Media advisory:  Expert Panel to Discuss Nation's Financial Crisis

MU Trulaske College of Business will Host Event

Oct. 6, 2008

Story Contact: Christian Basi, (573) 882-4430, BasiC@missouri.edu

WHAT:   Officials from the University of Missouri Trulaske College of Business have invited a panel of experts to discuss the nation’s financial crisis and its impact on the American economy, the country’s financial system and individuals.

 The forum, “Addressing the Nation’s Financial Crisis” will answer the public’s questions and consider possibilities for the future.

WHO:  The session is free and open to anyone.
 
The panel will include:

• W.D Allen – visiting assistant professor of finance, Trulaske College of Business
• Andrew Beverley – chairman and CEO, First National Bank & Trust, Columbia
• John Howe – Missouri Bankers chair, Trulaske College of Business
• Bill Little – president, Quam-Nichols Co., Chicago
• Karen Schnatterly – assistant professor of management, Trulaske College of Business
• Judy Starr – chief financial officer, Boone County National Bank, Columbia

Bruce Walker, Lansford Professor of Leadership and Dean of the Trulaske College of Business, will moderate the panel.

WHEN:  3:45 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 7

WHERE:  Bush Auditorium, Cornell Hall, MU Campus.
  
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