Very special thanks to all the members and special guests for making the event such a successful and energizing event. And thanks to Craig Engle for taking the time to meet members in two of our markets.
Recession, TARP, and experimentation were the hot topics of discussion that fired up Gen Next members at San Diego’s and Seattle’s most recent event featuring Craig Engle, a partner at Arent Fox in Washington who has written and spoken extensively on tax, economic, and political issues. Engle is an expert on how the Treasury, SEC and Fed are trying and will try to tackle our enormous economic challenges.
Engle's presentation was a thoughtful and intriguing discussion of what is surely set to dominate President Obama’s first 100 days and what will undoubtedly have long term effects on the economy.
Craig Engle visited with Gen Next San Diego on Wednesday, January 21sh and Gen Next Seattle the night prior for a private social reception and presentation at the Oceanaire and Woodmark Hotel, respectively. During his presentation Engle explored with Gen Next Members and guests the looming question of whether the current economic strategy will work. He tackled the topic of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and how it will allocate in a manner that will pull us out of our current financial crisis in the shortest period of time. Gen Next members asked pointed questions on issues ranging from market correction, interest rates, mounting financial debt, the role of unions in construction projects, the housing market and much more. One member expressed, “Craig did an exceptional job at illustrating and explaining these complex issues in a manner that is simple to understand, so we can focus on long term solutions”.
Currently, Craig Engle works with Fortune 500 companies on complex regulatory and political issues. He is a popular writer, speaker and panelist on a wide range of federal and legislative issues, and serves as a guest lecturer at the Georgetown University Law Center. He has acted as counselor to Members of the US Senate, their campaign committees, and candidates on all aspects of election and office-holder laws, including Federal Election Commission (FEC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), lobbying, ethics, incorporation, insurance and other matters.