AzBA Economic Speaker Series
Doors Open 3:00 pm
Program 4:00 pm
Reception 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
OCTOBER 29, 2025
Phoenix Country Club 3:00 PM
Don Rissmiller
Founding partner of the macro institutional research and advisory brokerage firm, Strategas.
Director of the firm’s macroeconomic research division
Formerly with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York focusing on analysis of U.S. macroeconomic data and price/wage forecasting models
PHOENIX COUNTRY CLUB 3:00 PM
Holly Wade
Executive Director, NFIB Research Center
Holly produces the monthly Small Business Economic Trends survey and national employer surveys on topics related to small business operations. She is a member of the National Association of Business Economics, National Economists Club, and the Department of Commerce’s Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business. She has undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Washington and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Denver.
. MARCH 5, 2026
OCTOBER 29, 2026
PHOENIX COUNTRY CLUB
3:00 PM
David Berson
Chief Economist, Cumberland Advisors
David W. Berson, Ph.D. joined Cumberland Advisors in November 2022 following his retirement from the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at Nationwide Insurance. There he managed a team of economists and was in charge of providing forecasts and analyses of the economy, as well as financial and insurance markets, that were used by Nationwide's senior leadership team and business units for strategic and corporate planning purposes. He also acted as Nationwide's primary spokesperson on economic and financial market conditions, prospects, and policy.
