Economic Club of Phoenix features the Annual Economic Outlook

Dennis L. Hoffman is the director of the L. William Seidman Research Institute at the W. P. Carey School of Business and ASU’s Office of the University Economist. He has received teaching and research awards from ASU, including the Distinguished Faculty Research Award and designation as a Dean’s Council of 100 Distinguished Scholars.

Lee McPheters is a research professor of economics at ASU's W. P. Carey School of Business and director of the school’s JPMorgan Chase Economic Outlook Center, which maintains the Western Blue Chip Economic Forecast and Greater Phoenix Economic Forecast websites. McPheters also oversees the Job Growth USA website.

Mark Stapp is the executive director of the Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) program and Fred E. Taylor Professor in Real Estate at the W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU. He is a founding principal and managing member of Pyramid Community Developers, and president of the U.S. operations of a Swiss real estate management company with American holdings in various states.

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