January 27, 2009. Featuring Alexander S. Friedman, Chief Financial Officer for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Economy and Our Work
A Discussion on the World Financial Crisis
Featuring
Alexander S. Friedman
Chief Financial Officer
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Perkins Coie Offices
1201 3rd Avenue, Suite 4800
Downtown Seattle
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$12 Members
$15 Non-members
$17 at the door
This event is almost sold out. Contact Noelle Paskovskis at 206-389-7301 or [email protected] for more information.
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Recent months have seen more financial drama than any time since the 1930s. The collapse of Bear Stearns, AIG, Lehman Brothers and our own WAMU has been a shock to the system. A year long recession shows signs of growing worse. From Iceland to China, from the UK to the developing nations of Africa, the financial crisis has gone global. But what caused the financial crisis? What does it mean going forward? What effect will it have on the global economy that the Greater Seattle region is so tied to? What does it mean for the global development community that our region is a center of?
These questions and more will be discussed by Alexander Friedman, chief financial officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Friedman and his team have developed an excellent presentation that details the many facets of our current financial crisis. Friedman, among other responsibilities, oversees Finance, Financial Planning and Analysis for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Before joining the foundation in 2007, Friedman worked as an investment banker with Lazard, an international investment bank. Prior to this, he led corporate development at Medarex, a publicly held biotechnology company. He also served as a White House Fellow and as an assistant to the secretary of defense for special projects in the Clinton administration.
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Registration: The cost for this event is $12 for members of TDA, $15 for non-members and $17 at the door. Refunds cannot be made after Friday, January 23. Contact Noelle Paskovskis at 206-389-7301 or [email protected] for more information.
