Upcoming Enterprise Circle Events

On Thursday, March 25 the Enterprise Circle will gather at the Temple Beth El Brown Religious School at 601 N. Parham Road at 7:30 AM. Our guest speakers will be Ronen Zohar, Chief Executive Officer& Meiky Tollman, Executive Vice President, General Manager of Sabra Dipping Company.

Sabra recently relocated their manufacturing facilities to Chesterfield County. Join us as we learn from them about their corporation and why they chose to relocate to Central Virginia.

Sabra Dipping Company is the leading manufacturer of authentic Mediterranean style refrigerated dips and spreads. Thei raward winning company distributes its tasty, fresh and indulgent spreads and dips nationwide, which include hummus, eggplant dips, babaganoush spreads, and Mediterranean salsa. Their products are available in individual and family packs.

On Thursday, June 3 at 7:30 AM Enterprise Circle will once again welcome Jeff Lacker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Mr. Lacker previously spoke to the Enterprise Circle in May 2007. Mr. Lacker will speak at the new MeadWestvaco offices in Downtown Richmond.

Mr. Lacker took office as president on August 1, 2004 as the seventh chief executive of the Fifth District Federal Reserve Bank. Lacker's full term began in March 2006 and he began serving as a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee in 2009.

He is a native of Lexington, Ky and was born in 1955. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1977 from Franklin and Marshall College. Following graduation he joined Wharton Econometrics in Philadelphia, Pa., and went on to earn a Ph.D. in Economics in 1984 from the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Lacker was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, from 1984 to 1989, prior to joining the Bank in 1989 as an Economist in the banking area of the Research Department. He was named Research Officer in 1994, Vice President in 1996, and Senior Vice President and Director of Research in May 1999.

Mr. Lacker is the author of numerous articles in professional journals on monetary, financial, and payment economics, and has presented his work at several universities and central banks. In 1992-3 he taught at The College of William and Mary, and in 1997 he was a visiting scholar at the Swiss National Bank.

Mr. Lacker is a member of the Executive Committee of Venture Richmond and serves as director for the board of the Richmond Jewish Foundation. He is also a member of the Junior Achievement of Central Virginia Advisory Board and director of the World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond.

The Enterprise Circle is an affinity group designed to create both networking and life-long learning opportunities for new and established business professionals in our community and is generously sponsored by John B. Levy & Company, Inc. and The Jewish Community Federation of Richmond.
For more information, please call Matt Langsam at 545-8652 or e-mail mlangsam@jewishrichmond.org