2027 Economic Outlook
Panelists to Share Their Expertise, Insights Nov. 17 During Annual Ohio Wesleyan Conference
DELAWARE, Ohio – Three experts will analyze the regional, national, and international economies during Ohio Wesleyan University's 2027 Economic Outlook Conference. The free panel discussion will begin at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in Benes Room B of OWU's Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware.
Panelists for the 2027 Economic Outlook Conference are:
Bill LaFayette, Ph.D., owner of Regionomics LLC. His central Ohio company focuses on small-area economies with a focus on strategic economic and workforce analysis and planning. Through Regionomics, LaFayette helps clients understand regional and community economic, demographic, and workforce trends, and then he helps them develop strategies to respond to the trends. His previous work has included serving as vice president of economic analysis for the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and as an adjunct faculty member in The Ohio State University's John Glenn College of Public Affairs.
Ian Sheldon, Ph.D., Andersons Chair for Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University. Sheldon primarily focuses his research on the interaction between trade and environmental policies; analysis of the effects of exchange rate volatility on international trade flows; examination of the effects of policy on trade in ethanol; and analysis of China's exchange rate policies. He is currently working on issues related to carbon tariffs and the impact of intellectual property rights on U.S. seed exports.
Brian Anderson, MBA, M.S., regional executive of the Cleveland Head Office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Anderson manages relationships with regional stakeholders, monitors the region's economic environment, and contributes to the Bank's monetary policy mission. He also manages the Bank's relationships with members of the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council and business advisory councils in northern and central Ohio. Previously, he led the Polymer Industry Cluster initiative at the Greater Akron Chamber (GAC) and served as a senior analyst at KeyBank.
During the Ohio Wesleyan conference, each expert will speak for 15 minutes and then take questions from the audience and panel moderator Goran Skosples, Ph.D., the Robert L. and Mary C. Milligan Professor of Economics. Skosples, who joined the OWU faculty in 2006, encourages students to relate lessons to current events to help them understand the underlying importance of government economic policies in their daily lives. His teaching focus includes the economics of transition, macroeconomics, development economics, international economics, research methods, and economic principles.
Ohio Wesleyan's annual Economic Outlook Conference is sponsored by The Woltemade Center for Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship. Learn more at owu.edu/economics or owu.edu/Woltemade.
Founded in 1842, Ohio Wesleyan University is America's University for Ambitious Self-Discovery. At the private liberal arts university in Delaware, Ohio, students find their purpose and build the skills to pursue it through the OWU Connection, which links classroom learning to research, internships, travel-learning, and service. Ohio Wesleyan offers more than 70 undergraduate majors and competes in 24 NCAA Division III sports. The university is featured in "Colleges That Change Lives" and included on the U.S. News & World Report "Best Colleges" list. Connect with OWU expert sources at owu.edu/experts or learn more at owu.edu/admission.