“Credit, Capital, and Community Building in Transitional Times”
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Cleveland, Ohio 

Welcoming Remarks

Ruth Clevenger, Vice President & Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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Reconstructing the Foundations of Homeownership

Moderator: 
James Thomson, Vice President and Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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Panelists:
Raphael Bostic, Nominee for assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, HUD, Professor, USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development
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Marsha Courchane, Vice President, CRA International
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Richard Green, Director, Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California
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Peter Skillern, Executive Director, Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina
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Susan Wachter, Richard B. Worley Professor of Financial Management, University of Pennsylvania
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Policy Workshop I

Facilitator: Mark McDermott, Enterprise
Topic:
What role should government take in promoting homeownership?

Facilitator: Cindy Flaherty, OHFA
Topic:
How important are GSEs to stabilizing the housing market today?

Facilitator: Jeff Gatica, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Topic:
Foreclosure prevention and neighborhood stabilization

Lunch and Keynote Address

Introduction:
Sandra Pianalto, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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Keynote Address:
Elizabeth Duke, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
Washington, DC
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CRA at the Crossroads

Afternoon Plenary Session Part 1 of 2 (19 minutes) 

Afternoon Plenary Session Part 2 of 2 (10 minutes) 

Moderator:  
Kathleen Engel, Leon M. and Gloria Plevin Professor of Law, Cleveland–Marshall College of Law, and Member, Federal Reserve Consumer Advisory Council
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Panelists:
Bruce Murphy, Executive Vice President, KeyBank, and President, Key Community Development Banking
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Saurabh Narain, Chief Fund Advisor to the National Community Investment Fund and Senior Managing Director, Shore Bank Corporation
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John Taylor, President and CEO, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
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Lawrence White, Arthur E. Imperatore Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University
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Mark Willis, Resident Scholar, Ford Foundation
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Policy Workshop II

Facilitator: Ruth Clevenger, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Topic: 
Community Reinvestment Act - tests and assessment areas

Facilitator: Jessica LeVeen Farr, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Topic: 
Broadening the Community reinvestment Act

Facilitator: Francisca Richter, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Topic: 
CRA and Real Estate Owned Property

Closing Summation

Mark Sniderman
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