NAWBO Talks: The Critical Elements Impacting Your Business in 2021

The Critical Elements Impacting Your Business in 2021 (Virtual Event)

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

TIMELINE

11:30 – 11:45 a.m.: Virtual Networking

11:45 a.m.: Presentations Begin

12:45 p.m.: Closing Remarks, Q&A

1 p.m.: Event Concludes

RSVP by Tuesday, February 9, 2021
 

EVENT

The Conversation Continues …

BMO Harris Bank and NAWBO Chicago invite you to start off 2021 with insights from two dynamic experts, Michael Gregory, Deputy Chief Economist & Head of U.S. Economics, BMO Capital Markets and Elle Patout, NAWBO National Director, of Public Relations. Our experts will discuss the latest economic, political and social justice impacts on businesses. Join this virtual event for this wonderful opportunity to network with other business owners while gathering valuable information to help you plan for 2021 and beyond.

SPEAKERS

Michael Gregory, CFA

Deputy Chief Economist & Head of U.S. Economics | Managing Director

Michael Gregory is Deputy Chief Economist and Head of U.S. Economics for BMO Capital Markets. He manages the team responsible for forecasting and analyzing the North American economy and financial markets. Michael began his career in economics with Royal Bank of Canada in Montreal in the mid-1980s, before moving to Toronto to work in RBC’s foreign exchange and money market research group. He eventually moved further along the yield curve and across the border, joining the fixed income strategy group at Lehman Brothers in New York City in the mid-1990s. Returning to Canada at the end of 2001, Michael headed up the Financial Services Analysis team at Bank of Montreal, focusing on regulatory and industry restructuring issues, before shifting to BMO Capital Markets Economics in 2004. He moved to Chicago in 2013, providing research support for the U.S. and Canadian fixed income business and working with the Global Fixed Income Strategy team, before returning to Toronto in 2016.
 

Elle Patout

NAWBO National Director of Public Relations

Elle Patout serves as Director of Public Relations for the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Prior to NAWBO, Elle served as a Press Secretary for U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu  in the U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, Communications Director for the New Democrat Coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives, and Congressional and Public Relations Manager for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy. Before her years in public service, Elle spent time working as a news anchor and reporter for an ABC affiliate in Alabama.