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Minority Depository Institutions Program

Interagency Minority Depository Institutions National Conference: Agenda

Theme: Preserving the Future of Minority Depository Institutions

July 14-16, 2011 

Tuesday June 14, 2011
4: 00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.Registration
Exhibit Booths
6:00 p.m.Welcoming Reception 
 
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.Breakfast/Exhibit Booth
 
8:30 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks
Sandra L. Thompson
Director, Division of Risk Management and Supervision
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Introduction
Michael J. Dean, Deputy Regional Director
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

8:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. 

Opening Session
Federal Banking Agencies Principal's Panel

  • Chairman Sheila C. Bair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • Governor Daniel K. Tarullo, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
  • Acting Comptroller John Walsh, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
  • Acting Director John E. Bowman, Office of Thrift Supervision

Moderator
Arthur W. Lindo, Deputy Associate Director
Federal Reserve Board of Governors

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.mBreak/Exhibit Booths
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Plenary Session
Capitalizing on New Opportunities: CDFIs and Small Businesses

  • Donna Gambrell, Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI), U. S. Department of Treasury
  • Don Graves, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Small Business, Community Development and Housing Policy, 
    U. S. Department of the Treasury
  • John Hale, III, Deputy Associate, Administrator, Office of Capital Access, Small Business Administration

Moderator: 
Paul Nash, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.Break/Exhibit Booths
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Conference Luncheon 
Keynote Address: 
Richard D. Parsons, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Citigroup

Introduction: 
Sandra L. Thompson
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.  Break/Exhibit Booths
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Plenary Session
Investment Opportunities in Minority Depository Institutions

  • William Farrow, President and Chief Executive Officer, Urban Partnership Bank
  • Daniel Letendre, Community Development
    Financial Institution Lending and Investing Executive, Bank of America
  • Joseph Berry, Jr., Co-Head of Depository Investment Banking, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
  • Saurabh Narain, Chief Executive Officer, National Community Investment Fund

Moderator: 
Paul Scialabba, Capital Markets
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.  Break/Exhibit Booths
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.Banker-Investor Match Session 
This session will bring together minority depository institutions and investors for face-to-face introductory meetings.
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.Banker and Director Workshops 
Workshop 1: Activities of an Effective Board of Directors - PDF (603k)
Workshop 2: Commercial Real Estate Risk Management - PDF (841k)
Workshop 3: Compliance Management Oversight, Fair Lending - PDF and RESPA - PDF (1.6m)
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Break/Exhibit Booths
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Closing Plenary Session
Elizabeth Vale, Assistant Director for Community Banks and Credit Unions, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Introduction:  
Francis Baffour, Office of Thrift Supervision

Thursday, June 16, 2011
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.Breakfast/Exhibit Booths
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.Morning Keynote Address
Marc Morial, President and Chief Executive Officer National Urban League
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Morning Plenary Session
A Banker’s Perspective: Keys to Preserving Minority Depository Institutions
Metropolitan Ballroom West
 

  • B. Doyle Mitchell, Jr., President, Industrial Bank and Chairman of the National Bankers Association
  • Guillermo Diaz-Rousselot, President and Acting CEO, Continental National Bank of Miami, Florida and President of the Independent Community Bankers Association
  • James Ryu, Chief Operating Officer, Bank Asiana
  • Kim D. Saunders, President and CEO, Mechanics and Farmers Bank

Moderator:
Kristin A. Kiefer, Assistant Deputy Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Break/Exhibit Booths
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Banker and Director Workshops 
Workshop 1:  Accessing Market Intelligence and Analyzing Bank Performance

Workshop 2:  Managing Interest Rate Risk - PDF (1.4m)
Workshop 3:  Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices - PDF and Third Party Risk - PDF

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.Networking Lunch/Exhibit Booths
1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.Banker and Director Workshops 
Workshop 1: Activities of an Effective Board of Directors - PDF (603k)
Workshop 2: Commercial Real Estate Risk Management - PDF (841k)
Workshop 3: Compliance Management Oversight, Fair Lending - PDF and RESPA - PDF(1.6m)
  

Last Updated: July 15, 2011