'Business over breakfast' panel to talk about economic outlook in Michigan, the nation

Want to talk business over breakfast? Join us on Thurs., Oct. 27 when an all-star business panel shares their thoughts about the future of the financial markets and the U.S. and Michigan economies.

The event is sponsored by the College of Business in partnership with Crain’s Detroit Business.

“Financial Literacy: A General Economic Outlook” will feature an outstanding panel of high-profile experts:

• Andy Dillon, treasurer, State of Michigan;
• James FitzGerald, president and COO, Munder Capital Management;
• Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, chief economist, Ford Motor Company;
• Lee Redding, associate professor of business economics, UM-Dearborn College of Business

The event will begin with a breakfast at 7:30 a.m., followed by the program from 8:30-10 a.m. It will be held at the College of Business, Fairlane Center North–Quad E, 19000 Hubbard Drive, Dearborn 48126. For more information or to register for the event please click here.

The event is sponsored by The Betty F. Elliott Initiative for Academic Excellence, which was launched in early 2010 as a campus-wide exploration of critical business issues that will impact business leaders, alumni, faculty and students in the next decade and beyond. Financial literacy is the theme for 2011-12.

The Betty F. Elliott Initiative is made possible by the generous gift of Edward W. Elliott, Jr. (B.B.A. '67) in memory of his late wife, Betty F. Elliott (B.B.A. '67).