"Housing and Educating Our Regional Workforce" is the title of the upcoming annual North Bay Economic Outlook conference hosted by Sonoma State University's School of Business and Economics from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 1 at the Double Tree Hotel in Rohnert Park.
Opening the conference will be North Bay economic trends described by Robert Eyler, Economics Department Chair and Director of SSU's Center for Regional Economic Analysis, and Brian Sobel, President of Sobel Communications. Leslie Appleton-Young, Vice President and Chief Economist with the California Association of Realtors delivers the keynote address.
Workforce education issues will be explored by Roy Hurd, Chairman, CEO & President of Empire College and Chairman of the Sonoma County Workforce Investment Board; Ron Nersesian, Vice-President & General Manager, Agilent Technologies; and Gayle Ahlas, Superintendent of the Roseland School District.
North Bay affordable housing issues will be addressed by Clark Blasdell, President & CEO, Northbay Family Homes,Suburban Alternatives Land Trust, Buck Campus Housing, Inc. and the Institute of Sustainable Ecological Enterprises; Rick Derringer, Consultant, Odyssey Development; Patricia Oxman, Real Estate Broker, Frank Howard Allen; and Michael Madsen and Ron Shaw, The Madsen-Shaw Home Loans Group, Washington Mutual Home Loans; and Keith Woods, CEO, North Coast Builders Exchange.
Many business partners help support this annual effort and this year they include Bank of America, Fifth Resources Group, North Bay Business Journal, and The Press Democrat,
Registration for the event is $120. For information, please contact the School of Business and Economics at (707) 664-2220.
