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Microenterprise: Building Assets in a Growing Market
A Community Development Lending Conference
November 4, 2005
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas in cooperation with Lucy Billingsley and The Chiapas Project

Agenda

7:30 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	Welcome
	Opening Remarks
	Helen Holcomb First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Pat Patterson Chairman, World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas
8:45 a.m.	Why Microfinance Is Significant to Our Economy
	James Carr Senior Vice President of Financial Innovation, Planning and Research, Fannie Mae Foundation, Washington, D.C. The Importance of Microfinance to the U.S. Economy
9:15 a.m.	Microenterprise Development: Past, Present and Future
	Elaine Edgcomb Director, Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning and Dissemination (FIELD), Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C. Opening Opportunities, Building Ownership: Policy Options to Support Entrepreneurship Aamond Low-Income Americans
	Lisa J. Servon Associate Director, Community Development Research Center, Milano, The New School For Management and Urban Policy, New School University, New York Microenterprise Development in the US: Current Challenges and New Directions Policy Options to Support Entrepreneurship Among Low-Income Americans
10 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	Panel Discussion: Insights from the Field
	Agnes Noonan Executive Director, WESST Corp., Albuquerque, N.M. WESST Corp.: Helping people start or grow businesses since 1989
	Krysia Boinis Owner, Plenish Skin Care, Taos, N.M.
	Janie Barrera President and CEO, ACCION Texas, San Antonio The Economic and Community Impact of ACCION Texas Lending
	Janie Martínez González President and CEO, Web Head Group, San Antonio Microlenders … Fuel for Economic Engines
11:15 a.m.	Panel Discussion: Innovative Financial Products and Services that Expand Markets and Build Assets
	Daniel Weiss Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Microfinance International Corp., Washington, D.C. Innovative Financial Products and Services
	Margaret Henningsen Cofounder and Vice President, Legacy Bancorp Inc., Milwaukee
	Michael Nathans Chairman and CEO, Pay Rent, Build Credit (PRBC), Annapolis, Md. PRBC® Overview
	Moderator/Presenter: Jennifer Tescher Director, Center for Financial Services Innovation, ShoreBank Advisory Services, Chicago Innovative Financial Products and Services that Expand Markets and Build Assets
12:15 p.m.	Luncheon Address Alex Counts President, Grameen Foundation USA, Washington, D.C.
1:30 p.m.	Panel Discussion: Options for Investors in Microfinance
	Shari Berenbach Executive Director, Calvert Foundation, Bethesda, Md. Calvert Foundation and the Microenterprise Opportunity
	Arthur Hollingsworth Managing Partner, Lone Star New Markets LP, Dallas Microenterprise: Building Assets in a Growing Market
	Moderator/Presenter: Michael Stegman Director, Center for Community Capitalism at Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Options for Investors in Microenterprise: The Role of Community Capitalism
2:30 p.m.	Betsy Zeidman Director, Center for Emerging Domestic Markets, Milken Institute, Santa Monica, Calif. Tapping into Undercapitalized Markets: The Business and Economic Advantage
3:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks Alfreda B. Norman Community Affairs Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
3:15 p.m.	Adjourn