EVENT PAYMENT
After registering,a payment link will be emailed to you.
Please join us for this exciting one-day event! Topics to be covered include:
- SBA Program Overview & Training
- Caprock Business Finance Corporation – SBA 504 Program Updates
- Small Business Development Center Updates
- The High Ground of Texas Regional Economic Development Updates
- Motivational Speaker – Maria Elena Duron
- Lender Roundtable - Panelists will cover a wide variety of hot topics affecting today’s lenders.
- And much, much more!
MAY 29, 2013 WOMEN'S LENDER FORUM
Wednesday, 8:30 am - 4pm
Odessa Country Club, Odessa - TX
The 1st Annual Women’s Lender Forum-Wednesday, May 29, 2013.
The event will be held at the Odessa Country Club located at #1 Fairway Drive in Odessa. The Forum covers a variety of hot topics to help make women within the lending industry become more Knowledgeable, Marketable, and Empowered.
The Women’s Lender Forum is open to all individuals within the lending industry.
The fee to attend the Forum is $50, which includes lunch. The deadline to pre-register for the Forum is 5:00 p.m., Friday, May 24, 2013. Registration is available at the door on the day of the event for $60.
Women's Lender Forum Agenda
8:30am: Registration & Networking
9:00am: Welcome & Introductions
- Kim Hobgood, SBA Economic Development Specialist
9:05am: Opening Remarks
- Calvin Davis, District Director, SBA West Texas District Office
9:15am: SBA Presentations
- Armando Garcia, Lead Lender Relations Specialist SBA Program Overview
- Derenda Fisher, Lender Relations Specialist SBA - Pathway To Your Personal Success In Small Business Lending
- Josie Salinas, Business Development Specialist SBA 8(A) Contracting & Women’s Programs
10:00am: Caprock Business Finance Corporation Presentation
- Cecily Miller, Director - SBA 504 Loan Programs
10:15am: Break
10:30am: Small Business Development Center Presentation
- Enrique Romero, Director - Small Business Development Center – The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
10:45am: S.C.O.R.E. (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
- Mike Greer, Lubbock S.C.O.R.E. Chair
11:00am: Midland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Rachel Stone, President/CEO
11:15am: Accion Texas Program Review
- Alicia Fannon,, Vice-President - Morth Region Lending
11:45am: Lunch Served
- Odessa Country Club
12:15pm: Motivational Speaker
- Maria Elena Duron, CEO | Speaker - Buzz2Bucks Word of Mouth Firm
12:45pm: Hot Topics 2013
- Karen M. Neeley - Cox/Smith Attorneys
1:15pm: Identity Theft & Fraud
- Shawn Mundy, Special Agent - Secret Service - Midland Office
1:30pm: Break
1:45pm: Environmental Regulations
- Ray L. McKim, III CPL/ESA
2:15pm: Lender Roundtable Session
- Roundtable Moderator: Cecily Miller, Director of Caprock Business Finance Corporation
- Panelists: Chris Cole – Southwest Bank; Shannon Smith – First Capital Bank; Ronny Haines – Southwest Heritage Credit Union; Elvira Valles – Accion Texas, Inc.; Gary Edmiston –SBDC; Andy Espinoza – Prosperity Bank
3:00pm: Closing Remarks
- Kim Hobgood, SBA Economic Development Specialist