Tuesday, August 12, 2014

6th Annual Global Economic Forum Announced


The Jackson Hole Rotary Lunch Club and Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce will present the 6th Annual Global Economic Forum on Tuesday, August 26 from 12:00-1:30pm at Snow King Resort.

The forum will take a global perspective on the local economy. The featured panelists have world-class experience and the entire community is encouraged to take part in this very special event. Lunch is $20. RSVP by Friday, August 22 to events@jacksonholechamber.com. Chamber Members are encouraged to register via ChamberMaster.

Scheduled Panelists:

Mark Gordon: Currently serves as treasurer of the State of Wyoming. He has served on the Board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust Board, and the board of the Nature Conservancy of Wyoming.

Robert Grady: Managing Director of Cheyenne Capital Fund and Chairman of the New Jersey State Investment Council which oversees the States $80 Billion pension system. He served in the White House as Deputy Assistant to President George H.W. Bush and as the #2 official at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and was a long-time partner at the investment bank Robertson Stephens & Company and then at the private equity firm Carlyle Group. He holds his AB from Harvard College and his MBA from Stanford Business School.

Kenneth Lay: Senior Managing Director for the Rock Creek Group, a firm in Washington DC managing $10 billion in investments for about 50 large institutions.  Earlier in his career, he served as Treasurer of The World Bank, responsible for its $15 billion annually in bond-market financing and more than $100 billion in investments for the Bank, other international institutions and many of its shareholders.  Ken is a member of the State Bar of California and holds the chartered financial analyst (CFA) designation.

Wes Lucas: CEO of SIRVA Corporation, the world's largest relocation and moving company serving customers in about 150 countries through a network of over 100,000 staff globally in about 3000 locations under leading brands such as Allied and North American Van Lines, and SIRVA which provides over 100 different relocation services including realtors and temporary housing. He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.

Paul O'Brien: Head of fixed income for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, a sovereign wealth fund owned by Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates that was founded for the purpose of investing funds on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi. While the ADIA never publishes how much it has in assets, estimates have been as much as $875 billion USD. Previously he was a Section Chief on the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, Head of European Economics for JP Morgan, and fixed income portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley.

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