Doubling Down on Columbus: Capital, Growth, Opportunity

Leslie Johnson is a partner in Ice Miller’s Business Group. She advises clients on a wide range of corporate and real estate matters. Specifically, her practice includes mergers and acquisitions, corporate formation, private equity transactions, corporate governance, commercial contract negotiation, complex real estate acquisitions and divestitures and commercial leasing. Her corporate practice focuses on helping clients with deal structure and negotiation of deal documents, advising on CTA compliance, recapitalizations, acquisitions, succession planning and equity and debt financing transactions as well as serving as general outside counsel advising on day-to-day legal issues that clients face.

Katie Bishop is a Vice President and Banker in the Columbus office of J.P. Morgan Private Bank. Katie works closely with successful business owners, founders, entrepreneurs and families who seek an elevated wealth management experience to transform their ambition into a lasting legacy.

Katie takes a full balance sheet approach—looking at assets, liabilities, cash flow, risk parameters—to gain a complete understanding of each unique set of needs. Recognizing that the growth and preservation of capital is paramount, she surrounds her clients with a team of specialists to integrate bespoke strategies for investing, lending, banking and planning. Her attentiveness and authenticity leave her clients with the feeling that they have been 'seen and heard.’

With over a decade-long career at J.P. Morgan that began in Columbus and has spanned London and New York, Katie’s innate leadership has been recognized by others at the firm, placing her in client-facing roles to enhance performance outputs.

Passionate about the advancement of women in business, Katie is a lead for J.P. Morgan’s Women on the Move, an organization that empowers career growth and facilitates the expansion of women-run businesses. She is a member of the Women’s Bond Club and the Columbus Chapter of Women for Economic & Leadership Development. Committed to the community, economic empowerment and education, she sits on the Board of Directors for Columbus State Community College’s Foundation and the Board of Directors for the Columbus Fashion Alliance.

In her role as CEO, Dr. Lehmkuhl is responsible for driving organizational success and execution of MedVet’s strategy to deliver an exceptional employee experience, deliver the MedVet experience for patients, clients and referral partners, and healthy growth. She works with the leadership team and board to ensure all members of its healthcare and support services teams work in hospitals with a mission-driven and values-based culture, strong dyad leadership and state-of-the art equipment and technology.

Aaron Weir joined CollisionRight in April of 2022 as General Counsel and Secretary, as well as a member of the company's Executive Leadership Team. In his role, he oversees all legal activity, as well as leading CollisionRight's corporate development, investment and acquisition processes. Prior to joining CollisionRight, Aaron was in private practice in Columbus, focusing on M&A, corporate finance and general business matters.

Kim is the Columbus office managing partner, leading partners and professionals in serving KPMG’s clients across a broad array of business complexities and industry issues. She focuses on helping companies solve complex and global business challenges leveraging the depth of our resources in risk advisory, consulting, deal advisory, methodology, tax and audit. Kim also serves as the audit business unit talent and culture leader for the Great Lakes Business Unit where she holds operational and personal responsibility as it relates to tone and culture, resource management, talent acquisition, people relations and culture initiatives, performance management and talent review and compensation.

Functionally, She’s the lead partner for the State of Ohio and also an audit partner for KPMG with extensive experience in providing financial reporting guidance and audit services to a wide spectrum of financial services clients, including investment advisors, broker dealers, exchange traded funds, mutual funds, separate accounts and alternative investment funds. She also serves as a firm-designated SEC reviewing partner (second review partner for audits of SEC registrants) for the public sector of the KPMG Financial Services practice. Kim currently serves on KPMG’s nominating committee for the board of directors.

Kim makes it a personal priority to create a compelling work environment and to inspire young professionals to develop confidence and realize their full potential, and to that end she has been instrumental in the mentoring of several young professionals in both her office and nationally. She has shown a special ability to connect with young professionals and due to this has been requested to mentor and counsel high performing professionals across the country to assist in their career progression at KPMG.

She is also actively involved in the Columbus community at-large, serving as a Board Member and Governance Committee Chair for Rev1 Ventures, Co-Chair for the Ohio Chapter of Women Corporate Directors, Board Member and Development Committee Chair for Junior Achievement of Central and Board Member for National Church Residences. Kim also serves on the Accounting & MIS Advisory Board for The Ohio State University. Kim is a member of The Columbus Partnership and Ohio Business Roundtable.