September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and this week’s CMC forum features leaders working to raise awareness and to implement a strategy to bring an end to Ohio’s tragic suicide epidemic.

The speakers are: 

Dr. John Ackerman, Suicide Prevention Coordinator, The Center for Suicide Prevention and Research, Nationwide Children's Hospital 

Tony Coder, Executive Director, The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation 

fran frazier, Founder, Black Girl Rising 

Doug Wolf, CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Ohio 

The host is Tia Marcel Moretti, President, Ohio Market, Lighthouse Behavioral Health Solutions. 

CMC’s Optimal Health Series partners are The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital. The forum sponsor is Cardinal Health.  

This forum was recorded live at The Boat House in Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday, September 14, 2022.