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.
Niall McSheffrey - Managing Partner of Elementz Ventures
Dean Kline - Senior Managing Director at USC Rossier EdVentures
Carson Lappetito - President of Sunwest Bank
Special Episode - with Bill Carpou, CEO of Octane
Mike Gentile - Founder, CEO of CISO Share
Matt Case - President of Bionatus
Special Episode - Non-profit leadership during a crisis with Dawn Reese of The Wooden Floor
Sinan Kanatsiz - Founder and CEO of KCOMM, Founder of Internet Marketing Association
Special Episode - Intro to OC4 Venture Studio with Kyle Kamrooz & Carey Ransom
Matt Hayden - Founder of Sea Purity Investments, Chairman of MZ Group
Hicham Semaan - President of Tech Coast Angels, Orange County Chapter
Jeff Bocan - Partner at Okapi Venture Capital
Doug Wilson - Founder & Chairman of CEO Leadership Alliance of Orange County
Toby Corey - Stanford Lecturer, Former President of Tesla
Marinela Gombosev - CEO of Evoke Neuroscience
Sergey Sundukovskiy - CTO & CPO of Certemy
Andy Fathollahi - Founder/CEO of The Kanvas Company; Founder/Chairman of Incipio Group
Tom Baine - President of Landsea Homes
Nick Smoot - Founder & CEO of Innovation Collective
Sue Parks - CEO of Orange County United Way
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