Outlook on Small Business
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Complimentary video replay is available!
Event Detail
Outlook on Small Business
The small business economy continues to adapt to shifting Covid-19 related challenges. Small business owners are emerging from Covid related mandates to inflation pressures and staffing shortages. Holly Wade, GIC Board Member and the Director of Research and Policy Analysis at NFIB, will discuss NFIB’s surveys of small business owners assess economic conditions facing small business owners and how owners are adjusting business operations accordingly. We’ll also be joined by Chris Wheat, the Co-President for the JPMorgan Chase Institute, who will share insights on small business financial outcomes—specifically highlighting differences along racial and gender lines. He will also address how COVID-19 has and hasn’t changed the small business landscape.
The Global Interdependence Center invites you to register for an Executive Briefing on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 for an outlook on small business through presentations and a live audience Q&A. The program will be moderated by GIC Vice Chair of Programs, Lisa McIntire Shaw, who is a Founding Partner of Cygnus Asset Management, LLC.
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Speakers
Lisa McIntire Shaw
Founding Partner of Cygnus Asset Management, LLCLisa McIntire Shaw is a founding partner of Cygnus Asset Management, LLC based in Charlotte, NC. She has more than 30 years of experience in the financial arena. Her areas of special interest include international markets; charitable trusts; strategic wealth preservation; and domestic, corporate, government and municipal bonds.
Holly Wade
Executive Director of the NFIB Research CenterHolly Wade is the executive director of the NFIB Research Center, where she conducts original research and studies public policy effects on small businesses. She produces NFIB’s monthly Small Business Economic Trends survey and surveys on topics related to small business operations.
Chris Wheat
Co-President for the JPMorgan Chase InstituteChris Wheat is the Co-President for the JPMorgan Chase Institute. Prior to joining JPMCI, he served as the Director of Analytics at a financial technology startup, where he led the development of advanced analytics algorithms.