Wednesday, February 24, 2010

NBC’s David Gregory Addresses Business Community at Chamber’s Economic Outlook Breakfast

Posted at 1:59 PM

NBC’s Meet the Press moderator David Gregory was in town Tuesday to speak to a few hundred business people at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s 12th annual Economic Outlook Breakfast.

Recently named one of the top five most used reporters during nightly newscasts in the past decade by the Tyndall Report, Gregory shared his thoughts on President Obama's performance, the political climate in Washington and the upcoming midterm elections.

The two-hour program at the Hyatt at The Bellevue was held in partnership with Sovereign/Santander. Larry Delp, Executive Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Corporate Banking at Sovereign/Santander, opened the program with an economic outlook presentation and also moderated a panel discussion and Q&A before Gregory’s keynote.

The diverse panel of industry experts addressed issues impacting businesses in 2010. The panel included Bart Blatstein, President of Tower Investments, Inc.; Joe Davis, Chief Economist at Vanguard; Thomas A. (Tad) Decker, Esq., President & CEO of Cozen O'Connor; and Gale Given, President of Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc.

View video highlights of David Gregory’s speech here.

View the Sovereign/Santander PowerPoint presentation here.

View story on NBC10 here:

Read the Philadelphia Business Journal article here.

Read the Bucks County Courier Times article here.