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Economic Forecast for 2019

Name: Economic Forecast for 2019

Date: January 23, 2019

Time: 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM EST

Website: Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce

Event Description:

Sponsored by the Greater Hyannis Chamber of Commerce

Learn about economic trends that will impact business including a look at next year's opportunities and potential obstacles. The keynote speaker for this event is Dr. Mark Melnik. Dr. Melnik is the Director of Economic and Public Policy Research at the UMass Donahue Institute. He also serves as Senior Managing Editor of MassBenchmarks, the journal on the Massachusetts economy.

A full breakfast will be served during this presentation.

Cost: $25 for members. $30 for non-members.

About the Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Mark Melnik specializes in demographic, socioeconomic, and labor market issues and leads a 15-person team working on variety of economic and public policy research projects informing clients in government, private industry, and the non-profit sectors. In his time at the Institute, Dr. Melnik has served as the principle-in-charge on projects with such clients as the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, the Boston Foundation, the City of Boston, the City of Cambridge, MassDOT, the New England Foundation for the Arts, MassEcon, MassDevelopment, the Boston Private Industry Council, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, and the MetroSouth Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Dr. Melnik serves as the Senior Managing Editor of MassBenchmarks, the journal of the Massachusetts economy published by the Institute in cooperation with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Before joining the Institute, Dr. Melnik worked as Deputy Director for Research at the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) where he led research teams on demographic and economic research studies as well as analyses used for public policy advisement and decision making with the BRA and the City of Boston. Before joining the BRA, Dr. Melnik worked as a research associate at the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University. As a leading expert in demographic and socioeconomic issues in the Commonwealth, Dr. Melnik is quoted extensively in the media and was recently appointed to Governor Charlie Baker’s Future of Transportation Commission.

He holds a doctorate in sociology from Northeastern University. His dissertation explored skill and credential mismatches in the greater Boston labor market. He received his master of arts from Northeastern University and his bachelor of arts from Youngstown State University, both in sociology.