New Initiative Honors Columbus’ Young Professionals
Create Columbus Commission and Columbus City Council Launch Co-Creator
Recognition Initiative Honoring Young Professionals Making an Impact in
Columbus
[COLUMBUS-OH] The future
is bright in the Opportunity City thanks in part to young professionals making
a difference. Working together, Columbus City Council and Create Columbus
Commission launched a quarterly recognition initiative to honor young
professionals who help create a better tomorrow, today.
The program’s first honoree, Suzy Bureau will be recognized with a
resolution, on Monday, March 14, 2016, during the Council Meeting, 5pm, Council
Chambers, 90 West Broad Street.
Bureau was selected due to her civic leadership and
entrepreneurial undertakings that are empowering others to develop sustainable,
technology-based solutions to some of our most pressing social issues.
“I am pleased to honor the work of Suzy Bureau, a truly outstanding
Columbus Young Professional,” said Council President Zach Klein. "Suzy was
chosen by the Create Columbus Commission and City staff to receive the honor of
a Council Resolution for her inspiring work as a young, socially conscious
entrepreneur.”
In 2015, Bureau hosted the first-ever GiveBackHack, a weekend-long
social enterprise hackathon event. With the
support of a Create Columbus grant, the first event was a huge success quickly
becoming a movement that is spreading across the country. The 2016 GiveBackHack occurred on February
19-21 with the support of $15,000 of private sector support and record
participation. Later this year,
GiveBackHack will take place in Los Angeles and Cleveland.
Additionally, Bureau has volunteered with Startup Weekend since
2012, facilitating events from Ohio to Mexico, Ireland, and more. She was also
invited to facilitate at the inaugural Startup Extreme in Norway, and in 2013,
was selected to represent the United States of America at Global Startup Youth
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -an event that brought together the top startup
hustlers from 105 different countries around the world.
“This quarterly Co-Creator Recognition initiative is intended to
bring attention to the capable young leaders that we have in our community who
are making a difference in the world and in our great city,” said Jordan Davis,
Chair of the Create Columbus Commission.
“As Columbus continues to grow, it is our view that Columbus will
be more competitive if young professionals are intentionally engaged and
supported as active collaborators and co-creators in the city’s future,” she
continued.
Bureau serves as New Product Strategy and Execution Manager at
CoverMyMeds one of the fastest growing companies in the nation. She graduated
Magna Cum Laude from The Ohio State University with a degree in International
Business and Marketing.
For More Information:
Nicole Plant, Marketing Co-Chair
Create Columbus Commission , 614-506-5418