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Idea Foundry
421 W. State Street
Columbus, Ohio, 43210
United States

Adlai Stein

Metalworker

Adlai Stein is the owner of Macabee Metals and Central Ohio School of Metalwork. Macabee Metals makes products and art for sale at art fairs and on line, while Central Ohio School of Metalwork teaches the craft of blacksmithing. Adlai discovered blacksmithing in 1990 and he has been learning and forging ever since. Over the years he has created a variety of art, tools, knives and ornamental fixtures. Adlai loves teaching blacksmithing to others as a way of paying it forward for all the people that taught and helped him get to where he is today. This love led him to be a founding member and the first instructor at the Idea Foundry. Adlai recently moved Macabee Metals from its home at the Idea Foundry to its new location in Franklinton, along with the newly formed educational branch, Central Ohio School of Metalwork.

Evelyn Van Til

Consultant

Evelyn Van Til is a speaker, coach, and consultant – an instigator for growing people and culture. She is passionate not only about opening doors of opportunity through open source technology but also in bridging the digital divide so everyone can truly benefit. Her social commentary takes the form of workshops, articles, conference talks, and coffee chats – as well as sometimes quite strongly worded Twitter threads. A firm believer in humans, she often draws her insights from personal stories, data and lived experience. Van Til identifies as a coach, technologist, community builder and activist. She has survived working in marketing, education and tech for over 20 years. In serving tech up as accessible to all, her ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone has basic income, healthcare, childcare, food, housing and human rights.