Lunch with Bill Weida in Brookings

Friday, January 7 at 11:45 am
Brookings Inn -- $11
by reservation only, call 627-5159 by noon Jan. 5

about Keynote Speaker -- Bill Weida

DR. WILLIAM WEIDA was born and raised in Idaho Falls, Idaho and currently serves as the Project Director for the GRACE Factory Farm Project, in which he provides economic analyses to communities that are evaluating large agricultural projects. He acts as an expert witness in permit hearings and provides analysis of economic impacts, nutrient management calculations, and water use impacts.

He has published a large number of articles, written four books, and contributed chapters to four others--all of which deal with the regional economic impact of large projects. In addition, he has spent the last 15 years providing advice to communities and regions on the impacts of various forms of economic development.

He was a Professor at The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO for 15 years, where he specialized in regional economics, statistics, and econometric modeling, and for 5 of those years, he was chair of the Economics and Business Department. He received a BS in engineering from the US Air Force Academy, an MBA from UCLA, and a Doctorate in Econometrics and Operations Research from the University of Colorado. He was a member of the Economics Department at the US Air Force Academy for 11 years, the last two of which he was chair. He served as economist in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for three years, and retired from the Air Force as a Colonel in 1985.