5th Annual Global Economic Forum

The Jackson Hole Rotary Lunch Club and Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce present the 5^th Annual Global Economic Forum that will take a global perspective on the local economy on Tuesday, August 20 from 12:00-1:30pm at Snow King Resort.  The featured panelists have world-class experience and the entire community is encouraged to take part in this very special event. Chamber members may RSVP and prepay via ChamberMaster to speed through check-in!

Scheduled Panelists:

• Debra A. Cafaro is Chairman and CEO of Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR), an S&P 500 company with an enterprise value of $30 billion. Ventas is the nation’s leading healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) and the largest owner of seniors housing and medical office buildings in the U.S, with a diversified portfolio of over 1,400 assets located throughout North America.
• Mark Gordon serves as Wyoming Treasurer. He has served with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust Board, and the board of the Nature Conservancy of Wyoming.  He is a member of Rotary and Elks.
• Robert Grady is Managing Director Cheyenne Capital Fund and serves as Chairman of the New Jersey State Investment Council, which oversees the state's $75 billion pension system. He was a partner and member of the Management Committee at The Carlyle Group, and served in the White House from 1989-1993 as Deputy Assistant to President George H.W. Bush and as the #2 official at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
• Ken Lay is Senior Managing Director for The Rock Creek Group in Washington with responsibility for emerging markets investment. He formerly served as World Bank Treasurer.
• Wes Lucas is SIRVA chief executive officer and board member. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and has worked with Fortune 500 corporations and private companies, including Sun Chemical, Kodak Polychrome.
• Paul O’Brien is Head, Fixed Income Strategy for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, a sovereign wealth fund of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.  Previously, he has been an Economist and Section Chief on the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, Head of European Economics for JP Morgan, and a fixed income portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

Lunch costs $20. RSVP by Thursday, August 15 to Rachel Eden Reich, events@jacksonholechamber.com or 307.201.2309. Rotary Lunch Club Members and their guests should check-in at the Rotary table. All others should check-in with the Chamber.