OCEAN CITY — The equally entertaining and informative economist Anirban Basu, has been scheduled as a keynote speaker for next month’s 42nd Annual Ocean City Spring Trade Expo.
Basu is chairman and CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc., an economic and policy consulting firm in Baltimore. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan recently appointed him chair of the Maryland Economic Development Commission. He also serves as chairman of the Baltimore County Economic Advisory Committee and economic advisor to the Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce. Currently, he lectures on Global Strategy at Johns Hopkins University where he has also taught international economics, urban economics, micro- and macroeconomics.
In 2007, the Daily Record newspaper selected Basu as one of Maryland’s 50 most influential people. The Baltimore Business Journal named him one of the region’s 20 most powerful business leaders in 2010.
Basu has been on many boards over time, including First Mariner Bank, the Baltimore City Public School System, Port Discovery, the Baltimore School for the Arts, Union Memorial Hospital. He is currently on the boards of the Lyric Opera House, the University System of Maryland Foundation, and the Archdiocese of Baltimore School System.
Basu earned his B.S. in Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 1990. He earned his Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and his Master’s in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. His Juris Doctor was earned at the University Of Maryland School Of Law.
His presentation will provide a detailed, data-driven update of the performance of the global, national, and relevant regional economy. Special attention will be given to key aspects of economic life, including trends characterizing financial, real estate, energy, and labor markets.
Basu is the Maryland Tourism Coalition’s favorite economic prognosticator and comic and will appear at the Ocean City Trade Expo on Monday, March 7 at 10 a.m., one hour prior to show opening. This session is open to the public.
For information on the Expo, which takes place March 6-7, visit www.oceancitytradeexpo.com,