Bill Hauck, President of the California Business Roundtable, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming North Bay Economic Outlook Conference 2003 called "The North Bay Economy in the Business Cycle."
The conference, presented by SSU's School of Business and Economics takes place from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6 at the Vineyard Creek Hotel Spa and Conference Center located at 170 Railroad Street, Santa Rosa.
Hauck has extensive experience working in the California State Government. He served as Deputy Chief of Staff to former Governor Pete Wilson and Chief of Staff with former Assembly Speakers Willie Brown and Bob Moretti.
He has also been Chairman of the California Constitutional Revision Commission, the Director of the Assembly Office of Research and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Coro Foundation in Southern California.
In addition to Hauck, other influential local Sonoma County businesspeople also on the conference program include Gary Heck, chairman of Korbel Champagne Cellars and Sheila Walker, executive director for Sonoma County Tourism.
The objective of the conference is to review the health of the North Bay economy, and tackle issues regarding its outlook in the future. Topics discussed at the conference will range from technology development to market and management issues of wine and tourism.
The North Bay economic future for such industries as banking, health care, construction, and government agencies will also be included.
"The idea is to give participants new industry perspectives regarding the local economy's role within the regional economy and forecast the direction it may be headed," says business school dean Ahmad Hosseini.
The Economic Outlook Conference Planning Committee consists of: Brad Bollinger, Business Editor, Press Democrat; Lawrence R. Brackett, President and CEO, Frank Howard Allen Realtors; Dan Condron, Retired Public Affairs Manager, Agilent Technologies; Robert Eyler, Director, Center for Regional Economic Analysis (CREA), Sonoma State University; Ahmad Hosseini, Dean, School of Business and Economics, Sonoma State University; Debbie Meekins, President and CEO, Sonoma National Bank; and Randy Sloan, Editor and Publisher, North Bay Business Journal.
For further information, phone Tracy Navas at (707) 664-2220.
