Rocky Mountain Economic Summit

The Global Interdependence Center is excited to once again partner with the Bronze Buffalo Foundation for the Rocky Mountain Economic Summit. Held at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts in beautiful Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this one-of-a-kind event will feature leading policy makers and executives.

AGENDA
9 – 9:15 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks

• David Kotok, CIO of Cumberland Advisors and GIC Vice Chair of Central Banking Series
• Tyler Norton, Founder and CEO, Hero Partners

9:15 – 10:30 a.m.| Session I – Entrepreneurial Issues: Successes and Failures

• Rob Ryan, Founder of Ascend Communications, Founder and Chairman of Hero Partners
• Troy Downing, CEO, AC Self Storage
• Bob Grady, Managing Director of Cheyenne Capital
• Moderator:  Charles Plosser, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

10:45 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Session II – Municipal Bonds: Successes and Failures

• John Mousseau, Executive Vice President and the Director of Fixed Income, Cumberland Advisors
• Natalie Cohen, Managing Director and Head of Municipal research, Wells Fargo
• Mary Francoeur, Managing Director, Assured Guaranty
• Dennis Archer, Former Mayor, City of Detroit (1994-2001), Chairman and CEO of Dennis W. Archer PLLC and Chairman Emeritus of Dickinson Wright PLLC
• Moderator: Brady Murray, President, Mass Mutual Financial Group – Intermountain West

12 – 1 p.m. | Lunch

1 – 2:15 p.m. | Session III – Federal Reserve Policy: Success and Failures

• Charles Evans, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• Dennis Lockhart, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Moderator: John Silvia, Chief Economist, Wells Fargo

2:30 – 3:45 p.m. | Session IV – Outlook for Recovery: A Global Tour

• Michael Drury, Chief Economist at McVean Trading and Investments and GIC Vice Chair of Programs
• Kozo Koide, Chief Economist, DIAM
• Don Rissmiller, Founding Partner, Strategas Research Partners and GIC Board Member
• Henry Mo, Director and Head of the Macro Research and Modeling Team, AIG
• Moderator: Michael McKee, Economics Editor, Bloomberg

3:45 p.m. | Concluding Remarks

• David Kotok , CIO Cumberland Advisors and GIC Vice Chair of Central Banking Series

Reception

Flying in and out of Salt Lake City?  Join GIC in Salt Lake for “Disability and Employment” on July 14, 2014. Learn more at http://bit.ly/SaltLake14.