Central Ohio Home & Garden Show 2027

Abby Johnston — a 2008 Upper Arlington graduate — is an emergency medicine doctor at Duke University. She won a silver medal in 3-meter synchronized springboard with partner Kelci Bryant at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and finished 12th in the individual 3-meter event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. She finished sixth in the 2011 World Championships (1-meter) and is a eleven-time national champion. Ms. Johnston was the first Duke diver to qualify for NCAA championships in 2009 and became the program’s first national title winner in the 2010-11 season. She has been recognized by the ACC as Most Valuable Diver (2010, 2011), Women’s Diver of the Year (2010, 2011), and as a member of the Academic Honor Roll (2009, 2010, 2011). Ms. Johnston received an A.B. in Psychology from Duke in 2013 and M.D. from Duke in 2018.

Bo attended Auburn University where he lettered in three sports; football, baseball and track. He won consensus first team All-American Honors in football in 1983 and 1985. Bo won the Heisman Trophy in 1985. In 1986, Bo was drafted in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Kansas City Royals. During his time with the Royals, he was selected to the 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star team and earned the Most Valuable Player Award. In 1987, Bo signed with the Los Angeles Raiders and played both professional football and baseball for the next four years. While with the Raiders, Bo was selected to the National Football League Pro Bowl. He was the first professional athlete to be selected as an All-Star in two sports.

Kyle Snyder is an American Freestyle Wrestler. He won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and is a two-time world champion. Mr. Snyder attended Ohio State and was a two-time NCAA champion, a two-time Big Ten champion, and a member of the 2015 NCAA championship team, the first in Ohio State history. He was named ASICS High School Wrestler of the Year in 2013 and USA Wrestling Freestyle Wrestler of the Year in 2015. Mr. Snyder was the Pan American Games champion in 2015, the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix champion in 2017 and the Pan American Championships champion in 2017. He now lives in Woodbine, Maryland.

Bob Orr spent more than four decades in broadcasting before retiring in February 2015 from CBS News in Washington. In Columbus, Orr spent 12 years as a reporter and anchor at WBNS. Shortly after that Orr joined CBS News - covering the transportation beat and serving as the network’s Justice and Homeland Security correspondent. Orr is the recipient of four national Emmy awards, three regional Emmy awards and the 2014 Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton.

Ann Fisher in August, 2019 celebrates her 10-year anniversary as executive producer and host of All Sides with Ann Fisher on WOSU 89.7 NPR news. She moved to Columbus in 1989 to cover state government and politics for The Blade of Toledo. In 1998, Ann joined the staff of The Columbus Dispatch, where she worked as a reporter, editorial writer, editor and columnist. She is a graduate of the Michigan State University School of Journalism. She lives in Worthington.

The Old Oak Society was founded by Gary, a certified Bourbon Steward

Stacy McKay, co-host of Bobby & Stacy in the Morning on Sunny 95, will keep things lively and upbeat as she emcees programs at the stage all three days.

Mikhail Bush, founder and CEO, says, “We thought it was ridiculous that you could book a room in Spain from your phone using Airbnb or Grubhub food in bed at 11 o’clock, but if you want to do something good, like volunteer at a soup kitchen or a hospital, there’s a whole process. First, you have to find a nonprofit, then you have to call them and coordinate volunteer times just to sign up for an experience. We wanted to make nonprofit engagement and volunteering as easy as ordering food.”

Chuck White was a local television pioneer with WBNS 10TV who co-produced and brought to life the puppets on Luci’s Toyshop, including the renowned “Mr. Tree.” Chuck will share seldom told behind-the-scenes stories of those early days of 10TV.

Columbus radio legend, comedian and host of the “Whiskey Business” podcast, Dino Tripodis.

Comedy and magic with David McCreary, who comes into your home every Saturday night as host of the Ohio Lottery’s “Cash Explosion”.

Due to an urgent family health issue, Vicki Lawrence is not able to attend the LIFE Expo for Boomers+. Vicki is very disappointed to not be able to join this weekend and asks for your prayers and understanding at this time.