8:00 AM Breakfast and Registration
9:00 AM Introductions and Opening Remarks
- Karen Lawson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund
- Video Presentation: Dr. Gregory and Mona Robinson
9:30 AM Panel 1: The failed fair housing enforcement system
- Keenya Robertson, President/CEO, HOPE, Inc., Miami
- Foster Corbin, Executive Director, Metro Atlanta Fair Housing Services, Inc.
- Wayne Dawson Jr., Executive Director, Savannah-Chatham County Fair Housing Council
- Scott Chang, Relman & Dane PLLC
10:30 AM BREAK
11:00 AM Panel 2: Moving forward in fair lending
- James Carr, Chief Operating Officer, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
- Cal Bradford, President, Calvin Bradford and Associates
- Ira Goldstein, Director, Policy and Information Services, The Reinvestment Fund
12:00 PM LUNCH
1:30 PM Panel 3: The federal government: improving fair housing enforcement and HUD programs
- Leslie Proll, Director of the Washington office, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- Gary Acosta, Founder, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals; Managing Partner, New Vista
2:30 PM BREAK
3:00 PM Panel 4: A vision of fair housing for the future
- Lance Freeman, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
- Betsy Julian, former Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; President, Inclusive Communities Project
- Connie Chamberlin, President/CEO, Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Richmond
- Shanna Smith, President/CEO, National Fair Housing Alliance
