Session 8: Regional Data

Presentations

Jack Kleinhenz, Building a Set of Dashboard Indicators for the Northeast Ohio Economy (PDF, 136 K)

Dashboard Indicators for the Northeast Ohio Economy: Prepared for the Fund for Our Economic Future (PDF, 291 K)

Links of Interest

Speakers

hudson Jacqueline Hudson
Economist
Virginia Employment Commission

Jacqueline Hudson is an Economist, Labor Market Information, for the Virginia Employment Commission. Prior to that, she has been Senior Client Manager at CIGNA Healthcare, and Business Development Consultant at Sedgwick, Inc.

She has also been president of the Richmond Association for Business Economics, the local NABE chapter in Richmond, Virginia, and is a member of the Health Economics Roundtable.

She has a Business Management degree with a Certificate in Management from James Madison University. She also has a Certificate in Economic Development from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Howard Savage
Supervisory Economist
Census Bureau

Howard Savage is a Supervisory Economist at the US Department of Commerce. He received a BA from Oklahoma City University, an MAS from The Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He has earned a Masters Certificate in Project Management from the George Washington University. He has taught at the University of Oklahoma, Hood College, The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland. His background includes work in the private sector as an owner of a mortgage banking company, a portfolio manager in an investment firm, a certified financial planner and registered general securities principal in an investment firm, and extensive financial consulting with over 300 growing firms in the Mid-Atlantic area and Latin America. He has also done real estate and financial research for the Governor’s Office of the State of Texas, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Scottish Office (Great Britain). His current work with the US Department of Commerce involves analyis of mortgages, residential mortgage markets, and financial analysis of multifamily properties.

Jack Kleinhenz
Kleinhenz & Associates

Jack Kleinhenz, PhD, is CEO of Kleinhenz & Associates, a business and economic consulting firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm specializes in industry studies, regional economics, labor market issues strategic planning and business plan development.

Jack has over 20 years of broad-based experience working with a variety of firms including fortune 500 companies. He is known for translating economics and information into clear explanations and action. Jack speaks on business and regional economic issues and regularly called upon for his expertise by the local and national media. Formerly with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Jack recently served as chief economist and consultant to the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, the nation’s largest chamber of commerce. He teaches economics as a faculty member of CASE’s Weatherhead School of Management and serves as senior regional economist for the Center for Regional Economics Issues.

A graduate of John Carroll University, Jack earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Notre Dame. He has completed post-graduate programs at Weatherhead School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University. In 1995, Jack was named one of John Carroll University’s Top 50 School of Business Graduates. Previous faculty appointments include the University of Notre Dame and John Carroll University.

Jack is a member of the Governor of Ohio’s Council of Economic Advisors, board member of Notre Dame College, a corporate director for Beverage Distributors, Inc, Cleveland, Ohio and a former board member of the National Association for Business Economists (NABE). He is chairman of NABE’s educational foundation and a member of NABE’s statistics committee that meets regularly with federal policymakers and statistical agencies. A contributing economic forecaster to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Outlook Panel he was recognized for forecasting excellence in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. His 2003 US economic forecast received the most awards at the December 2003 Fed of Chicago’s Symposium. Contact Jack at 216 321-9522 or jekleinhenz@prodigy.net

Michael Carliner
Staff Vice President, Economics
National Association of Home Builders

MICHAEL CARLINER is the Staff Vice President for Economics at the National Association of Home Builders, responsible for economic analysis and forecasting. He has done extensive research into the dynamics of national and regional housing markets and conducted studies of related subjects such as demographic trends, consumer preferences, use of building materials, structure of the home building industry, and housing finance. Prior to joining NAHB in 1984, Mr. Carliner was Director of Regional Real Estate and Construction Economics at Chase Econometrics. He has also served as Vice President of Regional Data Associates and Senior Economist at Dynamics Associates. Mr. Carliner studied Economics and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Research Fellow.