August 2024 Industry Speakers

Michael Drury Chief Economist McVEAN Trading & Investments, LLC		Michael Drury joined McVean Trading & Investments, LLC as Chief Economist in 1992, after serving for five years as Senior Economist with Allen Sinai at Shearson Lehman Brothers. He began his career at A. Gary Shilling and Company in 1982. He received his BS in Economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and did his graduate work (MS and ABD) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Michael is the author of McVean Trading’s “Weekly Economic Update”. He addresses global macroeconomic issues and is considered a leading expert on China. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Global Interdependence Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that brings together the foremost academics, business leaders, central bankers and government officials in discussions vital to promoting a more integrated global community. In these roles, he travels extensively around the world and within the United States. Michael also served on the Executive Board of the National Association for Business Economics and was recognized in the initial class of Certified Business Economists. He is a past President of the Economic Club of Memphis, the founder and first President of the Mid-South Association for Business Economics (a chapter of NABE), a member of the National Business Economic Issues Council (NBEIC) and a non-resident member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing. Michael lives in Germantown, TN with his wife, Mahrou, and has three children.
Holly Wade Executive Director NFIB Research Center		Holly Wade is the executive director of the NFIB Research Center, where she has 20 years of experience conducting original research on the small business sector focusing on small business economic conditions, business operations, and public policy issues impacting small firms. She produces NFIB’s monthly Small Business Economic Trends publication and other surveys on topics related to small business operations. She is also a frequent media spokesperson on the small business economy and related public policy issues. Since 2020, Ms. Wade has been offering a regular webinar series with the NFIB Legal Center providing small business owners resources and tools to enhance business operations. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Interdependence Center (GIC), and a former board member of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), where she is the current co-chair of the Small Business Roundtable.

Michael Drury
Chief Economist
McVEAN Trading & Investments, LLC

Michael Drury joined McVean Trading & Investments, LLC as Chief Economist in 1992, after serving for five years as Senior Economist with Allen Sinai at Shearson Lehman Brothers. He began his career at A. Gary Shilling and Company in 1982. He received his BS in Economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and did his graduate work (MS and ABD) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Michael is the author of McVean Trading’s “Weekly Economic Update”. He addresses global macroeconomic issues and is considered a leading expert on China. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Global Interdependence Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that brings together the foremost academics, business leaders, central bankers and government officials in discussions vital to promoting a more integrated global community. In these roles, he travels extensively around the world and within the United States.

Michael also served on the Executive Board of the National Association for Business Economics and was recognized in the initial class of Certified Business Economists. He is a past President of the Economic Club of Memphis, the founder and first President of the Mid-South Association for Business Economics (a chapter of NABE), a member of the National Business Economic Issues Council (NBEIC) and a non-resident member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing. Michael lives in Germantown, TN with his wife, Mahrou, and has three children.

Holly Wade
Executive Director
NFIB Research Center

Holly Wade is the executive director of the NFIB Research Center, where she has 20 years of experience conducting original research on the small business sector focusing on small business economic conditions, business operations, and public policy issues impacting small firms.

She produces NFIB’s monthly Small Business Economic Trends publication and other surveys on topics related to small business operations. She is also a frequent media spokesperson on the small business economy and related public policy issues.

Since 2020, Ms. Wade has been offering a regular webinar series with the NFIB Legal Center providing small business owners resources and tools to enhance business operations. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Interdependence Center (GIC), and a former board member of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), where she is the current co-chair of the Small Business Roundtable.

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August 2024 Industry Speakers