Between the Lines: A Conversation With Author

Michael Lewis

Mark your calendar and join us for the 2023 JFS Executive Luncheon, chaired by Cintra Pollack, on Friday, April 28 at the Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel and help JFS, one of Colorado’s largest and most impactful human services agencies, continue to make the greatest impact for the greater good throughout our community.

Enjoy lunch, a short program, a presentation of the Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Community Leadership Award that will be presented to Rose Community Foundation, and a moderated conversation with author Michael Lewis.

A sharp observer of politics, finance, and the evolution of American culture, Michael Lewis combines keen insight with his signature wit, making him one of today’s leading social commentators. Lewis takes a fresh, hard look at the ever-changing value systems that drive our economic markets, political landscapes, and cultural norms, and how organizations can adapt their thought strategies to facilitate growth among all three.

He is a financial journalist and New York Times bestselling author who has published 16 books on subjects ranging from politics to Wall Street. Some of his most well-known books include:

• “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story,” which is his latest and follows three central characters as they confront the pandemic and try to avert a catastrophe.

• “Moneyball” (a book ostensibly about baseball but also about the way markets value people) and “The Blind Side” (the story of NFL Offensive Tackle Michael Oher and how his life is transformed from being a teen living on the streets of Memphis after he is adopted by white Evangelical Christians), which became Oscarnominated films.

• “The Big Short” and “Boomerang,” which are narratives set in the global financial crisis.

• “Liar’s Poker,” a Wall Street story based in part on his own experience working as a bond salesman for Salomon Brothers.

Learn more about the event at jewishfamilyservice.org/ luncheon, including sponsor opportunities, or contact Kate Shephard at kshephard@jewishfamilyservice.org or 720.248.4633. Tickets will go on sale April 3.

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