Final Agenda and Speaker Presentations

Tuesday, August 23
Small Business Loan Funds Forum: Making a Difference in Rural Regions

Panel 1:

MCEDD (Eric Nerdin)

North Central (Jill Foys)

South Plains Association of Governments (Lance Bowman)

Panel 2:

SEALRPDC (Tom Solomon)

South Eastern Development Foundation (Lynne Keller Forbes)

West Central WI RPC (Beth Waldhart)

Wednesday, August 24

Legislative Update: State of Small Business Programs in the Federal Budget    (Deborah Cox)

Managing a Loan Fund (Janelle Dotson)

Collection, Recovery and Workouts (Pat Brennen)

Working with Growth Companies (Ed Morlan)

Micro Loan Funds (Diane Lantz and Peggy Walters)

Accountability and Due Diligence (Paulette Potter)

Accountability and Due Diligence (Cheryl Cook)

Bringing New Sources of Capital to Your Loan Fund (NMTC; Robert Ibanez)

Bringing New Sources of Capital to Your Loan Fund (REDLG; Linda Salmonson)

Bringing New Sources of Capital to Your Loan Fund (EB-5; Chan Layson)

Thursday, August 25
Closing Plenary: Federal Program Update

USDA – RBEG (Mel Padgett and Cindy Mason)

CDFI (James Yagley)

HUD (Stan Gimont)

EDA (Michael DeVillo)