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Regional Economic Update
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Dr. Stephen Fuller
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Center for Regional Analysis, George Mason University
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Professor Fuller joined the faculty at George Mason University in 1994 as Professor of Public Policy and served as Director of the Ph.D. Program in Public Policy from July 1998 to June 2000 and from July 2001 to July 2002. He also serves is Director of the Center for Regional Analysis. In September 2001, the GMU Board of Visitors appointed him University Professor and in July 2002 he was named to the Dwight Schar Faculty Chair.
His research focuses on the changing structure of metropolitan area economies and measuring their current and near-term performance. He developed a series of indicators to track the current and near-term performance of the Washington's area economy in 1990. He also developed leading and coincident indices for Fairfax County in 1997. These monthly reports are available on the Center for Regional Analysis website (http://CRA.gmu.edu). His Washington area research includes studies on the impacts of federal spending, the hospitality industry, international business, and technology on the Washington area and District of Columbia economies. His research also includes international assignments including on-going projects in Portugal.
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Responding to the Uncertainty of a Changing Economy
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Robert Peck
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Greater Washington Board of Trade
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Since October 1, 2001, Robert A. Peck has been president of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the regional chamber of commerce for Washington and its Virginia and Maryland suburbs. Founded in 1889, the Board of Trade's 1300 member firms represent approximately 40 percent of the area's private sector workforce.
From 1995 to 2001, Peck was the appointed Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service of the U.S. General Services Administration. In that post, he was in charge of nationwide asset management, design, construction, leasing, building operations, security and disposals for a real estate portfolio of more than 340 million square feet in more than 8,300 public and private buildings accommodating over one million federal workers. He oversaw an annual budget of approximately $5.5 billion, more than 90% of it contracted out, and a GSA workforce of about 7,300.
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