REMI cordially invites you to join us for our upcoming conference, “The Northwest Political-Economic Outlook 2020,” that our CEO & Chief Economist Frederick Treyz, Ph.D. and Economic Associate Cameron Luther will be hosting at the Red Lion Inn & Suites, Governor Hotel in Olympia, Washington on Tuesday, April 14th from 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
In addition to our presentations evaluating the transportation, energy, and financial sectors, REMI is honored to be joined by numerous experts as they discuss the region’s most important policy decisions.
Guest speakers at this event will be discussing the following topics:
If you would like to attend this conference, please email Kendell Sweeney-Thomas at Kendell.Sweeney-Thomas@remi.com, contact us by phone at (413) 549-1169, or click below to register.
Lizbeth Martin-Mahar, Ph.D. is currently working as Assistant Director of Economic Analysis at the Washington Department of Transportation for eleven years, another two and half years for the Washington Legislature at the Washington Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee, and a year at the Washington Department of Revenue. Prior to coming to Olympia, Washington, she worked for the Oregon Legislature as an Expert Economist in the Legislative Revenue Office for seven years. Dr. Martin-Mahar completed an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Washington, a Master of Science in Agricultural Economics from the University of Idaho, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University in 1998. She has taught numerous Economics courses on an adjunct basis at universities in Oregon and Washington since graduating with her Ph.D.
At her current position at the Washington Department of Transportation, she oversees quarterly transportation revenue forecasts of various taxes, licenses and fees including the motor vehicle fuel tax, economic variables, oil and petroleum product prices and federal funds. She presents quarterly economic variable updates and transportation revenue forecast changes to the Washington State Transportation Revenue Forecast Council and directly supervises three economists in the production of these quarterly forecasts and other economic studies. She also completed and supervised other economists performing economic impact analysis of transportation investments in Washington State. The transportation economists compile detailed analysis and reports on the economic impact analysis results on various transportation investments utilizing Washington State REMI-TranSight and other transportation models to create inputs into the TranSight economic impact model.
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Prior to joining TDGMO, Dr. Murshed was the Manager of Planning & Development Services of a regional office of WSDOT. He also worked for Washington State University, NCHRP Project 1-33, and the South Dakota Transportation Technology Transfer Service. Overseas he worked as a Deputy Manager of PKSF, a foundation for creating employment through micro credits in Bangladesh.
Dr. Murshed has 20+ years of experience in transportation research, teaching, design, and planning. His work experience encompasses corridor studies, travel demand modeling, micro-simulation modeling of traffic, transportation system performance evaluation, cost estimation, project life-cycle cost analysis, pavement design and management, GIS, computer programming and database analysis, and development of analysis tools. He has over 30 professional publications in journals and conference proceedings.
Dr. Murshed obtained his BS in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (1991), MS in Transportation Engineering from South Dakota State University (1994), and Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering with a focus on economic analysis from Washington State University (1998). He is a licensed Civil Engineer in the State of Washington.
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Before joining ECONorthwest, Mr. Buchman worked as a Senior Economic Associate for Regional Economic Models Inc. While at REMI, Mr. Buchman modeled the economic and fiscal impacts of changes in transportation, taxation, energy, and environmental policies across the U.S.
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Under Dr. Treyz’s leadership, REMI has remained at the forefront of regional modeling, and informs public policy debates through the use of REMI models to evaluate economic development, transportation, energy, taxation, and other topics. The company’s clients include federal, state, and regional agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, leading national associations, universities, and consultants.
Dr. Treyz oversees the research and development of the REMI model. He publishes in leading journals; this year he authored the paper “Immigration and United States Economic Growth,” in Business Economics, the journal of the National Association for Business Economics. He holds an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Regional Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Mr. Luther is the REMI lead for business development and client support for the West Coast and Nevada, providing support on a diverse range of topics, such as transportation policy, disaster resilience, environmental regulations and analysis, tax policy, and economic and demographic forecasting.
He has been recognized for his contributions to the Southern California Association of Governments’ 2020 Connect SoCal Plan. Mr. Luther has also helped provide technical support and analysis for a wide range of new regulations at the California EPA and authored reports informing key economic development policies for agencies such as New York State’s economic development organization, Empire State Development.
Mr. Luther graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a concentration in Statistics. While there, he conducted research investigating neuroeconomics explanations for recent findings in behavioral economics. He was heavily involved in Columbus’s Smart Cities program, serving as a liaison between Columbus and OSU, and founding Smart Campus, a student group focused on applying novel technology to key campus issues.
His personal economic interests include behavioral economics, neuroeconomics, and the modeling of equity implications of policy changes. In his free time, he is a student and fan of improv comedy, as well as an amateur ramen chef.
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Hello,
Thank you for your interest in REMI. Your registration is confirmed for our Olympia Conference, “The Northwest Political-Economic Outlook 2020,” on Tuesday, April 14th, 2020.
The event will take place from 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at the Red Lion Inn & Suites, Governor Hotel, Washington Room on 621 Capitol Way S, Olympia, WA 98501.
We will call a day or so before the event to confirm your attendance and to see if you have any questions. Please feel free to share the invitation with any other staff or colleagues who may be interested.
We look forward to seeing you in Olympia!
Regards,
Regional Economic Models, Inc.
REMI
