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NMTC Symposium Agenda

Wednesday, March 10: Optional Pre-Conference Symposium On New Markets Tax Credits

8:00 am

NMTC Steering Committee Meeting

(Executive Session. Steering Committee & Invited Guests Only)

9:00 am

Welcome & Introductions

9:15 am

Legislative Update & Technical Issues Roundtable

Jerry Breed, Bryan Cave LLP, Washington, DC
Alan Kennard, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP, Chicago, IL
Kristin DeKuiper, Holland & Knight LLP, Boston, MA
Michael Brostek, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC

10:15 am

Investor Roundtable

  • State of the NMTC Investment Market
  • Strategies to attract new NMTC Equity Investors

Laura Vowell , US Bank, Washington, DC
Claudia Robinson, Bank of America, Washington, DC
Margaret Anadu, Goldman Sachs, New York, NY
Lee Winslett, Wells Fargo, San Diego, CA
Jim Howard, Dudley Ventures, Phoenix, AZ
Matt Reilein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Chicago, IL
Ira Weinstein, Reznick Group, Baltimore, MD

11:15 am

Leveraged Lending and NMTC Debt Roundtable

  • State of the Leveraged Lender Marketplace
  • Considerations for Lenders in Troubled Economic Times
  • Alternative Leveraged Loan Sources
  • "One-Day-Loan" Structures

Michael Sanders, Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC
Tim Frens, Plante & Moran, PLLC, Elgin, IL
Miriam Sheehan, Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP, Boston, MA
Michelle Volpe, Boston Community Capital, Boston, MA

12:30 pm

Networking Lunch & Keynote Address

UPDATE: Robert Ibanez, Senior Policy and Program Officer, NMTC Program, CDFI Fund

2:00 pm

State of The Art: Using NMTCs To Develop Mixed-Use & Multifamily Real Estate

  • Innovative Mixed-Use NMTC Case Studies
  • Addressing Key Technical & Programmatic Issues Pertaining to Multifamily Projects with NMTCs

Deb Favreau, MHIC, Boston, MA
Steve Nolan, Nolan Sheehan Patten, Boston MA
Terri Preston-Koenig, Baker Tilly LLP, Madison, WI
Leigh Ann Smith, Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
John Ducey, Enterprise Community Investment, Columbia, MD

3:15 pm

Twinning NMTC With State and/or Federal Tax Credits

  • Case Studies Involving Energy Tax Credits, Federal & State Historic Tax Credits & State NMTCs
  • Case studies
  • Do’s and Don’t
  • Analysis of State NMTC Credits & How They Work

Jerry Breed, Bryan Cave LLP, Washington, DC
John Leith-Tetrault, National Trust Community Investment Corporation, Washington, DC
Brad Elphick, Novogradac & Co., Atlanta, GA
Lucie Searle, AS220, Providence, RI
Claudia Robinson, Bank of America, Washington, DC
Laura Vowell, US Bank, Washington, DC

4:30 pm

End of Sessions

Our Annual Meeting program continues at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach March 11-13, 2010. Click here to view the Affordable Housing Conference & Annual Meeting Agenda. If you are interested in participating on the 2010 Winter NMTC Symposium program or have a topic you would like to see covered please contact Thom Amdur at 202-939-1753 or tamdur@housingonline.com.

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