2026 Investment Forum

The annual Catholic Foundation Investment Forum presents an opportunity for you to hear from expert economists on the outlook for the year and to learn how the Catholic Foundation stewards our funds to meet the needs of our community.

A recording of the 2026 Investment Forum will be available soon.

Wednesday, February 4

8-10:30 AM

8-8:30 AM Breakfast and networking

8:30-10:30 AM Speakers and Q&A

Dunwoody Country Club

1600 Dunwoody Club Drive

Atlanta, GA 30350

Speakers

Brent Meyer Keynote Speaker

We are pleased to welcome Brent Meyer, Assistant Vice President and Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, as our keynote speaker this year. He will speak on the national economic and policy outlook, digging into the current macroeconomic environment, assessing the risks to the outlook, and delving into relevant considerations monetary policymakers are (or ought to be) investigating at the moment.

Brent Meyer is an assistant vice president and economist in the research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He leads and sets the strategic direction for the Economic Survey Research Center, provides leadership for the monetary policy advising process, and serves as a member of the Research Division’s leadership team. His primary research interests include firm behavior, survey methods, inflation, inflation expectations, macroeconomics, and monetary policy. In addition to providing monetary policy support, Meyer heads up our Economic Survey Research Center (ESRC), is involved in research using our Business Inflation Expectations (BIE), Survey of Business Uncertainty (SBU), and CFO surveys, contributes to the Atlanta Fed’s Inflation Project, and to the Atlanta Fed’s macroblog, which provides commentary on economic topics, including monetary policy, macroeconomic developments, and the Southeast economy.

Meyer joined the Bank in 2013 after spending nearly seven years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. There, he served as an economist focusing on, among other things, monetary policy, inflation measurement, and inflation expectations. He started his Fed career as a research assistant. In that role, he contributed to research on macroeconomic trends and the banking and financial sector. Meyer was promoted to economic analyst in 2007, senior economic analyst in 2010, and economist in 2012. Prior to joining the Cleveland Fed, he was a research and teaching assistant at Bowling Green State University.

Meyer earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, and a master’s degree in economics from Bowling Green State University.

Michael Butkus Featured Speaker

We are happy to welcome back Michael Butkus from Atlanta Consulting Group. Michael will provide the Catholic Foundation portfolio update.

Michael Butkus is a Partner and Consultant at Atlanta Consulting Group, providing investment consulting to a wide range of clients, including endowments, foundations, family offices, and religious entities.

His responsibilities include developing and revising investment policy statements, plan review and cost analysis, asset allocation modeling, manager due diligence and selection, and performance measurement and evaluation. In addition, he works with the investment team to cultivate new investment ideas across the investment spectrum and works with many of our mission minded institutions on their socially responsible and ESG guidelines.

Michael is a parishioner of the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta.

We’ll also hear from

Lisa Regan, Associate Executive Director at St. Vincent de Paul Georgia
Catholic Foundation board members Cherish De la Cruz and Jean Harvey Johnson
and more.

We’re grateful for our sponsors who help make this event possible. Click here for sponsorship information or contact Lisa McLean (email or call 404.497.9440) to inquire about sponsoring this event.