2023 Investment Performance & Economic Outlook Meeting

Please join us on March 22nd as we welcome Dr. David Barker back to speak about the economic outlook for the coming year, and we will be sharing our Fundholder’s Investment Performance. We will be together in person this year at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center from 4:30-6pm on March 22nd. This opportunity is open to all CFJC fundholders and donors, Johnson County nonprofit organizations, and community members. Please register below to join us!

“A must not miss speaker” – CFJC Fundholder, 2020

January 2023

David Barker is a member of the State of Iowa Board of Regents. He is a partner in Barker Companies, which owns, manages and develops apartments and other real estate. He also has been an adjunct professor at the University of Iowa and the University of Chicago, teaching real estate investment, urban economics and corporate finance. Barker has published articles in academic journals, and his research has been covered in publications such as Time Magazine, The New York Times, and The Economist.

Barker previously was an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he conducted research on real estate and the banking industry. He holds a B.A. degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago. He serves on the Governor of Iowa’s Rural Empowerment Initiative and is an honorary Colonel of the Iowa State Militia.