Mark Vitner

Mark Vitner is a managing director and senior economist for Wells Fargo’s Corporate and InvestmentBank in Charlotte, N.C., where he is responsible for tracking U.S. and regional economic conditions. He writes for the department’s weekly and monthly economic reports and also produces regular publications on residential and commercial construction, regional economies and issues impacting small business. Mr.Vitner joined a Wells Fargo predecessor institution in 1993. His commentary has been featured in the NewYork Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and many other publications. He also makes frequent guest appearances on CNBC and many other major networks. He is a member of NABE and its inauguralCertified Business Economist class, and he has been active in the Charlotte community, co-founding theNABE Charlotte chapter, The Charlotte Economics Club. He also recently served as board chair for theFoundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community and chaired the Economic Advisory Council for the California Chamber of Commerce for three years. Mr. Vitner is a member of the Blue Chip economic forecast-ing panel and serves on the Joint Advisory Board of Economists for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He received his B.B.A. in economics from the University of Georgia and his M.B.A. from the University ofNorth Florida, and he has completed further graduate work in economics at the University of Florida. He also completed the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Advanced Training in Economics program at Carnegie Mellon University.