OLLI-UA Online Zoom Offerings

Marcia, Ed, and Ron invite your reports and comments each week on a selection of articles from The New Yorker Magazine. We are looking for participation from all attendees and invite your input of any sources. The New Yorker is a rich resource for current, historic, cultural, and scientific information that permits a constant source of news and information. Subscriptions to the magazine are as little as $12 for twelve issues for students and come with a swell tote bag.

Instructor(s): Peterson, Nedland, Van Naerssen

Ron Peterson has been a UA OLLI-UA member since 2012 following a career as a broker and investment banker in Washington, DC. He served as a VP at Paine Webber and Prudential Securities and headed a financial futures unit for Merrill Lynch. He is the author of "Solomon's Wishes," a book on investment strategies and tactics, won two investment contests and lectured on markets for banks and individual investors. He holds two masters' degrees and four graduate certificates.

Marcia Nedland is an urban planning consultant specializing in neighborhood revitalization and affordable housing. Her clients include nonprofit housing organizations, city and state governments, national intermediaries, financial institutions, and foundations. Her interests include politics, sociology, birding, watercolor painting, and food.

Edward Van Naerssen is married with two grown sons and three grandchildren. He lived in the Northeast including NYC until 2013. Then he and his wife sold their house and drove around the country for 1.5 years until they discovered Tucson. They settled in Tucson in 2014 and Ed joined OLLI to expand his horizons. His career was in human resource data processing systems. With a BBA in accounting and data processing, Ed worked with punched card accounting systems, then became payroll manager of a Fortune 500 company. He then started and managed a successful consulting company.