Session 2: Sunday Luncheon
Hear the views from one of the Governor Schwarzenegger's chief advisors. California, the nation's most populous state, leads the way on issues ranging from global warming to health care reform, immigration, and technology.
Sponsor: Bank of America
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Speakers
Lynn Reaser
Bank of America Investment Strategies Group
Lynn Reaser, Ph.D., is chief economist and managing director for the Investment Strategies Group at Bank of America. This group currently manages investments of around $440 billion on behalf of individual and institutional clients of the Wealth and Investment Management Group.
In her current role, Dr. Reaser is responsible for tracking and forecasting economic trends and evaluating their effects on financial markets. She follows international, national, and regional developments, and plays a key role in helping shape the bank’s investment strategy. She is thus an advisor to both the Private Bank, which offers a full range of financial services to high-net-worth individuals and families, and other units of Wealth Investment Management, which furnishes retail brokerage services throughout the country.
Dr. Reaser conducts about 500 interviews a year with newspapers, magazines, radio, and television stations located in the United States and other parts of the world. She also has served in a number of government advisory positions. In addition, she has consulted with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan and the Board of Governors in her role as chair of the American Bankers Association’s Economic Advisory Council.
Dr. Reaser, who was born in Los Angeles, holds a doctorate, a master's and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles.
David Crane
Special Advisor to Gov Schwarzenegger for Jobs and Economic Growth
