The event will be featuring a special town hall meeting with Minneapolis Federal Reserve Chair Neel Kashkari.

About this Event

The event will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Student Union, 521 East Ave. N., in the Bluffs meeting room. Lunch will be served.

The meeting will include an update on the 7 Rivers Alliance Workforce Development Plan, results of the annual executive survey and the winner of the Lee Rasch Community Service Award.

Kashkari is the head of the Federal Reserve’s Ninth District, a region that stretches from northwestern Wisconsin and Michigan’s U.P. west to Montana (and includes all of Minnesota and the Dakotas).

Kashkari sits on the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC, where the Fed decides interest rates and other monetary policy). He will take questions from the audience.

The event is co-sponsored by UW-La Crosse and the La Crosse Area Development Corp.

Tickets for event through eventbrite here.

Thanks to our 2019 State of the Region Sponsors!