Chapter News

The Denver Association of Business Economics will host a luncheon on Wednesday, August 19, with Patricia Silverstein of Development Research Partners as the speaker. 
DABE has elected officers for the coming year: Ron New, president; Lisa Strunk, treasurer; Chris Akers, secretary.  Board members are: John Backlund, John Bartholomew, Steve Beckman, Zak Brewer, Bill Harris, Kate Kelly, Natalie Mullis, David Schwartz, and Chris Underwood.

The Economic Roundtable of Jacksonville, Fla., will kick off the 2009-10 season on September 29 with a talk by Gregory B. Smith, Jacksonville and North Florida president for Bank of America, on “Merging Three Giants—Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and Countrywide.”

Los Angeles NABE will host an evening with John Silvia, Wells Fargo chief economist, on Wednesday, September 16, at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel.  Silvia will discuss the latest developments on the economy and Wells Fargo, according to LA Chapter President Sara Sutachan, California Association of Realtors.

The New York Association for Business Economics has scheduled its first fall event for September 10, when the chapter will present the Butler Award to Frederic Mishkin, former Federal Reserve Board Governor and currently the Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.
Sara Johnson is co-chair of the NABE board’s Committee on Chapters and Roundtables. For more information contact her at sara.johnson@ihsglobalinsight.com.

This issue's Windows on the Web looks at ways chapters can use social media. A number of NABE chapters are already on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Check out NABE’s resources page for chapters at http://www.nabe.com/chapters/clcontents.htm.  Included are numerous tips on everything from obtaining speakers to holding meetings and writing press releases.

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