With current economic pressures\, man y employers and employees are feeling the impact. Join us Thursday\, April 20 and learn strategies to help prepare your business\, and employees\, f or inflation and a potential recession. Tune in to hear about these four k ey topics for small businesses:

o Current economic conditions and the potential for a recession
\no How small businesses are reacting a nd preparing for a potential recession
\no Tips for how small busines ses can help prepare for a potential recession
\no How employers can help their employees prepare for a potential recession

Featured presenter(s)

Kara Hoogensen

Moderator

Kara Hoogensen is Senior Vice Pr esident for Specialty Benefits at Principal Financial Group®. During her c areer at Principal\, she’s held a variety of leadership roles\, including Vice President for Group Benefits\, Chief Executive Officer of Principal B ank® and Principal Securities\, Inc.\, and Managing Director at Principal Funds\, Inc. Kara holds a Bachelor of Arts from Central College\, along wi th her Certified Investment Management Analyst® and Certified Employee Ben efits Specialist designations.

Oscar Renteria

Oscar Renteria is CEO of Rente ria Vineyard Management. Oscar joined Renteria in 1989 after graduating fr om St. Mary’s College. In 1993 Oscar assumed proprietorship of Renteria an d in 1995 Oscar was named President. In the ensuing years he progressively grew Renteria so that today it is one of the largest vineyard management companies in the North Bay area. In 2014\, Oscar launched a luxury portfol io of his own wines – Tres Perlas\, inspired by his three daughters.

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Anne Villami l

Anne Villamil is a Professor of Economics and Tippie Fellow at the Henry B. Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa. Her researc h focuses on financial economics\, with emphasis on firm finance\, bankrup tcy and enforcement\, and the quantitative effects of institutions and pol icies on financial markets and development. She holds grants from the NSF\ , NCSA\, and the Kauffman Foundation. Villamil and co-authors’ current res earch focuses on evaluating the effects of policy responses to financial c rises and on the macroeconomic effects of alternative ways to finance heal th care.

Villamil has been a research scholar at the IMF\, Europea n Central Bank\, the Institute for Advanced Studies in Austria\, the Natio nal University of Singapore\, the Hallsworth Visiting Professor at the Uni versity of Manchester\, the University of Naples Federico II\, and the Pet er Moores Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She is the Editor o f the Annals of Finance\, and an Associate Editor at Economic Theory\, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations\, the Journal of Public Ec onomic Theory\, and the Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance.

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Mark Zimmerman

Mark Zimmerman is Vice President of Finance and CEO at Baker Group. Mark joined Baker Group in 2018 to enhance the financial team’s capacity t o support the company’s growing business lines with finance\, accounting\, risk management and operational expertise. Mark graduated from the Univer sity of Northern Iowa in 1993\, became a CPA and worked in public accounti ng for four years. In 1998\, he went to work for one of his clients\, Loff redo Fresh Produce\, where he contributed to the company’s success year af ter year.

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