2010 Forum

Thursday, March 11, 2010
7:30 am - 1:15 pm
Reynolds Alumni Center, Columbia, Missouri

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Mr. Greenberg had been affiliated with Bear Stearns for more than 59 years, joining the firm in 1949 as a clerk and subsequently became a trader. He was made a partner in 1958 and was named Chief Executive Officer in 1978. In 1985, when the firm went public, he was named Chairman of the Board as well. He relinquished his title as Chief Executive Officer in 1993 and retired as Chairman in June 2001. He then held the title of Chairman of the Executive Committee until 2008 when Bear Stearns and JPMorgan merged.

Additional Speakers

Bill Emmons, PhD

Bill Emmons is an Assistant Vice President and Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. He conducts research and policy analysis in the areas of banking, financial markets, and financial regulation. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Finance in the John M. Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to joining the St. Louis Fed, he was on the faculty of the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Alvery A. Bartlett, Jr.

Since January 1992, Mr. Bartlett has been a Registered Representative of Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services, Inc. Member FINRA (“BFCFS”). Starting in 1998, Mr. Bartlett has concentrated on raising capital for income-oriented investments in real estate and natural gas. Mr. Bartlett conducts his brokerage business under the name Alvery Bartlett Group.

Harvey Eisen

As Chairman of Bedford Oak Advisors, LLC, Harvey P. Eisen directs all investment activities of the investment partnership in Mt. Kisco, New York. Prior to the formation of Bedford Oak Partners, Mr. Eisen served as Senior Vice President in Investments for Travelers, Inc., based in New York.

Jeffrey E. Smith

Founded in the early 1980’s, JES Holdings, LLC includes Bear Land Development Company, Fairway Construction Company, Fairway Management Company, Capital Health Management, Inc., and Affordable Equity Partners, Inc. Headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, this family of companies is dedicated to community improvements in Missouri and other states through real estate development, construction, management and investment in quality properties. JES Companies have developed more than 150 multi-family and senior aged housing properties with investments in another 12,000 units.

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About the Forum

Founded in 2006, the Jeffrey E. Smith Institute of Real Estate was established in the University of Missouri's Trulaske College of Business to help prepare students pursuing careers or interested in learning more about commercial real estate development and management. As an integral part of the college, the Institute addresses the rising demand and popularity for a real estate curriculum and provides specific courses permitting students to specialize their business degrees with a real estate emphasis.

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