Friday Webinar Updates
March 5, 2021, 1-2pm ET
- CDFI Fund – Rapid Response Program (RRP) Overview for Native CDFIs
- Register here
February 19, 2021, 1-2pm ET
- USDA Rural Development – Programs Overview
- View here
August 7, 2020
- Featured member: Chad Marchand, Vice President, National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED)
July 31, 2020, 1pm ET
- Featured member: Sheila Herrera, Executive Director, Tiwa Lending Services
July 24, 2020, 1pm ET
July 17, 2020, 1pm ET
- Special Guest: Jeanie Hovland, (Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe), Commissioner for the Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
- Featured Member: Russ Seagle, Executive Director, Sequoyah Fund
July 10, 2020:
- Featured Trainer: Jack Northrup, New England Market Research
- Featured Member: Nikki Love, NDN Collective
- Featured Guest: Barry Wides, Office of Comptroller of Currency (OCC)
June 26, 2020
- Special Guests: Jodie Harris and Clint Hastings (Cherokee) of the CDFI Fund
- Featured Member: Stephen Highers, Cherokee Nation Economic Development Trust
Video: https://youtu.be/DA2NSkevY1E
June 19, 2020
- Special Guest: Erik Stegman (Nakoda), Executive Director, Native Americans in Philanthropy.
- Featured Member: Angie Main (Fort Belknap Gros Ventre Tribe), Executive Director, NACDC Financial Services
Video: https://youtu.be/W3Lr8fWmL4E
June 12, 2020
- Special Guest: Elsie Meeks (Oglala Lakota Sioux), Chair of Board of Trustees for Native American Agriculture Fund, Board Member for Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
Video: https://youtu.be/vJ_E9fcv77E
Slides
June 5, 2020
- Special Guest: Dante Desiderio, Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA)
- Member highlight: Amber Schulz-Oliver, ED, ATNI Economic Development Corporation
Video: https://youtu.be/wpIwPfW-1XY
May 29, 2020
- Special Guest: Congresswoman Sharice Davids
- Member highlight: Tawney Brunsch, ED, Lakota Funds
Video:
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May 22, 2020
- Special Guest: Kevin Allis, CEO, National Congress of American Indians
- Member highlight: Dave Tovey, ED, Nixyáawii Financial Services
Video:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/-cZpaL3y1WZJcKvP43jCR4QQPrjFT6a80Hcc8_oNmk0eJUyksWqwK76NE29zu_kB
May 15, 2020
Member Highlights:
- Dave Castillo, CEO, Native Community Capital
- Jackie Pata, CEO, Tlingit and Haida Regional Housing Authority
Special Guests:
- Sonia Jimenez, Deputy Administrator for the Specialty Crops Program at the USDA
- William “Bill” Beam, Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs (DAFP), FSA, USDA
Video: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/uetKH6Hp3HJIY5Hyxn_Fc44MD779aaa8hCVM8vYFn0tVxcGiUyX6eYgu5T0JulMd Password: 2W+JhPaS
May 8, 2020, 1pm ET
Special guest:
- Lisa Mensah, President and CEO of the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN)
May 1, 2020
Special guests:
- Janie Hipp, CEO, Native American Agriculture Fund
- Colby Duren, Director, Indigenous Farm and Agriculture Initiative
- Marcq Sung, Director of Program Strategy & Development, Community Reinvestment Fund
Video: https://youtu.be/gs3cMRn3J6E
April 24, 2020
Special guest: Zach Duchenaux, Executive Director, Intertribal Ag Council
Video: https://youtu.be/yIR_rnAUnQE