John Molinaro
John Molinaro, founding President and CEO of the Appalachian Partnership Inc. (API) and Appalachian Growth Capital, LLC, (AGC), has More than 40 years of experience working with communities, organizations and leaders to improve the prosperity of communities and regions and the economic success of families – especially in rural areas. Formed in 2011, API is a business-led partnership focused on regional economic development in the 32 Appalachian counties of Ohio. AGC was formed in 2017 to serve as the region’s only Community Development Financial Institution. From 2012-2017, Molinaro also started up and led API’s APEG subsidiary, the JobsOhio partner serving 25 of Ohio’s Appalachian Counties. Together, API, AGC, and APEG work to bring enduring, widely-shared prosperity to Appalachian Ohio.