CFA Society of Columbus New Charter Award Dinner 

Please join CFA Columbus in congratulating our new charter recipients at our November 14th dinner featuring R.J. Hottovy, CFA as our guest speaker.

R.J. Hottovy, CFA is Morningstar's Consumer Equity Research Strategist and Senior Retail and Restaurant Analyst. Hottovy's research specialized in a broad range of consumer categories, including restaurants, online retail, footwear and apparel retail, consumer electronics retails, and a number of consumer product manufacturers. Prior to joining Morningstar, Hottovy was a director and senior stock analyst at Next Generation Equity Research and analyst at William Blair & Co., specializing in a wide range of retail and consumer product companies. He also spent two years at Deutsche Bank covering waste management, water utility, and equipment rental stocks.

Hottovy's efforts have been recognized by a number of financial and trade publications, including CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Barron's, Business Week, Forbes, and Footwear News. Hottovy is an active member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Chicago. He was also a finalist for Crain's Chicago "40 under 40" award in 2011. Hottovy graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Notre Dame with a BA in Finance and a second in Computer Applications.

Presentation charters will be presented at the end of the evening immediately following Mr. Hottovy's presentation.

RSVP's due not later than COB, Thursday, November 9.