Cornellians – Come out June 2nd to a unique event hosted by the Addison Economic Development Team featuring a keynote speech by Leigh Gallagher, a Cornell alumna. More details on Leigh and the event can be found below, along with RSVP information. We hope to see you there!”

The End of Suburbs:  Where the American Dream is Moving
 
Date: Thursday, June 2, 2016

Location:  InterContinental Dallas
Malachite Room
15201 Dallas Pkwy
Addison, TX 75001

Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Cost: $25 per person; $400 for reserved table of eight

Tickets: Available at the Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce or the Addison Business Association

Speaker: Leigh Gallagher, Assistant Managing Editor at Fortune Magazine
 
About Leigh Gallagher
LEIGH GALLAGHER is an Assistant Managing Editor at Fortune magazine, where she edits feature stories on a variety of subjects, oversees Fortune franchises including the magazine’s 40 Under 40 rankings and hosts Fortune Live, Fortune’s weekly half-hour business news show airing Thursdays at 11am. She is also a co-chair of the Fortune Most Powerful Women and Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summits and speaks regularly at Fortune and other business and economics conferences. Leigh is a seasoned business news commentator, appearing regularly on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, CBS This Morning, Face the Nation, CNBC’s Squawk Box, public radio’s Marketplace and a variety of other outlets. She is a co-chair of the Fortune U.S. State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
 
Before joining Fortune in 2007, Leigh was a senior editor at SmartMoney magazine and a reporter and writer for Forbes. Originally from the “urban burb” of Media, Pennsylvania, Leigh is a graduate of Cornell University and lives in New York. The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream is Moving is her first book.