The Regional Policy Roundtable directs the public policy and advocacy work of MORPC. The committee includes representatives from local governments, businesses and non-profits who offer guidance on current issues and create a biennial public policy agenda that serves as a framework of our policy positions.
Through the efforts of the Regional Policy Roundtable, we can better represent the needs and interests of Central Ohio communities to elected and appointed officials at all levels of government. All meetings are open to the public.
More information on MORPC’s policy advocacy is available on our Government Affairs page.
View our 2023-2024 Public Policy Agenda.
- Mayor David Scheffler, Lancaster – Chair
- Councilwoman Lourdes Barroso de Padilla, City of Columbus – Vice Chair
- Bob Bitzenhofer, Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority
- Stacy Boumis, Village of Obetz
- Ben Collins, Plain Township
- Dez Bryant, Columbus Chamber of Commerce
- Kristen Easterday, Columbus Regional Airport Authority
- Erik Janas, Franklin County
- Mayor Kim Maggard, City of Whitehall
- Jeff Polesovsky, Columbus Partnership
- Homer Rodgers, City of Dublin
- Aslyne Rodriguez, Central Ohio Transit Authority
- Lauren Rummel, Franklin County
- Stephen Sayre, City of Columbus
- Mike Schadek, City of Columbus
- Councilman Roby Schottke, Grove City
- Kyle Strickland, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity
- Jason Warner, Greater Ohio Policy Center
- February 22, 2022
- May 17, 2022
- August 16, 2022
- November 16, 2022
- February 23, 2021
April 27, 2021
August 10, 2021
October 5, 2021
For more information, contact Joe Garrity at 614.233.4127.
Committee Leaders

David L. Scheffler
Chair
Mayor, City of Lancaster

Lourdes Barroso de Padilla
Vice-Chair
Columbus City Councilmember