U.S. Secretary of Education to Join Governor Rick Scott at South Florida Economic Summit
The company Arne keeps. Stellar lineup, indeed. You don't see him having lunch with Nobel economist Paul Krugman, do you?
Press Release
JPMorgan Chase Senior Economist to Give 2011 Economic Outlook
MIAMI, Jan. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce South Florida Economic Summit landed another influential speaker to its already stellar lineup. U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan will join JPMorgan Chase Senior Economist Jim Glassman who will discuss the economic outlook for 2011 at the summit's closing lunch session, while Governor Rick Scott will give the keynote address in the opening session. The half-day Economic Summit on Tuesday, January 11 from 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Jungle Island will feature panel discussions featuring business leaders from the key economic engines in South Florida devoted to discussions about the 2011 economic outlook for South Florida. The event is presented by JPMorgan Chase.
Arne Duncan was nominated to be secretary of education by President-elect Barack Obama and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2009. In his confirmation hearings, Duncan called education "the most pressing issue facing America," adding that "preparing young people for success in life is not just a moral obligation of society" but also an "economic imperative." "Education is also the civil rights issue of our generation," he said, "the only sure path out of poverty and the only way to achieve a more equal and just society." Prior to his appointment as secretary of education, Duncan served as the chief executive officer of the Chicago Public Schools, a position to which he was appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley, from June 2001 through December 2008, becoming the longest-serving big-city education superintendent in the country.
The Economic Summit will feature business leaders from South Florida who will give insight and perspective on economic indicators for a variety of industries including commercial and residential real estate, healthcare and technology, banking, travel and tourism, retail and automotive sales, and international trade. Speakers include:
Tere Blanca, President/CEO, Blanca Commercial Real Estate
Joe Caruncho, CEO, Preferred Care Partners
Paco Diaz, Senior Vice President, CB Richard Ellis
Al Dosal, President & CEO, Compuquip Technologies, Inc.
Daniel Hanrahan, CEO/President, Celebrity Cruise Lines
Ted Fernandez, Chairman/C.E.O., Hackett Group
Alphonse Ferrara, Partner, BDO
Dario Fuentes, President, Florida International Bankers Association
Julie Goldman, General Manager, The Falls Shopping Center
Wendy Kallergis, President & CEO, Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association
Keith Koenig, President, City Furniture
Jack Lowell, Vice President, Flagler Development
Manny Mencia, Senior Vice President & COO International Trade, Enterprise Florida
Mario Murgado, President & CEO, Brickell Motors
Raul Pedraza, President and Chief Executive, Magno International
Linda Quick, President, South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association
Alex Sanchez, President & CEO, Florida International Bankers Association
Ron Shuffield, President, Esslinger Wooten Maxwell Real Estate
William Talbert, President/CEO, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau
Ken Thomas, H.K. Thomas Associates, LLC
This event is presented by JPMorgan Chase and sponsored by South Florida Workforce, Check Point Software Technologies, Inc., Compuquip Technologies, Inc. and BDO.
— Press Release
2011-01-04
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