Below are regional roundtables held under the FHLBank System at 100: Focusing on the Future Initiative. To view the video or transcript for a particular roundtable, click the Video and Transcript link below the specific roundtable. Click here to view discussion questions for all regional roundtables.
| Regional Roundtables | |
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| March 20: Virtual Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: Access to the FHLBank System in Alaska
Participants: Colleen Dushkin, Association of Alaska Housing Authorities; Carol Gore, Cook Inlet Housing Authority; Lauren MacVay, True North Federal Credit Union; Chris Perez, Rasmuson Foundation; Alana Peterson, Spruce Root |
| March 17: Virtual (March 16 in the mainland US) Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: Access to the FHLBank System in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
Participants: Gerard Cruz, Community First Guam Federal Credit Union; Maria Leon Guerrero, Bank of Guam; Philip Flores, BankPacific; Jesse Palacios, Northern Marianas Housing Corporation; Mary Guerrero, Guam Housing Corporation |
| March 17: Virtual Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: Access to the FHLBank System in Hawaii and American Samoa
Participants: Phil Bacchus, American Savings Bank; Scott Fujii, Bank of Hawaii; Michelle Ka’uhane, Hawaii Community Foundation; Kuhio Lewis, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement; Heather Piper, Hawaii Community Reinvestment Corporation |
| March 13: Boston, MA Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: Corporate governance and system structure
Participants: Stephen Cross, Alvarez & Marsal; Edward Golding, MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy; Michael Hanson, Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation; Chris Herbert, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies |
| March 8: San Juan, PR Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: Access to the FHLBank System
Participants: Aurelio Arroyo, Cooperativa Jesús Obrero; Sasha Davila, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Carla Haeussler-Badillo, Fundacción MMM; Vannessa Pineiro, Banco Popular; Maria Rodriguez-Collazo, PathStone Corporation; Michelle Sugden Castillo, MSConsulta LLC; René Vargas Martínez, Inclusiv; Natalia Zequeira Díaz, Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions |
| March 6: Wilmington, NC Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: Climate resiliency: preparedness and response, and risk management considerations
Participants: David Beck, Self-Help; Miyuki Hino, UNC Chapel Hill; Richard Moore, First Bancorp; Caroline Nagy, Americans for Financial Reform; Steven Rothstein, Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets |
| March 3: Washington, DC Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: FHLBank member products and services
Participants: Mark Curtiss, Massachusetts Housing Partnership; Todd Kopstein, Cascade Financial; Daniel Nissenbaum, Low Income Investment Fund; Benson F. (Buzz) Roberts, National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders; Ted Tozer, Urban Institute; Timothy Tuz, Wintrust Mortgage |
| March 1: Detroit, MI Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: FHLBank member products and services
Participants: George Collins, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (ret.); Kristin Faust, Illinois Housing Development Authority; Timothy Ha, First Independence Bank; Tony Lentych, Traverse City Housing Commission; Sonya Mays, Develop Detroit; Joseph Reilly, Community Development Trust; Donald Rencher, City of Detroit; Linda Smith, U-Snap-Bac |
| February 27: Athens, OH Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: Affordable housing and community development in rural and underserved communities
Participants: Tammy Bobo, Hocking Valley Bank; Sara Morgan, Fahe; Dave Kreher, People’s Self-Help Housing; Katie Kramer, Council of Development Finance Agencies; Jerry Rickett, Kentucky Highlands Investment Company; Jonathan Welty, Ohio Capital Finance Corporation |
| February 17: Boise, ID Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: Emerging high-cost areas
Participants: Bud Compher, NeighborWorks Boise; Brady Ellis, Idaho Housing and Finance Association; Vanessa Fry, Idaho Policy Institute at Boise State University; Michelle Griffith, ARCH Community Housing Trust; Dutch Haarsma, NewWest Community Capital; Wes Jost, Zions Bank; Caleb Roope, The Pacific Companies |
| February 15: Los Angeles, CA Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: Affordable housing and community development in financially vulnerable communities
Participants: Debbie Chen, Little Tokyo Service Center; Carol Galante, Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley and The Housing Lab; Lori Gay, Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County; Robin Hughes, Housing Partnership Network; Tiena Johnson Hall, California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA); Monica Mejia, East LA Community Corporation (ELACC); Ashley Thomas III, National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) and LA Top Broker |
| February 13: Las Vegas, NV Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: CDFIs, community and economic development
Participants: Andrew Gordon, Clearinghouse CDFI; Audra Hamernik, Nevada HAND; Wally Murray, Greater Nevada Credit Union; Joe Neri, IFF; Tunua Thrash-Ntuk, The Center by Lendistry; Rodrigo Vela, Raza Development Fund |
| December 15: Philadelphia, PA Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: FHLBank membership eligibility and requirements, collateral, and safety and soundness.
