 Congressman Steve Stivers earned a bachelor's degree from the Ohio State University in 1989 and his MBA from Fisher College of Business in 1996. In 2010, he ran for U.S. Congress and was elected as Ohio's 15th district representative. Well, I wanted to thank you so much, Congressman Stivers, for coming here and being a part of Fisher's alumni video series. You were here for the second time in one week, and we appreciate your time. Could you share with us sort of like a meaningful memory from your experience at Fisher that maybe students today can relate to? Sure, Allie. Thanks, and it's my pleasure to be here and my honor to be in the Fisher College video series. Well, I was just thinking about that coming down here and, you know, the thing I remember most vividly is a lot of the team building and team exercise. We used to do the Harvard Business cases. I assume they still do those and we did them as a team and, you know, some of the most effective teams I've ever been on were here getting my MBA at the Fisher College because, frankly, everybody that was on that team wanted to be on the team. They all pulled their weight and we've all been on teams where 20% of the people do 80% of the work and we had a real great distribution of work and just came out with some great products that I'm still proud of today. So it really teaches you to work as a team in an environment to get along with people and you have to come to consensus. There's some storming, norming, and forming that goes on as you build the groups and try to get things done and those are lessons you can take with you for the rest of your life. I'm going to switch gears a little bit. Can you talk a little bit about some important life lessons that you've gained not only from your Fisher experience but how that's kind of carried through your current job? The best life lesson I ever learned. I started as a Boy Scout when I was 11 years old and became an Eagle Scout and, you know, the motto is be prepared and I think that's a great motto for life and it's a great motto for your education and something I've carried over and tried to always be prepared and, you know, be in the moment. So when you're somewhere, be there, be focused on it. I've got a 19 month old daughter and when I'm at home with my family, I want to be there and enjoy that time with my wife and daughter. If you could kind of step back and look back at your experience here at Fisher, is there anything you would do over again? Anything you wish you could repeat? I'm sure there are lots of things I would do. Most of the things I'd do over again were just because they were so fun and I have fun wherever I am. So, you know, I wouldn't mind doing freshman year over again but it's, you know, there are a lot of great experiences that you can have in the Fisher College or just at the Ohio State University and, you know, try to make the most of them because there's incredible resources here and you can really make lifelong friends here. A lot of the friends that I made here at the Fisher School I'm still in contact with today. As you also probably know, Les Wexner recently made a generous donation to the university and he said, but for Ohio State he would not be where he is today. Could you finish the same sentence but for Ohio State? I'd have to say but for Ohio State, Columbus would be a cow town. I mean without Ohio State, this whole community wouldn't be where it is today. So, you know, clearly I wouldn't be where I am today but this whole community would be very different. 5,000 new freshmen every year, many of whom like me, I came from a little town Ripley, Ohio, I stayed in Columbus and I certainly know I wouldn't be where I am if it wasn't for Ohio State.