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The Business of Immigrant Markets:
Providing Access to Financial Services
A Community Development Banking
Conference
Sept. 29–30, 2004
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Business opportunities serving
the immigrant market will explode in coming years as
America’s newest residents become major customers
for financial, housing and small-business development
services.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
invites you to “The Business of Immigrant Markets:
Providing Access to Financial Services,” a conference
exploring emerging ways to provide banking and community
development services to immigrant populations.
The conference will highlight
the latest research on the role immigrants play in the
U.S. economy and identify business opportunities presented
by this dynamic market. Bankers, community development
professionals and academics will discuss products and
marketing strategies designed specifically to reach
immigrant markets.
“The Business of Immigrant
Markets” also will spotlight successful community
development partnerships providing financial services,
affordable housing and business development services
to immigrants as well as to low- and moderate-income
communities.
Who Should Attend
- Senior banking executives as well as marketing,
community reinvestment, business development, lending,
compliance and retail banking officers
- Directors and administrators of community development
organizations and community development financial
institutions
- Community and economic development professionals
- Economists and academics studying immigrant markets,
affordable housing and small-business development
- State and local public officials administering
community and economic development programs
Conference Fast Facts
When
September 29–30, 2004
Where
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2200 N. Pearl St.
Dallas, TX 75201
Speakers
Robert
D. McTeer, Jr.
President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
Alfonso
Aguilar
Chief, Office of Citizenship
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,
Washington, D.C. |
Mark
Willis
Executive Vice President
JP Morgan Chase, New York |
Ann
Baddour
Program Manager
Texas Appleseed, Austin |
Jesus
Becerra
Owner
La Mexicana Bakery, Austin |
Homero
Cabello, Jr.
Director of Colonia Initiatives
Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs, Austin |
Manuel
Garcia y Griego
Director of Mexican American Studies
University of Texas at Arlington |
Theresa
Acosta Lee
Chief Lending Officer
Texas Mezzanine Fund, Dallas |
James
Maloney
Chief Executive Officer
Mitchell Bank, Milwaukee |
Linda
McMahon
Senior Vice President
JP Morgan Chase, Dallas |
Betty
Nevárez
Loan Officer
ACCION Texas, El Paso |
Pia
Orrenius
Senior Economist
President’s Council of Economic Advisers,
Washington, D.C. |
Maria
Elena Perales
Owner
Pasadita Restaurant, Canutillo, Texas |
Noah
Sawyer
Research Associate
Urban Institute, Washington, D.C. |
Dan
Sokolov
Senior Attorney
Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. |
Les
Tanaka
Executive Director
Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce |
Jennifer
Vasiloff
Executive Director
Coalition of Community Development Financial
Institutions, Washington, D.C. |
Barry
Wides
Acting Deputy Comptroller for Community Affairs
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,
Washington, D.C. |
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C.
Kendric Fergeson
Chairman
American Bankers Association and NBanC, Altus,
Oklahoma |
Gilbert
G. Gonzalez
Acting Undersecretary for Rural Development
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington,
D.C. |
Roberto
Suro
Director
Pew Hispanic Center, Washington, D.C. |
Janie
Barrera
President and CEO
ACCION Texas, San Antonio |
Bob
Byrne
Director of Diverse Growth Segments
Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco |
Donna
Gambrell
Deputy Director
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Washington,
D.C. |
Richard
Hayes
Director of Community Partners
Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C. |
Esau
Liu
Senior Vice President
MetroBank, Houston |
Grace
McDermott
Southwest Regional President
U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce,
Dallas |
Alberto
Munoz
Executive Director
Dallas Plan Fund |
J.
Reymundo Ocanas
Executive Director
Texas Association of Community Development
Corporations, Austin |
William
J. Patient
CRA Compliance Officer
Cherokee Bank, St. Paul |
Vicki
Peters
Senior Vice President
Bank of Oklahoma, Tulsa |
Judy
Schneider
Vice President and Chief Credit Officer
National Equity Fund, Chicago |
Theresa
Stark
Program Manager
Office of Thrift Supervision, Washington,
D.C. |
Ignacio
Urrabazo, Jr.
President
IBC, Commerce Bank, Laredo |
Madge
Vasquez
Community Lender
Austin Community Development Corp. |
Eloy
Villafranca
Community Affairs Officer
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Dallas |
Seifu
Yigezu
Chief Operating Officer
Dallas Urban League |
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Agenda
Wednesday, September 29
| 7:30
a.m. |
Registration and Continental
Breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m |
Welcome |
| 8:45 a.m. |
Opening Address |
| 9:15 a.m. |
General Session |
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Defining Immigrant Markets |
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Insiders’ Insights
into Immigrant Markets |
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Pew Hispanic Center: Remittances
and Other Business Opportunities |
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Bankers’ Views on Pursuing
Immigrant Markets |
| Noon |
Luncheon and Address |
| 1:30 p.m. |
General Session |
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Financial Relationships That
Work |
| 2:15
p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Affordable Housing Resources
and Financing |
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Best Practices: Serving Immigrant
Markets |
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Microlending Opportunities,
Challenges and Resources |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions Repeated |
| 4:15 p.m |
Reception |
Thursday, September 30
| 7:30
a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 a.m |
Opening Remarks |
| 8:30 a.m. |
General Session |
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USDA Rural Development: Opportunities
and Challenges of Immigration in Rural America |
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Fannie Mae: From Homeland
to a Home |
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Urban Institute: Analysis
of Alternative Financial Services Providers |
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Discussion: Getting Started
in the Formal Economy |
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Q&A with Regulatory Agencies |
| Noon |
Luncheon and Address |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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