Wolstein Summit Panelist Bios
Calvin Cooper
Calvin Cooper is the Co-founder and CEO of Rhove, a company that is on a mission to turn everyone into an owner. With the Rhove app, anyone can invest in the places they love for as little as $1. Recently, Rhove was selected by Solana as a winner of the Riptide global hackathon for their novel application of blockchain technology to finance real estate. Calvin serves on the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center Advisory Board, the Smart Columbus Board of Directors, and previously taught entrepreneurship as an adjunct professor at The Ohio State University. In 2021, Calvin was chosen to participate in the Young American Leaders Program (YALP) at the Harvard Business School.
Brett Kaufman
Brett’s vision of creating spaces that are centered around mental health, wellbeing, creative expression while providing sustainable, holistically supportive environments for people to work and live led to the founding of Kaufman Development in 2011. Kaufman has changed the real estate development landscape in one of the country’s fastest growing cities. His professional accomplishments have been recognized by a variety of awards and designations, including CEO of the Year by Columbus CEO Magazine, Developer of the Year by the Building Industry Association, Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014, and Kaufman Development has been included on the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies list. Brett is also an investor and co-founder of over 50 conscious companies all aimed at improving the human experience. Brett is a seasoned speaker and host of The Gravity Podcast.
Amy Taylor
Every day, Amy Edwards Taylor puts passion into practice as the President for the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation and Capitol South, where she has led the creation of city-changing projects in Downtown Columbus, such as the Scioto Mile, Columbus Commons, the Scioto Greenways river revitalization project and the National Veterans Memorial and Museum. These developments have created green space and cultural attractions that revitalized the heart of Ohio’s capital city, catalyzing more than $400 million in private investments. Currently, she serves as project executive for The Peninsula mixed-use development, leading efforts of the public and private sectors to redevelopment this key area of downtown. In addition to her position at CDDC/Capitol South, Amy serves as an adjunct professor at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University, imparting real- world wisdom on the next generation of public leaders. But CDDC is just the most recent in Amy’s legacy of public service. Previously, she held leadership positions with Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health (ADAMH) Board of Franklin County, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners and the City of Dublin. A two-time graduate of The Ohio State University, Amy holds a master’s degree in Public Administration and a bachelor’s degree in English and Political Science. She often states that her favorite position is mom to 14-year-old Audrey.
Wolstein Intern Panelists
Anoushka Dasi
Anoushka Dasi is a third year Ohio State undergraduate student majoring in biomedical engineering (BME) on the premed track. She is currently working as a research student in the radiology department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital working on the effects of contrast imaging. In addition, she is interested in applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict patient outcomes following cardiovascular interventions. Her goal is to join an MD/PhD program and eventually specialize in neurosurgery.
Sean McKibben
Sean McKibben is a senior healthcare executive with a proven record of accomplishments leading successful growth, expansion, and operational improvements of health care organizations. In 2020 after 25 years of senior level experience including sixteen successful years as serving as a hospital President, Mr. McKibben decided to follow his passion to significantly improve patient outcomes through the use of innovation and technology and began his journey in the startup world. In May of 2021, Sean was named the Chief Operating Officer for DASI Simulations after serving as an executive advisor for the start up since October 2020. DASI Simulations focuses on improving the safety of care for Structural Heart Disease patients by providing innovative personalized simulations using artificial intelligence and computational predictive modeling.
Faith Voinovich
Faith Voinovich is a Principal at Ohio Innovation Fund, a Columbus-based venture capital firm. Faith's led investments spun out of top research institutions, assisted companies in raising tens of millions in follow on funds, provided reverse due diligence and other exit-related analysis, and served in a variety of board roles, including at Invirsa, Clarametyx, Genetesis, Complion, DatAnchor, and Stirling Ultracold. In addition to her investment work, Faith leads OIF's Student Experience Program, serves as a mentor for the National Venture Capital Association's Venture Forward program, and is an executive board member for VentureUp.