Join us to find out what's on the horizon for businesses on the national, state and local level at the annual Economic Forecast with economic experts from California Lutheran University, Pepperdine University and California State University Channel Islands.

Featured speakers:

Craig Everett, Ph.D.
Pepperdine University
Assistant Professor of Finance and Director, Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project
Everett has over twenty years of industry experience in management consulting and the aerospace and defense industry. He has also been involved with multiple startup ventures and is actively engaged in children's financial literacy, including the authoring of the best-selling children's fantasy novel, Toby Gold and the Secret Fortune.

Bill Watkins, Ph.D.
California Lutheran University
PhD, Associate Professor of Economics and Executive Director for the Center of Economic Research and Forecasting
Prior to joining the CLU community in 2009, Watkins served as the Executive Director of the Economic Forecast Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also served as the economist in the Monetary Affairs Division of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C. Watkins is widely published in academic journals, traditional media and new media.

Jared Barton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics
California State University Channel Islands
Barton earned a PhD in economics from George Mason University, an M.A in economics from Miami University and a B.A in economics from Denison University. Barton is an experimental political economist and is dedicated to working on topics related to voting, political and non-political persuasion, and public goods provision. 

Moderator: Margie Cochrane, Regional Publisher of the Ventura County Star.