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Session 1: The Economic Issues and Effective Policymaking
Learn about the key economic and political issues that may confront the nation over the next two years.
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Stanford Washington Research Group
Presentations
Speakers
John Harwood, Columnist, The Wall Street Journal , and Chief Washington Correspondent, CNBC, moderator
Thomas D. Gallagher
Senior Managing Director
ISI Group, Inc.
THOMAS D. GALLAGHER is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Policy Research for the International Strategy and Investment Group Inc. Tom runs ISI’s Washington office, which analyzes the financial market implications of policy actions and political developments for institutional investors. His 20 years in Wall Street jobs have been spent at ISI and Lehman Brothers. Prior to that, Tom worked for 8 years in the Federal government, mainly on Capitol Hill.
ISI’s Washington team has been ranked #1 the last four years on the Institutional Investor's All-Star Team, which is based on a survey of money managers. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Mental Floss magazine. Tom was a regular panelist on “Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser” and served on the Community First Bankshares Board of Directors.
Tom has degrees from the University of South Dakota and the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Gregory R. Valliere
Chief Strategist
Stanford Washington Research Group
Gregory R. Valliere is a Senior Vice President and co-founder of the Washington Research Group, which has provided political, economic and industry research for institutional investors for more than thirty years.
Mr. Valliere coordinates WRG’s political and economic research, focusing on how Congress and the White House shape fiscal policies. He is also responsible for coverage of the Federal Reserve Board’s interest rate policies.
Mr. Valliere has been covering economic and political developments in Washington for institutional investors for the past 30 years, first at The Washington Forum, the predecessor of the Washington Research Group. A co-founder of the group, Mr. Valliere joined The Washington Forum in 1974 and became chief political analyst, and editor of The Washington Forum’s publications. In 1980, Mr. Valliere was named Research Director. Currently he is WRG’s chief strategist.
He began his career in 1972 at “F-D-C” Reports, a trade publication that monitors the pharmaceutical industry, where he became Chief Congressional Correspondent and later News Editor. While in college, he was an intern at The Washington Post.
He is a regular guest on Cable News Network’s “Ahead of the Curve” and frequently appears on CNN’s “Moneyline,” CNBC’s “Market Wrap,” Fox TV’s “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” the “Nightly Business Report,” which appears on most PBS stations, and Reuters Financial Television.
Mr. Valliere earned a degree in Journalism in 1973 from The George Washington University, where for several years he taught a course in newsletter writing.
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