Ethical Leadership and Media and Digital Spaces Conference

Alexa Maslowski is a morning news anchor with Spectrum News 1, where she co-anchors Your Morning and reports on issues shaping communities across Ohio. 

Her recent work has focused on the rapidly evolving impact of artificial intelligence, exploring not only how the technology is changing the way people live and work, but also the infrastructure, policy and ethical questions accompanying its growth. Her reporting has examined Ohio’s expanding data center industry, the increasing demands of AI infrastructure, and the conversations happening among technology companies, policymakers, regulators and the communities experiencing that growth firsthand. 

As a journalist, Alexa is particularly interested in what the rise of AI means for the news industry—how journalists can responsibly use emerging technology while preserving accuracy, transparency and public trust. 

A Cleveland native, Alexa has more than a decade in broadcast journalism and is passionate about making complex topics accessible and relevant to the audiences they affect. 

Doug Jenkins serves as Senior Investor Experience Lead for the Findlay-Hancock County Chamber of Commerce. In his role he works to connect the local business community with resources that they need to grow and thrive. He joined the Chamber team in 2019. 

 In his current role, Doug focuses on building and strengthening relationships with Chamber members. This includes helping new businesses to get exposure in the community as well as working with longtime members to help them continue to develop relationships with others. His work includes member recruitment and retention, sponsorship development, and helping organize a variety of Chamber programs and events. He also hosts and produces the Chamber Amplified podcast, and conducts many live interviews with members at events ranging from ribbon cuttings to anniversary celebrations. 

Before joining the Chamber, Doug spent nearly 20 years in radio. In that capacity he served as a news director for 14 years. His broadcasting career included recognition from the Associated Press for his news work and multiple years of play-by-play sports broadcasting. He also holds a master’s degree in education. 

One of Doug’s favorite parts of his role is making connections between Chamber members. Whether it is introducing two businesses that may be able to work together, connecting a member with a community resource, or helping a new business become more involved, he enjoys finding practical ways for Chamber membership to be useful. 

Through his work with the Chamber, Doug continues to look for new ways to strengthen the local business community and help Findlay-Hancock County businesses build meaningful, lasting connections. 

Joe Case is the founder and publisher of Marysville Matters, a six-day-a-week local newsletter covering the people, decisions and developments shaping Marysville and Union County. 

Before launching the newsletter, Joe spent 20 years leading public relations at Nationwide. Earlier in his career, he served as public affairs director for the Ohio auditor and Ohio attorney general and worked as a Statehouse reporter for WBNS-TV and the Ohio News Network. His journalism career also included serving as news director at WNKO Radio in Newark. 

Joe is a 1992 graduate of Mount Vernon Nazarene University and earned a master’s degree in spiritual formation from Northwest Nazarene University. 

In addition to his work as a journalist and communicator, Joe is an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene. He and his wife, Victoria, have co-pastored Maplewood Church of the Nazarene in Springfield since 2016. 

Joe lives two blocks from the Union County Courthouse in Uptown Marysville — close enough to keep an eye on local government and to walk almost everywhere else. He and Victoria have three sons, a growing collection of grandchildren, and a dog named Pepper Jane. 

Lindsay Ginter is the Executive Strategy Director at AR Marketing, a full-service marketing agency based in Findlay, Ohio. In her role, she works across teams to help shape agency strategy, develop new services, and find better ways to solve marketing challenges for clients, particularly in the grocery and association industries. 

Lindsay’s career at AR Marketing began as an intern while studying graphic design at the University of Findlay. What started as a love for visual communication quickly grew into a curiosity about the bigger picture: why people respond to certain messages, how technology changes the way we reach them, and what makes marketing work. That curiosity has taken her career from graphic design into digital and social media, paid advertising, audience strategy, data and measurement, and eventually agency leadership. Today, much of her work involves bringing those different perspectives together, asking a lot of questions, and helping teams make sense of complex marketing problems. 

