Dr. Wallace Walrod is currently the Chief Economic Adviser for the Orange County Business Council and he’s led research there for over 20 years. During that time he has done strategic projects with most of the biggest companies and cities here, such as Toshiba America, Irvine Company, First American, as well as the cities of Anaheim and Santa Ana.
Wallace is also the Founding President of the Center for a New California, which plays a key role in shaping the state’s economic future by focusing on Workforce Development, Economic Development, Infrastructure, and emerging trends in corporate social responsibility. He develops programs, strategies, and policies across companies, government and foundations, and we talked about some of that work.
He is at the forefront of the demographic and economic changes underway in Orange County, and publishes regular reports that highlight those changes, as well as ideas for positively addressing challenges the changes pose.
Wallace is also one of the smart guys educated right here in OC. He earned his Ph.D. in Regional Economics from UC Irvine.
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Launching a Startup within a Bank - Nathan Baumeister, Co-founder & CEO of ZSuite
Building a Personal Brand and Enjoying It - Teddy Mitrosilis of The Mitrosilis Group
Community-building as a Path to a VC Career - Rex Salisbury, Founder & GP at Cambrian
Charles Potts - Chief Innovation Officer at ICBA
Eric Sprink - President & CEO of Coastal Community Bank
Wayne Miller - SVP Innovation Programs at ICBA
Brent Jackson - Founder & CEO of Torpago
Ron Shevlin - Chief Research Officer at Cornerstone; Senior Contributor at Forbes
Howard Makler - Founder & CEO of Innovation Refunds
David Wexler - Co-founder & CEO of PortX
Zack DeFord - Co-founder & CEO of Smerf
Cat Berman - Co-founder & CEO of CNote
Jason Yeh - Founder of Adamant, Teaching Founders To Be Better Fundraisers
Bradley Leimer - Co-founder of Unconventional Ventures, Author of Beyond Good
Kiah Haslett - Managing Editor of Bank Director
Mark Forbis - Former CTO of Jack Henry; now Board Director & Fintech Investor
Alice Frazier - President & CEO of Bank of Charles Town (BCT)
Doug Holte - Founder & CEO of Agile Workweek Investments
Fred Thiel - CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings
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