2007 Speakers

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