WEDA Fall Conference/Northern Networks Trade Conference

-"Raising the Bar:
-Best Practices in the Midwest and Canada"

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September 19-21, 2000
Radisson Hotel & Conference Center Green Bay, WI


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Conference Speakers

Michael H. Moskow
-President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  Michael H. Moskow took office on September 1, 1994, as the eighth president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In that capacity, he serves on the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve System's most important monetary policy making body.
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Mr. Moskow held senior management positions at Northwest Industries, Dart and Kraft, Inc., and Premark International, Inc. In 1991, President Bush appointed Mr. Moskow Deputy United States Trade Representative. Mr. Moskow joined the faculty of the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in 1993. He was appointed president of the Chicago Reserve Bank while professor of strategy and international management.
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Currently, Mr. Moskow chairs Global Chicago and serves as director of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City, the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, World Business Chicago and the Economic Club of Chicago. He is active in numerous other organizations. In addition, Mr. Moskow is a trustee of Lafayette College, a member of the Advisory Board to the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and is a member of the Visiting Committee of the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago.
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Thomas Marr
-Deputy Consul General and Senior Trade Commissioner,
-Canadian Consulate General, Chicago
  Thomas Marr began his assignment as Deputy Consul General and Senior Trade Commissioner of Canada in August, 2000. Prior to his appointment to Chicago, he served three years as Minister-Counselor (Commercial) at the Canadian Embassy in Moscow. In addition to his professional duties developing Canada's trade and investment relationship with Russia, he was a member of the Board of the Anglo-American School of Moscow, and chaired the Finance Committee.
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Mr. Marr has also served in Vienna, (1993-97), Duesseldorf, (1986-90), and Bucharest, (1983-86). Mr. Marr held the position of Deputy Director, Central and Eastern Europe Division, from 1990-1993. He designed, implemented and managed a new program, "Renaissance Eastern Europe," to share with business some of the due diligence costs of assessing investment opportunities in the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe.
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Mr. Marr graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa with a BA Honors in History, and in 1977 with a MA in Soviet Studies.
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Donald Schneider
-President, Schneider National
  Donald Schneider started with Schneider National during his high school years, first as a mechanic's helper in the shop and then as a driver through high school and while attending St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI. He received his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. He is chairman of the Business Advisory Committee for Northwestern University's Transportation Center and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Kellogg Graduate School of Management; is a member of the board and executive committee of the Green Bay Packers Football Team and a former director of the Federal Reserve Board. Mr. Schneider serves on the boards of Franklin Electric, Bluffton, IN and St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI.
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Schneider National is North America's largest truckload or over-the-road hauler for freight and has been in operation for 65 years.
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