34th Economic Outlook Conference

Tue, Feb 7 2023, 8:30am - 12pm

Central Bank Center:

The 34^th Economic Outlook Conference will be held at the Central Bank Center on February 7^th, 2023. Join experts from the Gatton College of Business and Economics, the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government as they discuss the economic outlook for 2023.

The registration fee is $125 and the deadline to register is February 5^th. Registration is required.
To register, CLICK HERE.

The year's speakers include Dr. Mark E. Schweitzer, Senior Vice President of Research and Advisor to the Research Director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Dr. Michael Clark, Director of the Center of Business and Economic Research and Associate Professor of Economics in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky; Dr. William Hoyt, Bryan Endowed Chair of Public Finance in the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky; and Erin Hensley, Commissioner of Finance for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government.

The Institute's Director, Dr. Charles Courtemanche, will serve as the moderator for this year's conference.

To access the 34^th Economic Outlook Conference program, CLICK HERE.

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Speakers

Mark E. Schweitzer Senior Vice President of Research and Advisor to the Research Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Mark Schweitzer is Senior Vice President of Research and Advisor to the Research Director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. He is responsible for making economic presentations to the Bank and branch boards of directors, business advisory councils, and internal and external groups, along with undertaking other projects that focus on special topics. Dr. Schweitzer’s own research has focused on the macroeconomic impact of labor market developments and the identification of factors contributing to regional economic growth.
Dr. Schweitzer joined the Bank in 1992 as an economist. From 2000 to 2002, he took leave to serve as a senior economist at the Bank of England. After returning to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, he was promoted to assistant vice president and director of the Regional Economic Issues Program in 2004. He left Cleveland in 2007 to serve as vice president and branch executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s Denver Branch. In 2008, he returned to the Cleveland Reserve Bank to serve as its research director, and from 2015 to 2017 he oversaw the external outreach and regional analytics unit.
An economics graduate of the University of Chicago, Dr. Schweitzer holds both an MA and a PhD in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. A native of Seattle, Washington, Dr. Schweitzer lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He is married and has two daughters and a son.

Michael Clark Director, Center for Business and Economic Research | Associate Professor of Economics, University of Kentucky

Michael W. Clark is the Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics. He earned a B.A. in Management and an M.S. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Kentucky. Prior to coming to UK, Dr. Clark was the Chief Economist for the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. He conducts applied economic and policy research focusing on labor, health, economic development issues. His work has been published in the Journal of Labor Research. He has conducted research for various Kentucky state agencies including the Department of Public Health, the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, and the Department of Income Support.

William Hoyt Gatton Endowed Professor and Department of Economics Chair, University of Kentucky

William Hoyt is a Gatton Endowed Professor and the Department of Economics Chair in the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky. William Hoyt’s research focuses on issues in public economics, with particular emphasis on state and local public finance and cost-benefit analysis of public programs. Dr. Hoyt’s current research includes work on fiscal competition, the impacts of state and local tax policies on employment, the impacts of tax policies on housing markets, educational choice plans and crossover in the use of poverty programs. Dr. Hoyt has served as Principal Investigator on projects funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Labor, and the United States Department of Agriculture (Economic Research Service). He is a research associate at the Center for Economic Studies (Munich, Germany) and Editor of the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis. He has served on numerous advisory boards for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and was previously on the editorial board of the Journal of Urban Economics.

Erin Hensley Commissioner of Finance, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government

Erin Hensley serves as the Commissioner of Finance for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. In this position, Ms. Hensley oversees the city’s Divisions of Accounting, Budgeting, Finance, Revenue and Purchasing. She was appointed to this position by Mayor Linda Gorton in 2020. Prior to her appointment as Commissioner, Ms. Hensley spent 10 years at the Community Action Council, where she served in roles including Internal Auditor, Associate Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to her non-profit experience she worked in public accounting for five years doing taxes and financial accounting. However, her most important position and greatest joy to date is being mom to her three beautiful children, Wesley, Mollie and Natalie alongside her husband Todd. Ms. Hensley is a native of Lexington and a graduate of the University of Kentucky with degrees in accounting and marketing.