Participants: Byron L. Boston, Dynex Capital; Joan Brodhead, Community First Fund; Laurie Goodman, Urban Institute; Pat McEnerney, Freedom Mortgage; Anand Solanki, Citadel Federal Credit Union; Julieann Thurlow, Reading Cooperative Bank; James J. Vance, Western & Southern Financial Group |
| December 12: Baltimore, MD Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: FHLBank support for communities of color and closing the racial homeownership gap.
Participants: Hope Atuel, Asian American Real Estate Association of America; Rev. Luis Cortes, Jr., Esperanza; David Dworkin, National Housing Conference; Bryan Greene, National Association of Realtors; Rian Hargrave, Onyx Development; Jason Riveiro, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals; Glenn Wilson, Communities First, Inc. |
| December 8: Washington, DC Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: FHLBank support for Native American communities, from the CDFI and nonprofit perspective.
Participants: Dave Castillo, Native Community Capital; Robin Puanani Danner, Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations; Fern Orie, Oweesta; Tonya Plummer, Enterprise Community Partners; Jeff Tickle, Cook Inlet Lending Center; Mel Willie, NeighborWorks America; Rollin Wood, Native Partnership for Housing |
| December 1: Oklahoma City, OK Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: FHLBank support for Native American communities, from the tribal perspective.
Participants: Jason Brower, First State Bank of Anadarko; Robert Fightmaster, First National Bank and Trust; Holly Johnson, Ayukpa Apelachi, LLC; Valerie Powell, Choctaw Nation Housing Authority; Shay Stanfill, Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation; Gene Watson, Chickasaw Community Bank; Sharon Wise, Native American Housing Services, Inc. |
| November 21: Indianola, MS Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: FHLBank support for rural communities. Participants: Daniel Boggs, Greater Greenville Housing and Revitalization Association; Julie Brooks, Mississippi Home Corporation; Mala Brooks, Washington County, MS; Cindy Holler, Community Housing Capital; Dr. Calvin R. King, Sr., Arkansas Land and Farm Development Corporation; John Olaimey, Southern Bancorp; Ed Sivak, Hope Enterprise Corporation and Hope Credit Union |
| November 17: Chicago, IL Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: FHLBank support for affordable housing and community development in financially vulnerable communities.
Participants: Pamela Daniels-Halisi, BMO Commercial Bank; Matt Feldman, Common Securitization Solutions; Wendell Harris, Chicago Community Loan Fund; Ianna Kachoris, Chicago Community Trust; Raul Raymundo, The Resurrection Project; Anthony Simpkins, NHS Chicago; Stacie Young, Community Investment Corporation |
| November 2: Washington, DC Video and Transcript Roundtable Summary |
Topic: Inaugural roundtable on the mission and purpose of the FHLBank System.
Participants: Ryan Donovan, Council of Federal Home Loan Banks; Megan Haberle, National Community Reinvestment Coalition; Cornelius Hurley, Boston University School of Law; Beth Lipson, Opportunity Finance Network; Congressman Bruce Morrison, Morrison Public Affairs Group; Rebeca Romero Rainey, Independent Community Bankers of America; Barry Zigas, Consumer Federation of America |
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