WACHOVIA CEO TO ADDRESS ECONOMICS CLUB FEB. 16

G. Kennedy Thompson, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Wachovia Corp., will speak at the Economics Club of Hampton Roads luncheon Wednesday, Feb. 16.

Co-sponsored by the Old Dominion University College of Business and Public Administration, the luncheon, scheduled for noon at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, costs $30 for nonmembers. Due to limited space, reservations are required.

Thompson joined Wachovia in 1976 and has worked in his current position since 2000. He is active in the business community serving as a member of the board of directors, Florida Rock Industries Inc., and the Carolinas Healthcare System. He is a board member and chairman-elect for the Financial Services Roundtable and chairman and board member of The Clearing House.

Active in the community, he is also a member of the board of trustees at Wake Forest University, where he received his M.B.A. Thompson also serves on the United Way of Central Carolina Inc. board. As an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina, Thompson was a Morehead Scholar.

For more information or to make reservations, call 683-4058.