Moderator:
Joe White, Luxenberg
Family Professor of Public Policy, Director of the Center for Policy Studies, and Chair of the Department of Political
Science at
Case Western Reserve University.
Panelists: Joe Hallett joined The Columbus Dispatch in
1999 as politics editor. Before then, Hallett
was chief political writer for The Plain Dealer
in Cleveland for three years and Statehouse
bureau chief for The Toledo Blade for 12 years.
John R. Corlett is currently Senior Fellow and
manages the Public Policy and Advocacy team at
The Center for Community Solutions. The team
works on a bipartisan basis on a number of
complex issues, including tax and fiscal policy,
early care and education, health care, primary
and secondary education, and welfare reform at
the local, state and national level. He serves
as chair of a statewide health and human
services coalition as well as co-chair of a
statewide budget coalition.
In 2006 he served as Campaign Manager for the
Coalition for Ohio's Future successful effort to
defeat the TEL constitutional amendment, and
authored a report for the Brookings Institution
on the implementation of welfare reform in Ohio.
He has been the primary and or contributing
author of a number of articles, presentations,
and reports and analyses on key state and
federal policy issues. Recently he served as a
healthcare policy resource to the
Strickland-Fisher transition team.
Mr. Corlett has served as campaign manager for
two successful Cuyahoga County Health and Human
Services Levies. He also served as a Health
Policy Fellow in the Washington, D.C. offices of
U.S. Representative Sherrod Brown.
Previously Mr. Corlett was director of
government affairs and advocacy for the Center
for Families and Children. In addition, Mr. Corlett's commentaries have
been published in newspapers across Ohio. Mr.
Corlett is a resident of the City of Cleveland.
James P. Trakas, served 4 term
terms in the Ohio General Assembly as the
legislator, from the 17th District,
Independence, Ohio. Mr. Trakas reintroduced the
Third Frontier Legislation and is a staunch
proponent of economic development in Ohio. He
served on the Economic Development and
Environment Committee, the Finance and
Appropriations Committee (including the Higher
Education Subcommittee) and was Vice Chair of
the Elections and Ethics Committee. Jim Trakas
was voted Bioscience Legislator of the Year in
2004.
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Original Event Details
Monday February 26th, 2007
Allen Medical Library
Ford Auditorium - 4:30p.m.
Corner of Euclid Avenue and Adelbert Road on the
Campus of Case Western Reserve University
Our Panelists Include:
Joe Hallett
Joe Hallett joined The Columbus Dispatch in
1999 as politics editor. Before then, Hallett
was chief political writer for The Plain Dealer
in Cleveland for three years and Statehouse
bureau chief for The Toledo Blade for 12 years.
John Corlett
John R. Corlett is currently Senior Fellow and
manages the Public Policy and Advocacy team at
The Center for Community Solutions. The team
works on a bipartisan basis on a number of
complex issues, including tax and fiscal policy,
early care and education, health care, primary
and secondary education, and welfare reform at
the local, state and national level. He serves
as chair of a statewide health and human
services coalition as well as co-chair of a
statewide budget coalition.
In 2006 he served as Campaign Manager for the
Coalition for Ohio's Future successful effort to
defeat the TEL constitutional amendment, and
authored a report for the Brookings Institution
on the implementation of welfare reform in Ohio.
He has been the primary and or contributing
author of a number of articles, presentations,
and reports and analyses on key state and
federal policy issues. Recently he served as a
healthcare policy resource to the
Strickland-Fisher transition team.
Mr. Corlett has served as campaign manager for
two successful Cuyahoga County Health and Human
Services Levies. He also served as a Health
Policy Fellow in the Washington, D.C. offices of
U.S. Representative Sherrod Brown.
Previously Mr. Corlett was director of
government affairs and advocacy for the Center
for Families and Children.
In addition, Mr. Corlett's commentaries have
been published in newspapers across Ohio. Mr.
Corlett is a resident of the City of Cleveland.
Jim Trakas
James P. Trakas, served 4 term
terms in the Ohio General Assembly as the
legislator, from the 17th District,
Independence, Ohio. Mr. Trakas reintroduced the
Third Frontier Legislation and is a staunch
proponent of economic development in Ohio. He
served on the Economic Development and
Environment Committee, the Finance and
Appropriations Committee (including the Higher
Education Subcommittee) and was Vice Chair of
the Elections and Ethics Committee. Jim Trakas
was voted Bioscience Legislator of the Year in
2004.
