Upcoming appearances
Michael J. Parks has been studying, writing
about and speaking about the economy and companies of the Pacific Northwest for
more than 30 years.
Parks joined The Seattle Times in
1967. He became the newspaper’s financial editor
in the early 1970s. He moved to Marple's Letter in
1977. Parks has been owner, editor and publisher of
Marple's Letter since 1980.
The newsletter is named for its founder,
the late Elliot Marple, who pioneered serious business
journalism in the Pacific Northwest.
Parks, a native of Spokane, Washington, is a journalism
graduate of Seattle University, and an alumnus of
the University of Washington’s School of Communications.
He is an amateur economist, self-taught.
Parks speaks frequently on the outlook
for the Pacific Northwest economy for a wide variety
of financial, business, professional and service groups,
as well as in the classroom. Some material from recent presentations can be found here.
Marple’s
Pacific Northwest Letter provides intelligence
on economic and company trends in the Pacific Northwest
and Alaska for individual and company subscribers
in the Pacific Northwest and nationally. The newsletter
has been published alternate Wednesdays for more than
half a century, since April 1949.
Parks is a former Business Week
stringer (non-employee correspondent) in Seattle.
In his spare time, he enjoys power walking, attending
opera and world travel.
The New York Times quoted Michael J. Parks following the rollout of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. Here's the link (subscription required)
Upcoming Appearances
September 18, 2008, presentation to Washington Employers, Seattle. Members only.
September 25, 2008, presentation to the Pacific Northwest Construction Industry conference sponsored jointly by the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Puget Sound Chapter of the Construction Financial Management Association.
January 22 , 2009 (tentative), annual presentation to customers of friends of U.S. Bank of Washington, Seattle. Inquire of your U.S. Bank of Washington banker.
February and March 2009, presentations to customers and friends of Frontier Bank in Everett, Puyallup, Oak Harbor and Bellingham. Dates to be determined.
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