Agenda

Check-In & Networking:
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Luncheon:
12 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Presentation:
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

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Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, GA
December 11, 2024
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Introduction

Jere W. Morehead
President, University of Georgia

National Forecast

Avery Shenfeld
Managing Director and Chief Economist, CIBC

Avery Shenfeld is managing director and chief economist at CIBC, having been with the firm since 1993. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. Avery follows economic developments and their implications for financial and asset markets. He is a six-time winner of the Dow Jones Market Watch award for most accurate forecaster of the U.S. economy. His prior background includes experience in management consulting, as a professor of economics, and lecturing in the summer program at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has addressed numerous business groups and been quoted in the media in the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe.

Dean Ben Ayers

State Forecast

Benjamin C. Ayers
Dean and Earl Davis Chair in Taxation, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia

Ben Ayers is dean of the University of Georgia Terry College of Business and holds the Earl Davis Chair in Taxation. He came to UGA in 1996 and served as director of the Tull School of Accounting for nine years before his appointment as the college’s 12th dean in 2014. Under his leadership, the Terry College completed its Building Terry campaign, raising $121 million to support faculty, programs and facilities for the state-of-the-art Business Learning Community, located in the heart of the UGA campus. Ayers serves on the Board of Synovus Bank’s Northeast Georgia Division, Benson’s Inc., the CFO Roundtable, as a Trustee of Athens Academy and earned his Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. Before pursuing his Ph.D., he worked for KPMG in Atlanta and Tampa and Complete Health Inc. in Birmingham.

Closing Remarks

Jere W. Morehead
President, University of Georgia

About Georgia Economic Outlook

Created to convey economic expertise to Georgia businesses and entrepreneurs, the Simon S. Selig Jr. Center for Economic Growth is primarily responsible for conducting research on economic, demographic and social issues related to Georgia’s current and future growth. Dedicated in December 1990, the Selig Center improves upon its predecessor, the Division of Research, which was established in the late 1940s. Through its range of projects – major economic impact studies, economic forecasts, publications, information services and data products – the center’s efforts help to guide business decisions and public policy directions.

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