Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation

Breakout Roundtable Sessions
Choose the roundtable discussions of interest to you. Select 1 of 3 concurrent interactive roundtables offered in the first session at 9:00; then, select 1 of 3 different concurrent roundtables offered in the second session at 10:45. Explore ideas, discuss strategies, identify partnerships, and establish next steps for your bank’s collaboration with:

• The broader industry (MDI/CDFI Banks, other banks, investors, and other partners) to improve overall performance
• Federal Agencies or Departments to access special programs
• Federal Banking Agencies for technical assistance

Roundtable 1: Collaboration with other Financial Institutions
First, discuss ways to foster partnerships between MDI/CDFI banks and with other banks (large and small) and financial partners for equity investment, loan participations, asset purchases, and other activities. Next, discuss ways to share the effort and reduce the costs of operations, for example, in technology, back office operations, compliance management, product development and delivery, or marketing. Then, build a consensus and commitment to develop possible networks and structures to achieve these goals.
Moderator:, Preston D. Pinkett, III, President & CEO, City National Bank, Newark and New York City

• Marilyn Booker, Managing Director, Urban Markets Group, Morgan Stanley, New York, NY
• Dominik Mjartan, Senior Vice President, Southern Bancorp, Arkadelphia, AR
• Neill S. Wright, President and CEO, First Tuskegee Bank, AL

Roundtable 2: Collaboration and the Supervisory Process
Senior regulators provide updates on examination, rulemaking and guidance issues, and solicit your feedback.  Join their discussion with other minority and community development bankers on these important issues. Discuss their impact on the challenges and opportunities facing the industry.
Co-Moderator: Doreen R. Eberley, Director, Division of Risk Management Supervision, FDIC
Co-Moderator: Mark Pearce, Director, Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, FDIC

• Maryann F. Hunter Deputy Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• Jennifer C. Kelly, Senior Deputy Comptroller for Midsize and Community Bank Supervision, OCC
• Arthur W. Lindo, Senior Associate Director, Div. of Banking Supervision and Regulation Federal Reserve Board of Governors

Roundtable 3: Collaboration with the CDFI Fund, U.S. Treasury
Senior CDFI Fund Officials discuss current program, policy and research plans affecting CDFI Banks, answer questions, and solicit comment on New Markets Tax Credits, Bank Enterprise Awards, and other CDFI programs. Among other updates, explore their Capacity Building Initiative to support new financing, and Community Development Bond Guarantee Program interim rules designed to include financing small businesses, senior facilities, daycare centers and multi-housing developments. 
Moderator:, Brian E. Argrett, President & CEO, City First Bank, Washington, DC

• Greg Bischak, Manager, Financial Strategies & Research, CDFI Fund
• Robert Ibanez, Program Manager, New Markets Tax Credit Program, CDFI Fund
• Ruth Jaure, Manager, CDFI & NACA Program, CDFI Fund
• Lisa Jones, Manager, CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, CDFI Fund
• Robert Mulderig, Manager, Certification & Compliance, CDFI Fund
• Mia Sowell, Senior Policy & Program Officer, Bank Enterprise Award Program, CDFI Fund

Roundtable 4: Collaboration on Small Business Growth, International Trade and Small Business Lending
Join in the discussion with CEOs, government agency officials, and others on how to leverage programs to spur small business growth, job development, and small business lending in your communities.Programs may include credit insurance, payment processing, loan guarantees, direct funding, guaranteed loan sales and technical assistance.  Discuss how to access these programs and make them work for your bank.
Moderator: H. Robert Tillman, Assistant Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

• Grady Hedgespeth, Director, Office of Economic Opportunity, Small Business Administration
• Tony James, Senior Vice President, ICBA Securities, Memphis, TN
• Charles Tansey, Senior Vice President, Small Business, US Export-Import Bank
• Jason Tepperman, Director, U.S. Treasury Small Business Lending Fund
• Whitney White, CEO, Global Institute for Strategic Investment

Roundtable 5: Collaborating to ”Tell Our Story”
Review examples and discuss actual and potential ways to “tell and sell” your story, building on the efforts of NCIF members.  Explore how to use the “social and economic impact” performance metrics of MDI/CDFI banks to: attract investors, board members, staff and customers; and inform examiner evaluations and Federal regulations, policies and programs. Offer advice, make a recommendation, and help develop a winning strategy you can use.
Moderator: Joe Schmidt, Vice President, National Community Investment Fund (NCIF), Chicago, IL

• Blondel Pinnock, Senior Vice President, Community Development Corp, Carver Federal Savings, New York, NY
• Mark Ricca, President & CEO, First American International Bank, New York, NY
• Norman Williams, President & CEO, Illinois Federal Savings, Chicago, IL
• Greg Bischak, Program Manager, Financial Strategies & Research, CDFI Fund

Roundtable 6: Collaboration with the FDIC on Resolutions and Asset Sales
The FDIC continues to proactively expand its outreach efforts to encourage participation of small, minority and women-owned (MWO) investors in FDIC asset sales programs. Obtain information about the types of assets the FDIC has for sale, the various methods used to sell assets, how to become pre-qualified as a potential asset purchaser/investor, and the types of sales opportunities/programs available.
Co-Moderator: D. Michael Collins, Director, Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, FDIC
Co-Moderator: Pamela J. Farwig, Deputy Director, Division of Resolutions and Receiverships, FDIC, Washington DC

• Leslie Crawford, Deputy Director, Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, FDIC
• Charles K. Liles, Senior Financial Analyst, Franchise and Asset Marketing, FDIC
• James Sigler, Contract Oversight Specialist, Franchise and Asset Marketing, FDIC
• Ronald C. Sommers, Manager, Franchise and Asset Marketing, FDIC

“Brown Bag Briefings”/Technical Assistance Redux
In case you miss one or two on Tuesday, select a “topic table” and have an informal box lunch with an agency subject matter expert. Table hop, ask questions, interact, or arrange for individual technical assistance for your bank at a later date. Topic tables include, for example:  Interest rate risk, Third party risk, Corporate Governance, CRA, IT, BSA, Fair Lending, Troubled Debt Restructuring/ALLL, Flood Insurance, Appraisals, FASB loan-loss proposal, FDIC Loss Share Agreements. 

Technical Assistance Track: Regulatory highlights, updates, and tools
 Presentations by Senior Examination and Policy Experts

Speed session presentations of “highlights and updates” in key regulatory areas. Learn what is new or critical to improving your bank operations and examination experience. And, discover agency Technical Assistance tools you can use to keep directors, managers and staff informed on these topics.  Back to back, 30-minute presentations and Q&A on each topic.