The meeting, set for 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, in the social hall of the Community United Methodist Church, will begin with a presentation from AAUW Legal Advocacy Chair Jane Kingston, who will give an overview of the legal arm of the AAUW. Founded in 1981, it works to end sex discrimination in the workplace and in higher education.
It will be followed by the keynote presentation by Woodside resident Ken Fisher, founder, chairman and CEO of Fisher Investments, a money management firm serving large pension plans, endowments, foundations and individuals across the United States and in the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany.
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He has been written about in most major American, British, Canadian, German or Swiss finance or business periodicals. Ranked No. 289 on the 2009 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, he has made Investment Advisor magazine’s prestigious 1A-25 list of the industry's most influential people.
He is interested in the history of Kings Mountain and its 19th-century logging past, and he has located, excavated, cataloged and written extensively about redwood lumber mills. He also endowed the world's only academic chair devoted to a single tree species, the California coastal redwood.
The Methodist church is located at 777 Miramontes St. in Half Moon Bay. Finger foods and beverages will be provided.
For further information, contact AAUW members Carol Forster at 726-4984 or Betty Lee Kendall at 712-1850.
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