GHTA April Lunch: Current State Economies & Labor Market in our Industry

Registration: 11:30 AM
Lunch: 11:45 AM
Guest Speaker: 12:00 PM

Luncheon Cost:

GHTA Member - $25 per person + Eventbrite fees

Non-Member - $30 per person + Eventbrite fees

Walk-in rate is an additional $5

Speaker: Dr. Donald Bruce

Director, Boyd Center for Business & Economic Research and Randy & Jenny Boyd Distinguished Professor

A little bit about Dr. Bruce... Donald Bruce is the Randy and Jenny Boyd Distinguished Professor in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee with a joint appointment as Director of the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research and Professor in the Department of Economics. He joined the UT faculty in 1999 after receiving his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Syracuse University and his B.A. with honors in Economics from Drew University. As a Boyd Center economist, he regularly provides objective, non-partisan policy research and evaluation under contracts with an array of government agencies at the federal and state levels, companies, and non-profit organizations. His ongoing work includes Tennessee state tax revenue forecasting for the State Funding Board and tax forecasting and consulting for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Recent clients include the Tennessee Departments of Finance and Administration, Human Services, Education, and Labor and Workforce Development, the Knox Education Foundation, and the Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education.

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