Catherine Lang-Cline

Catherine Lang-Cline is a highly accomplished CEO, entrepreneur, and C-Suite executive who brings an innovative vision and design thinking to various sectors, including consumer products and services, financial services, and technology. Catherine has a proven track record in creating high-value business models such as marketplaces and digital platforms and deep expertise in entrepreneurship, strategy, marketing, and human resources. She also brings a deep background in board governance through her extensive experience serving as a board director for non-profit and industry boards.

Catherine is an experienced community and not-for-profit Board Member currently serving on the Columbus Chamber of Commerce Board, Executive Committee, and Strategy Committee, Board of Trustees for the Columbus College of Art and Design, and former Board Member of the Greater Columbus Art Council, Executive Committee, and Finance Committee. Catherine also served as president/chair of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Columbus Chapter, and its Public Policy Committee, both locally and nationally.

With 20 years of experience as the Founder and CEO of Portfolio Creative, Catherine Lang-Cline is heralded by her peers as a top executive with five consecutive years as Columbus CEO - Most Admired CEO, Most Influential Entrepreneur, Smart Woman - Progressive Entrepreneur Award, Smart 50 Award, Business First Influential Women to Know, Small Business Leader Award - Finalist, NAWBO Visionary Award - Finalist, six years honored as an Inc. 500-5000 Fastest Growing Privately-Owned Companies, WELD "Women You Should Know", Columbus Chamber Entrepreneur of the Year, Business First Best Temporary Employment Agency, six years awarded the Business First Fast 50, E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist.

With a solid foundation of 15 years of experience in marketing for Fortune 500 companies and small to mid-sized businesses, Catherine Lang-Cline has honed her skills before starting and scaling her own business in 2005. Her expertise in marketing and design has been instrumental in her success in consumer goods, personal products, banking, travel, and more.

As a business leader, public speaker, and thought leader, Catherine Lang-Cline is a beacon of innovation in entrepreneurship, strategy, marketing, human resources, and culture building. Her thought leadership, showcased in blogs, articles, her podcast Illumination Bureau, and her podcast The Secret Art of Business, has inspired large-scale changes within organizations that positively impact the bottom line. Her speaking engagements at The Ohio State University, Keynote - Women’s Conference at The OSU Fisher School of Business, The American Staffing Association, WBENC Catch the Wave, and the WSBA Women’s Leadership Conference have further solidified her status as a thought leader.

Catherine earned a Staffing Professional Certification with the American Staffing Association for over a decade. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Northern Illinois University.