Assets & Homeownership Symposium

Innovative Strategies to Move California's Working Families into Homes
June 4,2008| Los Angeles |Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Today's foreclosure crisis and tightening credit markets mean that innovation will prove challenging. Yet, now is exactly the right time to think about building and perserving home assets across our state.

This day-long symposium brought together thought leaders across sectors — housing, asset building, finance, energy —to engage in a statewide conversation about promoting first-time homeownership among Californian's low - and moderate - income working families. This event is designed to build support for a long-term, actionable agenda that brings homeownership opportunities into reach for working families across our state.

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Assets and Homeownership: Championing Opportunities in a Challenging Market

Moderator

Raphael Bostic
Director, Master of Real Estate Development Program, USC

Panelists

Jeffrey Lubell
Executive Director, Center for Housing Policy
Ellen Seidman
Director of the Financial Services and Education Project, New American Founation, and Executive Vice President, ShoreBank Corporation
Paul Weech
Vice President, Business Strategy Group, Fannie Mae

Assets and the Homebuyer: Building Wealth Through Sustainable Homeownership

Moderator

Ben Mangan
President & CEO, EARN

Panelists

Brad Blackwell
Executive Vice President, Retail Sales, Wells Fargo
Lori Gay
President & CEO, Los Angeles Neighborhood Housing Services
Myrna Melgar
Director of Homeownership Programs, San Francisco Mayor's Office of Housing
Michael Nathans
Founder& Chairman, PRBC - Payment Reporting Builds Credit
Mark Wolfe
Executive Director, Energy Programs Consortium and National Energy Assistance Directors Association

Preserving Assets: Understanding the Foreclosure Crisis in California

Caryn Becker
Policy Counsel, Center for Responsible Lending
Mercedes Marquez
General Manager, Los Angeles Housing Department
John Olson
District Manager, Field Group, Community Development, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Assets and the Land: Building Community Assets by Increasing Supply

Moderator

Ann Sewill
President, Community Foundations Land Trust, California Community Foundation

Panelists

Chris Glaudel
Vice President of Asset Management, Mercy Housing
Dave Grunwald
President & CEO, American Sunrise Communities
Lynn Jacobs
Director, California Department of Housing and Community Development
Eve Ryan
Senior Vice President and Western Regional Sales Manager, Wachovia