Anna McRoberts. Courtesy photo
> Anna McRoberts, president of Air Bud Entertainment, will kick off the CSU Channel Islands Spring 2015 Speakers Series at noon Friday, Feb. 6 at Malibu Hall 100. Air Bud Entertainment includes a post-production company, a visual effects company and an international distribution company — all of which McRoberts oversees. The events are free of charge and include a free lunch. RSVP by visiting https://csuci.wufoo.com/forms/spring-2015-speaker-series/
> The 2015 Entrepreneur Economic Forecast Conference will be held from 7:30 to 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 12 at the Hyatt in Westlake Village, 880 S. Westlake Blvd, Westlake Village. The event features speakers Bill Dallas, CEO of Skyline Financial Corp.; Mark Schniepp, director of the Economic Forecast, and Terry Paulson, psychologist, syndicated columnist and author. Registration is $125 through Feb. 6 and then $150 at the door. A breakfast buffet and the 100-page 2015 Ventura County Economic Outlook publication is included. Call 805-692-2498 or visit www.forecastconference.info for more information.
> Wells Fargo Private Bank Chief Investment Officer Erik Davidson and Gary Zimmerman, a retired economist from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, will discuss the 2015 economic outlook during “What’s Next?” a presentation sponsored by the CSU Channel Islands Planned Giving Advisory Council, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13 at CSU Channel Islands in the Grand Salon. Tickets are $40 for general admission, $20 for CI faculty and staff; free for CI students. Call 805-437-8893 or visit www.csuci.edu/impact/legacy-giving for more information.
Zohar Ziv. Courtesy photo
> Zohar Ziv, former COO of Deckers Outdoor Corp., will be the keynote speaker at the CSU Channel Islands Spring 2015 Speakers Series event at noon Friday, Feb. 27 at Malibu Hall 100. At Deckers, he participated in managing growth from $250 million to $1.8 billion in nine years, transitioning the company from a domestic wholesaler to a multi-channel global brand operator, expanding the international business from 10 to 35 percent, and developing a retail organization of more than 140 stores with advanced eCommerce and Omni Channel capability. The events are free of charge and include a free lunch. RSVP by visiting https://csuci.wufoo.com/forms/spring-2015-speaker-series/