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Our Guest Speakers

At the DownSize Columbus seminar event you will meet top specialists to answer your questions relating to the five key components of your transition:
Residential, Emotional, Legal, Medical and Financial.

Keynote Speaker

Cabot Rea

Former Television News Anchor

Cabot graduated from Otterbein College in 1978 with a degree in music education and later earned a Master’s of Music from The Ohio State University in 2003. Early in his career, he taught vocal music for 9 years and is proud to have been voted “Teacher of the Year” twice at Newark’s Wilson Junior High! During those years Cabot spent summers singing professionally with Kenley Players, the Ohio Light Opera Company, and Weathervane Playhouse.

In December 1985, Cabot did his first sportscast for WCMH T.V. in Columbus Ohio as a part time employee. Cabot was hired fulltime in 1987, and for 5 years served as field anchor for the highly rated “5:30 Live” broadcast. In 1992, Cabot began anchoring Channel Four’s 7 P.M. newscast, and a year later took over for his mentor, Doug Adair to anchor the 5, 6 and 11 pm newscasts, winning multiple Emmy and AP awards. For over 23 years he would Co-Anchor with Colleen Marshall, making them the longest-running anchor team in Ohio broadcast history.

From 1986 through 1996, Cabot emceed the yearly Miss Ohio Pageants held in Mansfield, Ohio.

Since retiring in December, 2015, Cabot has enjoyed playing roles in musicals around Central Ohio and writing and directing for Vaud Villities.

Watch Cabot Rea’s Invitation