Economic Forecast Luncheon 

Featuring top experts to give us their insight on what’s next for 2011.

Speaker Bob Dieli, a Ph.D. economist, brings more than 30 years of practical experience in business cycle analysis and management consulting to address these issues.  Over the course of his career, he has been on the staff of the economic research departments at the Northern Trust and Continental Bank here in Chicago.  He has also held positions in credit risk management and has been a fixed-income portfolio manager.  He currently heads up his own consulting firm, based in Lombard, and publishes monthly forecasting reports on his web site www.nospinforecast.com.  His presentation to the Illinois CCIM Chapter will focus on tools you can use to navigate the challenging environment we will face in 2011 and beyond.

Speaker Ray Milnes, of KPMG, is the Americas Regional Leader on the Global Leadership team for the building, construction and real estate practice and an audit partner in the US firm's  Chicago office.  He has over 36 years experience and has extensive accounting and auditing experience in the real estate and construction industries including real estate investment funds, REITs, development, operations, and syndication of private and public real estate partnerships. Ray has also assisted clients in performing due diligence on large acquisitions, and has served on the US firm's professional practice review committee and on KPMG's Partnership Audit Committee.