Along the way, Lindsay has developed deep experience in the independent grocery industry, working with retailers and industry organizations across the country. Her work has touched nearly every corner of modern marketing, from social media, digital advertising, email and text marketing to loyalty data, streaming media and retail media networks. As the tools available to marketers have evolved, she has become increasingly interested in not just what marketers can do, but what they should do—and the responsibility that comes with having more data, technology and influence at their fingertips. 

Lindsay later returned to the University of Findlay to earn her Master of Arts in Professional Communication, an experience that helped shape how she approaches leadership and communication today. She believes effective marketing starts with understanding the people you’re trying to reach: their behaviors, interests, challenges, and where they spend their time. That understanding is what allows marketers to communicate a brand’s value in a way that is relevant and meaningful. 

Outside of her day-to-day work, Lindsay especially enjoys spending time with young professionals who are figuring out where their own careers might take them. She enjoys sharing the lessons learned along the way, encouraging curiosity, and reminding emerging professionals that careers rarely follow a perfectly straight line. Whether she’s talking with students, clients, or her own team, Lindsay is usually asking questions, challenging assumptions, and looking for better ways to adapt as marketing continues to evolve. 

Dr. Meg Adams is an associate professor of media and communication at the University of Findlay and co-founder of Homeplace Creative, a storytelling and video production company. A former broadcast journalist, educator, entrepreneur, and professional storyteller, Meg brings more than a decade of experience helping people and organizations communicate with greater clarity, authenticity, and purpose. 

Her work sits at the intersection of communication, storytelling, media literacy, and what it means to remain fully human in an increasingly digital world. As a professor, Meg teaches students how to understand, create, and critically engage with media while navigating the opportunities and challenges of digital communication. She is particularly interested in the ethical responsibilities that come with having the ability to publish, persuade, and influence others at an unprecedented scale. 

Meg is also the creator of Whole Story Living, an emerging framework and body of work exploring how story, perspective, relationships, rhythm, and everyday practices shape a fully human life. Through Whole Story Living, she examines what happens when we move beyond simply asking, “What should I post?” or “How can I get people’s attention?” and instead ask, “What kind of person am I becoming through the stories I tell, consume, and share?” 

As a TEDx speaker, Meg has spoken about the power of storytelling to shift perspective and create greater understanding between people. Her professional storytelling work through Homeplace Creative has included documentary filmmaking, organizational storytelling, and helping leaders and organizations communicate stories that matter. 

Meg’s approach to communication is grounded in a simple belief: how we communicate with one another matters, not only because communication shapes what other people think, but because it shapes the kind of community we create together. Whether she is teaching college students, working with organizational leaders, or telling stories through film, she encourages people to communicate with greater curiosity, empathy, intentionality, and courage. 

Meg holds a Ph.D. in rhetoric and writing and is passionate about helping the next generation of communicators become more thoughtful and ethical participants in the media landscape. 

Samantha Crist, MBA, is a Senior Marketing Manager at Blue & Co., LLC, specializing in marketing operations, digital strategy, CRM administration, and process improvement. With more than a decade of experience spanning accounting, higher education, agency marketing, healthcare consulting, and nonprofit communications, she has led multichannel campaigns, managed marketing teams, implemented technology platforms, and developed scalable processes that strengthen collaboration across teams. 

Samantha has extensive experience in HubSpot, content strategy, SEO, marketing automation, website development, and performance analysis. At Blue & Co., she has led CRM implementation, website and firmwide campaign initiatives, and the development of tools using Microsoft Power Apps. She also trains professionals to adopt and effectively use emerging technologies. 

Samantha uses artificial intelligence daily, with a focus on improving the efficiency of marketing operations and helping her teams work more effectively. She has also helped develop firm guidance for the responsible use of AI, with a particular focus on how it should be applied when creating thought leadership. Her approach balances the opportunities AI offers with the need for thoughtful implementation and human expertise. 

Samantha earned a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Urbana University. She is a member of the Association for Accounting Marketing and serves as Communications Chair for the Mac-A-Cheek Foundation for the Humanities.