GBC holds Economic Outlook Conference

The Greater Baltimore Committee recently held its annual Economic Outlook Conference. The event, which drew more than 300 business leaders, managers and private-sector advocates, focused on “A Look Ahead: The Maryland and Regional Economic Outlook.”

The conference featured R. Andrew Bauer, regional economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond — Baltimore Office; William H. Cole IV, president and CEO of Baltimore Development Corporation; James C. Richardson, director of the Harford County Office of Economic Development; Edward C. Rothstein, president and CEO of the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation; Lawrence F. Twele, CEO of the Howard County Economic Development Authority; and Helga T. Weschke, deputy director of the Baltimore County Department of Economic and Workforce Development.

Sponsors for the event were Horseshoe Baltimore; Baltimore Development Corporation; Merritt Properties, LLC; The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; Verizon Maryland Inc.; Baltimore Business Journal; BB&T Corporation; BGE; The Daily Record; VPC, Inc.; CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield; Harford County Office of Economic Development; Stifel; St. Agnes Health Care; The Community College of Baltimore County; and The Shelter Group.

(The Daily Record/Submitted) Tim Leonard (left) and Tim Chandler, both of Towson University, were among those who attended the Greater Baltimore Committee’s Economic Outlook Conference.

(The Daily Record/Submitted) Dan White, of The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, poses with Judy Wilbur, of the Hilton Baltimore, before the GBC Economic Outlook Conference.