Solano EDC Event To Feature Talk By Business Reporter

Solano EDC Event To Feature Talk By Business Reporter
Article Launched: 01/21/2008

Sam Zuckerman, senior correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle business section, will deliver the keynote address Thursday at the Solano Economic Development Corporation's 25th annual meeting in Fairfield.

Zuckerman, one of the nation's elite business journalists, has been with the Chronicle since 1998, and currently focuses on regional economic and financial issues.

Registration will begin at 11 a.m. at the Fairfield Hilton Garden Inn.

Michael Ammann, president of Solano EDC, said the meeting will provide attendees the opportunity to hear a review of 2007 and gather important insight into what 2008 will bring to Solano County and its cities.

Zuckerman previously was assistant business editor at the Chronicle, overseeing coverage of health care, energy, the economy, markets and biotechnology.

In 1999 his coverage of the takeover of the Bank of America garnered him a nomination as a finalist for the Loeb Award, the most prestigious honor in business journalism.

Cost is $45 per person and a table of eight for $350. For reservations, call 864-1855.