Facts About Town Hall

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 2008-2009 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, at 6:00 PM at the Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square Center.

2008-2009 Executive Committee

• Karen R. Kleinhenz, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
• Russell Warren, President, Vice President -Programs
• Daniel Plato, Treasurer
• Sandy Brinn, Vice President-Development
• Nancy Fierle, Vice President-Marketing
• Robert L. Moore, Vice President-Nominating
• Beth Rankin, Vice President- Membership
• Mark Olson, Vice President-Student Program
• William J. Spiker, Vice President, Legal
• Peter Anagnostis, Cleveland State University Representative
• Kitty Butler, Past Chairman
• Bruce H. Akers, Past Chairman
• T. Martin Butler, Past Treasurer
• Kathy Friedrich, Secretary
• Joan McCarthy, Administration

2008 - 2009 Speakers

• Sept. 22, 2008: Christiane Amanpour and James Rubin
• Oct. 6, 2008: William Kristol and Eleanor Clift
• Nov. 10, 2008: Philippe Cousteau
  
• Dec. 9, 2008: Ken Burns
  
• Jan. 26, 2009: Steven Nissen, M.D.
  
• Feb. 23, 2009: The Three Doctors
  
• Mar. 9, 2009: David Pogue