Session Speakers

Joaquin Altoro

Administrator, Rural Housing Service

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Ammar Askari

Director for Community Affairs Outreach | Office of the Comptroller of Currency

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Kristin Axtell

Duty to Serve Plan | Fannie Mae

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David Black

Community Development Expert | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

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Janis Bowdler

Counselor to the Secretary (Racial Equity) | U.S. Treasury

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Megan Cruz
Osage Nation

Senior Economic Education Specialist | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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Chrystel Cornelius
Ojibwe; Oneida

CEO & President | Oweesta

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Gary Cunningham

President & CEO at Prosperity Now

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Robin Danner
native Hawaiian

CEO & Co-Founder -Homestead Loan Fund | Chairwoman – SCHHA | NCN National Policy Chair

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Rep. Sharice Davids
Ho-Chunk Nation

U.S. House of Representatives · Kansas

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Andrew Gordon

Executive Advisor | Clearinghouse CDFI

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Vachon Harper-Young

Co-Head, BMO for Black and Latinx Businesses

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Jodie Harris

Director |U.S. Department of the Treasury’s CDFI Fund

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Courtney Haynes

Department of Energy | Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations

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Sheila D. Herrera

Executive Director | Tiwa Lending Service

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Candace Herring

Senior Community Development Oversight Analyst |Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

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Eric Howard

FHFA | Office of Housing and Community Investment | Principal Policy Advisor

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Michou Kokodoko

Project Director – Community Development and Engagement |Minneapolis Federal Reserve | Center For Indian Country Development

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Onna LeBeau
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska

Director | Office of Indian Economic Development Department of Interior

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Beth Lipson

Interim President and CEO and CFO | Opportunity Finance Network

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Cindy Logsdon

Treasurer | Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation

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Casey Lozar
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes

Vice President/Director | Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank | Center For Indian Country Development

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Angie Main
Montana Fort Belknap Gros Ventre Tribe

Executive Director | NACDC Financial Services, Inc.

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Vincent Maine

Senior Community Development Lender | Flagstar

 

 
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Marilynn Malerba
Mohegan Tribe

Treasurer of the United States

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Chad S. Marchand
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

Sr. Program Manager/Tribal and Indigenous Communities | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

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BEVERLY MEEK

First Vice President
Director of Community Reinvestment

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Robert J. Miller
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma

Professor of Law at Arizona State University | Author | Reservation Capitalism

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Ronald L. Milsap

Director | BMO Harris Bank

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Ben Navarro

Advisor – Affordable Housing Strategies for Rural and Native American Markets | Fannie Mae

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Fern Orie
Oneida

Chief Programs Officer Executive Vice President of Advocacy & Strategic Partnerships |
Oweesta

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Letticia Flores Poole

Co-Head for Black and Latinx Small Business BMO Harris Bank

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Tim Rios

Senior Vice President | Rural Strategy Leader | Social Impact & Sustainability | Wells Fargo

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Ben Sanders
Northern Cheyenne Tribe

Chief Financial Officer |Native American Development Corporation

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Steven Shepelwich

Senior Community Development Advisor Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

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Xochitl Torres Small

Under Secretary for Rural Development

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Joel Smith
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma

Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer | Native American Bank

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Senator Tina Smith

U.S. Senator – Minnesota

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Joshua Stallings

Deputy Director | Division of Bank Regulation (DBR)

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Pilar M. Thomas
Pascua Yaqui Tribe

Partner | Quarles and Brady

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Jeff Tickle

General Manager | Cook Inlet Lending Centers

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Nick Tilsen
Oglala Lakota

President & CEO | NDN Collective

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Pete Upton
Ponca Tribe Of Nebraska

Chairperson, Interim CEO | Native360 Loan Fund

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Jesse Van Tol

President & CEO | National Community Reinvestment Coalition

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Mel Willie
Navajo Nation

Director of Native Partnerships and Strategy | NeighborWorks

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Rollin Wood
Cherokee

Executive Director | Native Partnership for Housing

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