AGENDA
9 am: Breakfast & Networking
9:20 am: Introduction:
Tom Palisin, Executive Director, Manufacturers’ Association
9:30 am: Keynote Address:
Thomas Neal, Director of Interest Rate Management, First National Bank
Tom Neal is a Director of Interest Rate Management at First National Bank, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In that role he works with FNB customers to structure and execute various interest rate solutions involving swaps and options with a focus on Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Washington, DC. Prior to joining FNB, Tom spent 15 years with the Derivative Products Group at PNC Bank. Before that, Tom was an aerospace engineer in Baltimore, MD. Tom is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and received his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.
10:30 am: Presenter:
Abby Smith, President & CEO, Team Pennsylvania Foundation: A Briefing on Pennsylvania’s Competitiveness and The Role of Manufacturing
Abby Smith has focused extensively on building strategic public-private partnerships to address long-term issues that no one sector can tackle alone. Abby’s 20-year career includes high-level strategic planning and leading cross-sector collaboratives at the state level in Pennsylvania as well as in several other states, along with ample experience as a grant and project manager overseeing multi-million-dollar grants and serving on various state-level councils. Read more…
11:30 am: Q&A
