BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20191114T150000Z DTEND:20191114T170000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Regional Economic Forecast DESCRIPTION:Join the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce on November 14 for the first Regional Economic Forecast event.\n\n \n\nRegional Economic Forecast is essential for local business leaders and finance professionals. Join us for an in-depth keynote presentation by Mark Vitner\, Managing Director & Senior Economist at Wells Fargo\, as he covers local\, national and global perspectives.\n\nort County Economic Development Corporation\n\n \n\nLearn about the economic indicators that could impact your business' performance in 2020.\n\n\n\nPresenting Sponsor:\n\nWells Fargo Advisors\n\n\n\nEvent Sponsors:\n\nBeaufort County Economic Development Corporation\n\n\n\nSupporting Sponsors:\n\nBeaufort-Jasper County Realtors\n\nBB&T\n\n\n\nAbout the speaker:\n\nMark Vitner is a managing director and senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities\, LLC\, where he is responsible for tracking U.S. and regional economic trends. Based in Charlotte\, North Carolina\, he also writes for the company's Monthly Economic Outlook report and the Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary\, provides regular updates on the housing markets\, commercial real estate\, regional economies\, consumer spending\, and issues impacting small business. \n\n\n\nMark joined a Wells Fargo predecessor institution in 1993. Before that\, he spent nine years as an economist for Barnett Banks in Jacksonville\, Florida. His commentary has been featured in the New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, Bloomberg\, and many other publications.\n\n\n\nOriginally from Atlanta\, Mark earned a B.B.A. in economics from the University of Georgia and an M.B.A. from the University of North Florida. He has completed further graduate work in economics at the University of Florida \,and has also completed the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Advanced Training in Economics program at Carnegie Mellon University. \n\n\n\nMark is a member of NABE and its inaugural Certified Business Economist class. He is a past president and co-founder of the NABE Charlotte chapter\, The Charlotte Economics Club. He currently chairs the Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community and serves as a distinguished lecturer and practitioner at the University of Georgia. He is a member of the American Economic Association and the Western Economic Association. He also chaired the Economic Advisory Council for the California Chamber of Commerce for three years. He is a member of the Blue Chip economic forecasting panel and the Western Blue Chip forecasts panel\, and he serves on the Joint Advisory Board of Economists for the Commonwealth of Virginia. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: