Financial Access for Immigrants: Emerging Market Opportunities Agenda

Sponsored By
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Community Affairs Division,
The Latino Connection, and Black Hawk College

Thursday, June 21, 2007
The MARK of the Quad Cities
1201 River Drive
Moline, Illinois


Last updated: June 19, 2007

Agenda
8:00 a.m.		Registration/Breakfast
8:30 a.m.		Welcome Helen Mirza, Community Affairs Program Director Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Nanci Perkins, President Latino Connection
8:45 a.m.		Welcome and Presentation Dr. Keith Miller, President Black Hawk College: Statistics & Facts of Immigrant Market
9:15 a.m.		Banker Panel Moderator – Michael Frias Community Affairs Officer, FDIC Matthew Brophy, Regional Manager & VP Second Federal Savings John DeDoncker, CEO THE National Bank Tim Herwig, VP of Community Affairs TCF Bank Richard Lamb, President First National Bank, Davenport – organizaing questions on behalf of bankers
10:45 a.m.		Break
11:00 a.m.		Regulators Panel Moderator – Paul Ginger VP Community Affairs/CRA, OCC Kurt Frank, Field Representative Social Security Administration Timothy Leary, Senior Special Anti-Money Laundering Examiner Board of Governors, Federal Reserve Hector Santos, Tax Specialist Internal Revenue Service
12:15 a.m.		Lunch
12:45 p.m.		Keynote Speaker Dr. Juan Hernandez, Educator and Commentator
1:45 p.m.		Immigrant Success Stories Panel Moderator – Sylvia Mendez Member Development Officer IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union Maria L. Buendia-Lobato, Mental Health Professional Martha Garcia, Realtor 5 Star Realty, Marshalltown, Ia Samar Halabi, Restaurateur Phoenician Cafe Tarsicio Macias, Publisher Hola America (Panel assembled in cooperation with Judith Morrell, Davenport Civil Rights Commission and Nora Dvorak)
3:00 p.m.		Break
3:15 p.m.		Small Business Panel Moderator – Marco Laviada "Retired" Entrepreneur Ramiro Vazquez, General Contractor Jamie McLaughlin Business Services Consultant, Success Network Merton Sachs, SCORE Volunteer Donna Scalf, Director Small Business Development Center, Black Hawk College
4:15 p.m.		Networking Event Sponsored by Illinois Bankers Association and the Iowa Bankers Association
		This conference was presented with the cooperation and collaboration of: Davenport Civil Rights Commission (Judith Morrell) Dvorak, Nora First National Bank, Davenport (Richard Lamb) Group O (Robert Ontiveros) IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union (Sylvia Mendez) Illinois Bankers Association Illinois Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce (Sue Martel) Iowa Bankers Association Project Now (Stella Schneekloth and Marilyn Crowe) RiverStone Group (Robert Imler) Southeast National Bank (Tom Robinson) The Success Network/Partners in Job Placement and Training (Jamie McLaughlin)