WHAT:  
"Fixing Detroit's Finances" will be the topic addressed by Carol O'Cleireacain, deputy mayor for economic policy, planning and strategy, City of Detroit.  

Formerly a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, O'Cleireacain is an expert with experience at the highest levels of state and local government finance. She is particularly knowledgeable about the finances of fiscally troubled states and localities. She has held positions as deputy treasurer of the State of New Jersey, finance commissioner, and budget director of New York City, the nation's fourth largest taxing authority.

One of O'Cleireacain's primary responsibilities in her current position is to identify new sources of external funding to make the city less dependent on annual tax revenues. Among other assignments is working with the Chief Financial Officer in tackling the financial aspects of the city's emergence from bankruptcy.

O'Cleireacain holds a doctorate in economics from the London School of Economics and a master's degree in economics from the University of Michigan.

WHEN:
4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015.

WHERE:  
Wayne State University, Alumni House - Alumni Lounge, 441 Gilmour  Mall, Detroit.

MORE INFO:
For more information, contact Cheri Miller, Wayne State University Department of Economics, 313-577-3346 or cmiller@wayne.edu.  

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 380 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to more than 27,000 students.