Conference Speakers
August 4-7, 2019
The Langham Huntington
Marcia Davies
Chief Operating Officer of Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and Founder of mPower
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Dr. Chitra Dorai
Computer Scientist, Data Science and AI Expert, Founder and CEO, Amicus Brain Innovations Inc.
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Desiree Patno
CEO NAWRB, Chairwoman NDILC, Advisor Amicus Brain, CSO ZuluTime, Speaker, Award Winning Publisher, CEO Desiree Patno Enterprises, Inc., Social Impact Leader
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Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire
CEO, 2020 Women on Boards,
CEO, Berkhemer Clayton Retained Executive Search
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Brett Danaher
Assistant Professor of Economics and Management Science at Chapman University
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Nicole Cober
Principal Managing Partner of Cober Johnson and Romney (CJR), Legal Analyst, DC Fox News, Board Member, National Women's Business Council (NWBC)
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Saul Schwartz
Director, Office of Minority & Women Inclusion, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Scharrell Jackson
Partner, Chief Operating Officer| Chief Financial Officer at Squar Milner LLP, CEO & Founder, Leadership in Heels
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Vanessa Montanez
VP- Sales and Business Development Manager, National Specialized Sales & Strategic Markets at US Bank Home Mortgages
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Erica Courtney
President of 2020vet and Zulu Time U.S. Army Aviation Major,
NATO Gender Advisor
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Dr. Alexis Crow
Lead, Geopolitical Investing practice, PwC; Senior Fellow, Columbia Business School; Global Business and Economics, Atlantic Council
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Kamal Latham
Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (USVIEDA)
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Terri Billups
Los Angeles District Office SBA
Assistant District Director, Economic Development
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Cynthia Blanchard
President of Anthem Vault, Inc., AnthemGold, Inc., and Hercules, SEZC
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John Figueroa
CEO & Managing Partner of Bailey Cavan Capital LLC, former CEO & Board member of Genoa Healthcare, former CEO & remains Chairman of Apria Healthcare Group Inc.
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Marina B. Walsh
Vice President, Industry Analysis Research and Economics
Mortgage Bankers Association
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Anne Miskey
Chief Executive Officer of Union Station Homeless Services, serving Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley
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Marlene Nantell
Director of Business Development for Southern California Minority Supplier Developer Council
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Past NAWRB Conference Speakers:
Sharon Asar, Deputy Ombudsman, CFPB Ombudsman’s Office
Victor Christiansen, Chief of Minority and Women Business and Diversity Inclusion Branch of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, FDIC
Melanie Gass, Sr. Partner Channel Marketing Manager SMB&D, USSMB Business Development, Microsoft
Stuart Ishimaru, Director of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
John Moon, District Manager, Community Development, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Cheryl Travis-Johnson, COO, VRM Mortgage Services
Sharron P. A. Levine, Director of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI), at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
Diana Mendley Rauner, First Lady of Illinois
Sarah Goldfrank, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Fannie Mae
David Hrobon, President and CEO, Wintrust Mortgage
Tamara King, VP of Residential Policy and Member Engagement, Mortgage Business Association
Karen Przypyszny, Managing Director of Special Initiatives at the National Equity Fund
Deborah Baldwin, Deputy Director, Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI)
James K. Joseph, Region V, FEMA
Quinn Palomino, CEO, majority shareholder and member of the Board of Managers of Virtua International Holdings
Gail E. Bellefontaine, COO – Herbert Landy Insurance Agency Inc.