2017 Conference
Shared Values. Integrated Solutions.
City First’s 4th Annual Community Development Finance Conference
This day-long Conference will convene key community development stakeholders to build integrated solutions toward community prosperity and well-being for all, particularly in low to moderate income communities.
Key strategies discussed will range from effective public, private, and nonprofit and philanthropic partnership development including forming partnerships to help solve for racial inequities; as well as attracting investments into the impact economy.
Shared Values | Integrated Solutions For a More Inclusive Economy
This day-long Conference will convene key community development stakeholders to build integrated solutions toward community prosperity and well-being for all, particularly in low to moderate income communities.
Featured Speakers
Claire Zippel
DC Fiscal Policy Institute
Ed Lazere
DC Fiscal Policy Institute
Christopher Bradshaw
Dreaming Out Loud
Regina Northouse
Food Recovery Network
Sally Boulter
Impact Assets
C’pher Gresham
SEEDSPOTDC
Kate Goodall
Halcyon
Hosan Lee
TABLETRIBES
Tonia Wellons
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Steve Glaude
Coalition for Non Profit Housing and Economic Development
Schroeder Stribling
N Street Village
George A. Jones
Bread for the City
Maurice Jackson
Georgetown University
Tanya Stern
DC Office of Planning
Chris L. Jenkins
The Washington Post
Todd A. Lee
DCHFA
Leila Finucane
Victory Housing
Mark Kaufman
City First Enterprises and City First Homes
Harvey Yancey
H2DesignBuild
Gustavo Velasquez
Urban Institute
Tamara Smith
DC Primary Care Association
Maria Gomez
Mary’s Center
Michael Crawford
Unity Health Care, Inc.
Dr. C. Anneta Arno
DC Office of Health Equity
HyeSook Chung
DC Health and Human Services
Robert Holm
Information Technology Academy, McKinley Technology High School
Sarah Bauder
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Marla Dean
Bright Beginnings
Allison Kokkoros
Carlos Rosario PCS
Adriel Luis
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Rahsaan Bernard
THEARC
Sheldon Scott
Halycon Fellow
Ari Roth
Mosaic Theater of DC
Kay Kendall
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Chase Meachem
The Washington Post
Brian E. Argrett
City First Bank
Featured Speakers
Ed Lazere
DC Fiscal Policy Institute
Claire Zippel
DC Fiscal Policy Institute
Regina Northouse
Food Recovery Network
Christopher Bradshaw
Dreaming Out Loud
Sally Boulter
Impact Assets
C’pher Gresham
SEEDSPOTDC
Kate Goodall
Halcyon
Hosan Lee
TABLETRIBES
Tonia Wellons
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Steve Glaude
Coalition for Non Profit Housing and Economic Development
Schroeder Stribling
N Street Village
George A. Jones
Bread for the City
Maurice Jackson
Georgetown University
Tanya Stern
DC Office of Planning
Chris L. Jenkins
The Washington Post
Todd A. Lee
DCHFA
Leila Finucane
Victory Housing
Mark Kaufman
City First Enterprises and City First Homes
Harvey Yancey
H2DesignBuild
Gustavo Velasquez
Urban Institute
Tamara Smith
DC Primary Care Association
Maria Gomez
Mary’s Center
Michael Crawford
Unity Health Care, Inc.
Dr. C. Anneta Arno
DC Office of Health Equity
HyeSook Chung
DC Health and Human Services
Robert Holm
Information Technology Academy, McKinley Technology High School
Sarah Bauder
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Marla Dean
Bright Beginnings
Allison Kokkoros
Carlos Rosario PCS
Adriel Luis
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Rahsaan Bernard
THEARC
Sheldon Scott
Halycon Fellow
Ari Roth
Mosaic Theater of DC
Kay Kendall
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Chase Meachem
The Washington Post
Brian E. Argrett
City First Bank
AGENDA
The Role of Philanthropy
Barbara Harman, Catalogue for Philanthropy
Data Presentation
DC Fiscal Policy Institute – Ed Lazere and Claire Zippel
The Equity Equation
MODERATOR: Chris L. Jenkins, The Washington Post
DC Office of Planning – Tanya Stern
Bread for the City – George A. Jones
N Street Village – Schroeder Stribling
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development – Steve Glaude
Greater Washington Community Foundation – Tonia Wellons
The Foundation
MODERATOR: Gustavo Velasquez, Urban Institute
DC Housing Finance Agency – Todd A. Lee
H2 Design Build – Harvey Yancey
Victory Housing – Leila Finucane
City First Enterprises – Mark Kaufman
Place as a Determinant
MODERATOR: HyeSook Chung, Deputy Mayor for Health & Human Services
DC Department of Health, Office of Health Equity – Dr. C. Anneta Arno
DC Primary Care Association – Tamara Smith
Unity Health Care – Michael Crawford
Mary’s Center – Maria Gomez
An Economic Investment
MODERATOR: Jennifer Niles, Deputy Mayor for Education
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Sarah Bauder
Bright Beginnings – Dr. Marla M. Dean
Carlos Rosario PCS – Allison Kokkoros
McKinley Tech HS & On-Ramps to Careers – Robert Holm
Maurice Jackson, PhD, Georgetown University
Associate Professor of History; Publisher of the report: African-American Employment Population and Housing Trends in Washington DC
Creating Employment, Wealth, and Influence
MODERATOR: Marie Johns, DC Chamber of Commerce
Enlightened – Antwanye Ford
ThinkLocal First – Raj Aggarwal
DC Sweet Potato Cake – April Richardson
TABLETRIBES – Hosan Lee
Social Capital
MODERATOR: Ami Aronson, Bernstein Foundation
SEEDSPOTDC – C’pher Gresham
Impact Assets – Sally Boulter
Food Recovery Network – Regina Northouse
Dreaming Out Loud – Christopher Bradshaw
As Community Development
MODERATOR: Chase Meacham, The Washington Post
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities – Kay Kendall
Mosaic Theater of DC – Ari Roth
Halcyon Fellow – Sheldon Scott
Halcyon – Kate Goodall
THEARC – Rahsaan Bernard
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center – Adriel Luis