Discover what’s ahead, at the Economic Forecast Breakfast on Wednesday, December 4, at the Bellingham Golf & Country Club. Tickets, including a hot delicious breakfast buffet, are here: Events – Whatcom Business Alliance

Forecasting maestro! Shannon (Seery) Grein, Wells Fargo vice president of corporate and investment banking, presents the national economic forecast along with implications for your business and Whatcom County in 2025.

Keynote speaker Grein, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, returns to the EFB, in person, to provide analysis on the US macro economy, with a focus on consumer spending and business investment. Her economic perspectives have been shared in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, and on National Public Radio. Shannon’s work also has been published in major academic journals.

Shannon will be joined by Todd Myers, vice president for policy research at the Washington Policy Center, to deliver a compelling forecast for 2025.

Policy prodigy! Todd Myers speaks for the first time at the EFB. He is vice president for research at the Washington Policy Center, a market-oriented think tank. Todd leads the think tank’s research team and draws on his extensive background in environmental policy – climate, forest health, and salmon recovery — to provide an analysis of state policies.

His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The Seattle Times, and USA Today, and he has appeared on news networks including CNBC, Fox News, the BBC, and CNN. Full bio: washingtonpolicy.org/authors/detail/todd-myers.