March 19, 2026
Jerad Bachar, CEO, VisitPITTSBURGH
March 2, 2026
Annual Forecast Luncheon
Gus Faucher
Chief Economist,
The PNC Financial Services Group
Christopher Briem
Regional Economist, University of Pittsburgh
Chris Lattimore
Senior Vice President & Private Wealth Advisor with The Duckworth Haggerty Group at Merrill Lynch
February 2026
Christina Cassotis
CEO, Pittsburgh International Airport
November 2025
Beth Hammack
CEO & President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
October 2025
Brandon Michalski
Construction Economist, MOCA Systems, Inc.
September 2025
Rachael Heisler
City of Pittsburgh Controller
April 2025
Nathan Harper
Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs
Bill Flanagan
Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Augustine Faucher
Chief Economist, The PNC Financial Services Group
Christopher Briem
Regional Economics, University of Pittsburgh’s University Center for Social and Urban Research
Risa Kumazawa
Associate Dean & Associate Professor of Economics, Duquesne University
March 2025
David Holmberg
President & CEO, Highmark Health
February 2025
Mike Sommers
President & CEO, American Petroleum Institute
January 2025
Annual Forecast Luncheon
Gus Faucher
Chief Economist,
The PNC Financial Services Group
Christopher Briem
Regional Economist, University of Pittsburgh
Chris Lattimore
Senior Vice President & Private Wealth Advisor with The Duckworth Haggerty Group at Merrill Lynch
November 2024
Christian Manders
CEO, Promethean LifeSciences, Inc.
October 2024
Ken Zapinski
Director of Research and Public Policy for Pittsburgh Works Together
September 2024
Kamala Harris
Vice President, United States
May 2024
Russell Mills
Senior Principal and Senior Regional Officer, The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Pittsburgh Branch
April 2024
Christina Cassotis
CEO, Allegheny Co. Airport Authority
March 2024
Brian Schwadron
Principal Consultant
January 2024
Augustine Faucher
Chief Economist
Christopher Briem
Regional Economist
Chris Lattimore
Senior VP Private Wealth Advisor
November 2023
Jeremy Waldrup
Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership
October 2023
Joe Rockey & Sara Innamorato
Candidates for the County Executive City of Pittsburgh
September 2023
Henry Posner
Chairman of RDC
May 2023
Brian Helsel
Partner & President
Phoenixx, L.P.
March 2023
Colonel Adam Czekanski
US Army Corps of Engineers,
Pittsburgh District Commander
February 2023
Sean Morgan
Director,
EVERCORE ISI
January 2023
Augustine Faucher
Chief Economist,
The PNC Financial
Services Group
Christopher Briem
Regional Economist,
University of Pittsburgh’s
University Center for Social
& Urban Research
Chris Lattimore, CFP
Senior VP,
Merrill Lynch
November 2022
Leroy Ball
President & CEO
Koppers
October 2022
Stefani Pashman
CEO
Allegheny Conference
September 2022
Jerad Bachar
President & CEO
VisitPITTSBURGH
August 2022
Loretta Mester
President & CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
June 2022
Christina Cassotis
Pittsburgh International Airport, CEO
May 2022
Evan Frazier
The Advanced Leadership Institute, President & CEO
February 2022
Andre Frenette
Deputy Consul General,
Consulate General of Canada in NY
January 2022
Annual Forecast Luncheon
November 2021
Tobin Marcus
Lead US Policy & Politics Analyst
EverCore ISI
October 2021
Michael Lamb
Controller
City of Pittsburgh
September 2021
Mike Sommers
President & CEO
American Petroleum
May 2021
Katie Klaber
The Klaber Group
March 2021
Howard W. “Hoddy” Hanna, III
Hanna Holdings, Inc.
January 2021
Annual Forecast Luncheon
November 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom with World Affairs Council
April 2020
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Duquesne University
February 2020
George Cook
Co-Founder & CEO
Honeycomb Credit
January 2020
Augustine Faucher
Chief Economist
PNC Financial Services Group
and
Christopher Briem
Regional Economist University of Pittsburgh
October 2000
(webcast joint with Economic Clubs of New York, Chicago, Washington D.C., Florida and Sheboygan)
Donald Trump
President, United States
