When: Tuesday, April 24th
6:00pm - 6:30pm - Networking
6:30pm - 8:00pm - Speaker and Dinner
Where: Drusilla Seafood
3482 Drusilla Lane, Suite D
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Topic: The Costs and Benefits of U.S. Trade Barriers to American Businesses
Speaker: Dr. Lara Gardner, Associate Professor of Economics at Southeastern Louisiana University
6:00pm - 6:30pm - Networking
6:30pm - 8:00pm - Speaker and Dinner
Where: Drusilla Seafood
3482 Drusilla Lane, Suite D
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Topic: The Costs and Benefits of U.S. Trade Barriers to American Businesses
Speaker: Dr. Lara Gardner, Associate Professor of Economics at Southeastern Louisiana University

Dr. Lara Gardner is an Associate Professor of Economics at Southeastern Louisiana University. She has taught in the areas of International and Health Care Economics. Dr. Gardner has presented numerous papers at academic conferences across the nation and she has published a number of scholarly journal articles. After receiving a B.A. degree in International Affairs and an M.S. in Economics (with an International Concentration) from Florida State University, Dr. Gardner earned a Ph. D. in Economics from the highly respected University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.