The leader of one of Columbus’ most powerful civic and business organizations will step down at the end of the year, saying he’s ready to explore what’s next in his career and life.
Alex Fischer, who joined the Columbus Partnership as CEO in 2009 to rally the city’s business leaders to work collaboratively for the good of the region, will continue in his role until Jan. 1. He will be succeeded by a leader who’s worked by his side the past 11 years: Kenny McDonald, the CEO of sister organization One Columbus and a nationally recognized economic development expert.
“Kenny and I have been partners in everything we've done around here for the last 11 years,” Fischer said. “Since the day he arrived, Kenny took what I thought was a pretty high aspiration for economic development and just blew it out of the water. And there's nothing I'm more proud of (than) creating the environment for job creation and in the vibrancy of Columbus and how we literally have changed Columbus through economic development.”
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