Meeting/Event Information

Register by Friday, January 9th and receive a $5 discount.

Join the CIncinnati APICS and ISM for the annual Econonics Year in Review and Predictions with Dr. Julia Heath and Dr. Richard Stevie.  Come early for the registration and networking opportunities with professionals from many Cincinnati area businesses. The buffet dinner will begin at 6:00 pm.

Dr. Julia Heath

Dr. Heath is the Director of the Economics Center at the University of Cincinnati. Prior to coming to UC, Dr. Heath spent 26 years at the University of Memphis.While at Memphis she won several teaching awards, including

• The Carnegie Foundation U.S. Professor of the Year Award for Tennessee;
• The economics discipline’s highest award, the Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award;
• The Educator of the Year Award from the National Association for Financial Literacy;
• The University of Memphis’ Thomas W. Briggs Foundation’s Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Distinguished Teaching Award.
• She was named the 2006 Financial Educator of the Year by the Tennessee Bankers Association.

She received a Visiting Research Fellowship to Princeton University to conduct research in economics education and has published extensively in the area.   Dr. Heath started the Smart Tennessee program, a statewide financial literacy program for K-8 students.   Dr. Heath received her Ph.D. in Economics at the University of South Carolina. She has served as a member of the national Board of Directors of the Council for Economic Education and was a member of the Economics Standing Committee of the National Assessment of Education Progress.

Dr. Heath was a consultant for the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability, leading two national committees charged with integrating financial literacy into the Common Core.

She was named as a Money Magazine “Money Hero” for August, 2013.

Dr. Richard Stevie

Dr. Stevie joined Integral Analytics as VP of Forecasting in June, 2012.  Prior to that, he was Chief Economist for Duke Energy with over thirty years of experience in forecasting and market analytics in the utility industry. 

Past positions include General Manager of the Market Analysis Department for Cinergy Corp.; Senior Economist for the Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company (CG&E); Director of Economic Research for the North Carolina Utilities Commission; and economist for the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

He was the Chair of the Regional Economic Advisory Committee for the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce from 1990 to 2012 and is currently the board chair for Tri-State Education and Technology Foundation which operates Drake Planetarium.  He has also been named as a Research Fellow for the Economics Center at the University of Cincinnati.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Thomas More College and MA and PhD degrees in economics from the University of Cincinnati.