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Mortgage Foreclosure Policy: Past, Present and Future For Home Owners, Renters, and Communities


December 9, 2009 to December 10, 2009
Sponsored By
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
The Chicago Community Trust
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago
Woodstock Institute
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 and Thursday, December 10, 2009
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago – Third Floor Conference Center

Wednesday, December 9 | Thursday, December 10

Wednesday, December 9
     
8:00 a.m.   Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.   Welcoming Remarks

  • Dan Sullivan
    Director of Research and Senior Vice President Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

  • Terry Mazany
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    The Chicago Community Trust
9:10 a.m.   A Message from the Mayor

  • Ellen Sahli
    1st Deputy Commissioner
    Department of Community Development
    City of Chicago
9:15 a.m.   Panel Discussion – The Past is Prelude: Experienced Players Reflect on the Past and Lessons Learned

Moderator
  • Bruce Gottschall
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago

Panelists
  • James H. Carr
    Chief Operating Officer
    National Community Reinvestment Coalition

  • Dan Immergluck, Professor
    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Ellen Seidman
    Senior Fellow in the Asset Building Program of the New America
    Foundation and Executive Vice President, National Program and Partnership Development, ShoreBank Corporation

10:30 a.m.   Break & Networking

10:45 a.m.   Panel Discussion – Foreclosure Prevention and Protection of Home Owners and Tenants

Moderator
  • Daniel P. Lindsey
    Supervisory Attorney of the Home Ownership Preservation Project
    Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
Panelists
  • Honorable Annette Rizzo
    Judge, First Judicial District and creator of the Residential Mortgage
    Foreclosure Diversion Pilot Program

  • Honorable Arthur M. Schack
    Supreme Court Justice
    Kings County, New York

  • Michael van Zalingen
    Director of Homeownership Services
    Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago

  • Ofelia Navarro
    Executive Director
    Spanish Coalition for Housing
12:00 p.m.   Lunch and Luncheon Address

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Julia Stasch
Vice President for U.S. Programs
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Luncheon Address

Vicki Bott – invited
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

1:15 p.m.   Panel Discussion – Local Government Options for Dealing with the Foreclosure Crisis

Moderator
  • Richard Mattoon
    Senior Economist and Economic Advisor
    Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Panelists
  • Adam Gross
    Director
    Business and Professional People for the Public Interest

  • David Pope
    Village President
    Village of Oak Park Illinois

  • Ellen Sahli
    1st Deputy Commissioner
    Department of Community Development
    City of Chicago

  • Samantha Tuttle
    Housing Staff Attorney
    Shriver Center
2:15 p.m.   Panel Discussion – Post-Foreclosure Issues

Moderator
  • Geoff Smith
    Vice President
    Woodstock Institute
Panelists
  • Rob Grossinger
    Senior Vice President of Community Development
    Bank of America

  • Pat Kallen
    President
    Illinois Association of Realtors

  • Alfredo Melesio Jr., AICP
    Neighborhood Services Director
    City of Joliet
3:15 p.m.   Break & Networking

3:30 p.m.   Panel Discussion – How to Prevent A Future Foreclosure Crisis

Moderator
  • Ngoan Le
    Vice President of Programs
    The Chicago Community Trust

Panelists
  • Dory Rand
    President
    Woodstock Institute

  • Thomas James
    Senior Assistant Attorney General
    State of Illinois
    Consumer Fraud Bureau and Federal Reserve Board Consumer Advisory Council Member

  • Paul S. Willen
    Senior Economist and Policy Advisor
    Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

  • Ted Wysocki
    Chief Executive Officer
    LEED Council and Board Chairman
    National Community Reinvestment Coalition
4:30 p.m.  

Holiday Reception will be in the First Floor Visitors' Center – Please join us for Networking and Holiday Cheer!



Thursday, December 10
     
7:30 a.m.   Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:15 a.m.   Welcoming Remarks

Alicia Williams
Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

8:30 a.m.   Panel Discussion – The Future of Regulatory Policy

Moderator
  • Paul Weech
    Senior Vice President for Policy
    Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future and Housing Partnership Network

Panelists
  • Michael A. Stegman, Ph.D.
    Director of Policy and Housing
    The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

  • Mark E. Pearce
    Deputy Commissioner of Banks
    State of North Carolina

  • Sendhil Mullainathan
    Professor of Economics
    Harvard University

  • Mark A. Willis
    Visiting Scholar at the Ford Foundation

9:45 a.m.   Break & Networking

10:00 a.m.   Panel Discussion – The Future of Housing Finance

Moderator
  • Debra Schwartz
    Director, Program-Related Investments
    The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Panelists
  • Craig Nickerson
    Lead Consultant and Project Director National Community Stabilization Trust

  • James Linnane
    Senior Vice President
    Retail Division Sales Manager
    Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

  • Keith Ernst
    Director of Research
    Center for Responsible Lending

  • Craig F. Marchbanks
    Assistant Vice President, Capital Markets
    Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

11:15 a.m.   Break & Networking

11:30 a.m.   Panel Discussion – Big Ideas for a National Housing Policy

Moderator
  • John G. Markowski
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Community Investment Corporation

Panelists
  • Erika Poethig
    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

  • John Emmeus Davis
    Partner
    Burlington Associates in Community Development

  • Jay Williams
    Mayor
    City of Youngstown, Ohio

  • Dean Baker
    Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research

12:45 p.m.   Lunch and Luncheon Address

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Gordon Werkema
First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Luncheon Address

Elizabeth A. Duke, Governor
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

2:00 p.m.   Panel Discussion – New Cooperative Models for the Future

Moderator
  • Erika Poethig
    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research
    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

  • Robin Snyderman
    Vice President of Community Development
    Metropolitan Planning Council

  • Jacques Sandberg
    Director of Housing, IFF

  • Elyse Cherry
    Chief Executive Officer
    Boston Community Capital

  • Pat Mahon
    Deputy Village Administrator
    Village of South Holland, Illinois

  • Daniel T. Kildee
    Founder of Genesee Land Bank
    Genesee County Treasurer, Michigan
3:15 p.m.   Closing Remarks and Adjourn

Michael V. Berry
Director, Emerging Issues Unit
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

   



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