Join us at the  Medford Market Food Co-op upstairs site and

• Learn how investing locally can reduce risk and increase returns

• Engage your money in a way that builds social capital in your community

• Position yourself for the future by incorporating local, socially responsible investments in your portfolio

Parking is available behind the building in the parking garage on 6th street.
 
Watch for the Medford Market signs - 
Enter through the doors off Middleford Alley

Presenters:

1. Ed Winslow was the founder and president of First American Financial Cooperative, the first financial-planning cooperative formed in the United States. He was also the founder, president and chairman of First Affirmative Financial Network, the nations first NASD registered broker/dealer to specialize in socially-responsible investments. He has earned the designations Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Fellow Life Management Business Institute (FLMI) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM). Ed is the author of the book Blind Faith: Our Misplaced Trust in the Stock Market and Smarter, Safer Ways to Invest.  Ed is currently an independent financial consultant and President of Protect Money Investments, a firm which avoids individual stocks and equity mutual funds in favor of principal protected alternatives. A Rogue Valley resident since 2001, Ed is a lifetime member of the Southern Oregon Historic Society and a director of THRIVE (The Rogue Initiative for a Vital Economy)

2. Torrey Byles is an economist and business consultant assisting investment groups, managers and non-profit enterprises in strategy, finance, business development and marketing communications. He has 20 years in the information technology sector, and five years in sustainable industries.  He is Chairman of the non-profit THRIVE, The Rogue Initiative for a Vital Economy which is dedicated to local economic development. Torrey has worked with scores of start-up technology companies in the Silicon Valley and around the world. He has conducted a wide range of studies on the effects of information systems on supply chains, industry structure, and enterprise performance.