More than 100 business executives from Fairfield County and beyond came to network and hear speakers from Connecticut and Washington, D.C., discuss prospects for the U.S. and the state economy in 2015.
The recent event at Fairfield University was the fourth annual Economic Forum sponsored by the Connecticut Turnaround Management Association, which bills itself as “the state”™s leading association of corporate renewal professionals.”
The keynote speaker was recently re-elected U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, representing much of Fairfield County. Regional panelists were from Fairfield University”™s Dolan School of Business, Bridgeport-based People”™s United Bank, Stamford-based Pinnacle Group, Stamford-based Hamilton Robinson Capital Partners, Stamford-based Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Connecticut Innovations and New York City-based attorneys Venable LLP. Co-sponsors of the event were the Connecticut chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and Crossroads Venture Group in East Hartford.