Thursday, April 17

Opening General Session

The Health and Future of the Housing Market

David Crowe,
National Association of Homebuilders

Concurrent Sessions

Bonds For Beginners, Parts 1 & 2

Mtumishi St. Julien,
The Finance Authority of New Orleans

Re-energizing the Single-Family Market

Diana Kozak,
U.S. Bank Home Mortgage

Mark Vanderlinden,
Fannie Mae

Nancy West,
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development Santa Ana Homeownership Center

Transit Oriented Development

Kent Robbins,
Community Development and Economic Planning

John Denton,
CitiBank

Michelle Banks-Ordone,
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles

Dan Rosenfeld,
Urban Partners

Redevelopment - Creating and Revitalizing Communities

Olson Lee,
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency

Awards Luncheon

NALHFA Presentation

Concurrent Sessions

Minimizing Foreclosure Impact

Michael Gross,
Countrywide Home Loans

Jeff Schaffer,
Enterprise Community Partners

Friday, April 18

General Session

Immigrants and Housing Markets Across the United States

Dr. Gary D. Painter,
University of Southern California School of
Policy, Planning, and Development and Lusk
Center for Real Estate

Concurrent Sessions

Board Member Training

Hot Topics in Multifamily Finance

Jim Stretz,
George K. Baum & Co.

Rodger Hara,
Capmark Financial

Michael J. Lohmeier,
Fannie Mae

John Stoecker,
California Municipal Finance Authority

Harry Sewell,
District of Columbia Finance Authority

Homelessness Prevention

Gregg Kawczynski,
Community Development Commission of the
County of Los Angeles

Jonathan Hunter,
Community Development Commission of the
County of Los Angeles

Luncheon

NALHFA Presentation

Concurrent Sessions

Basics of Multifamily Housing Bonds

Ernestine Garey, Atlanta Development Authority

Hot Topics in Single-Family Finance

Joseph Bates,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Steven Harris,
George K. Baum & Co.

Tom Rzeszut,
Countrywide Home Loans

Beyond Conventional Housing Resources

James Carras,
Carras Community Investment, Inc.

Jeanne Peterson,
Reznick Group, P.C.

Lynn Hansen,
Community Foundation Land Trust