Platinum Sponsor
 Citigroup (NYSE: C), the preeminent global financial services company which has 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, insurance, securities brokerage, and asset management. Citigroup is committed to helping make a difference in the communities where its employees and customers live and work and focuses its support on financial education, fostering community development and business entrepreneurs, and educating the next generation.
Gold Sponsor
 Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving 33 million consumer relationships with 5,700 retail banking offices, more than 16,000 ATMs and award-winning online banking with more than ten million active users. Bank of America is the #1 Small Business Administration lender in the United States. The company serves clients in 150 countries and has relationships with 96 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 82 percent of the Global Fortune 500. Bank of America Corporation stock (ticker: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Silver Sponsors
AmSouth Bank
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
Assets Alliance
Annie E. Casey Foundation
H & R Block
Conference Supporters and Others
Freddie Mac
Hibernia Bank
ShoreBank
Washington Mutual
Bank of Oklahoma
ISED Solutions
Compass Bank
Whitney Bank
Conference Partners  The Office of Community Services administers numerous vital programs
that support low-income individuals, families and communities and
address the causes and effects of poverty. OCS is a component of the
Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. Click here for more
information.  The Corporation for Enterprise Development fosters widely shared and
sustainable economic well-being by promoting asset-building and economic
opportunity strategies—primarily in low-income and distressed
communities—that bring together community practice, public policy, and
private markets in new and effective ways. It has offices in
WashingtonDC; San Francisco, CA; and Durham, NC.  The Center for Social Development's multi-purpose agenda encompasses
social theory, research, policy, practice and teaching. CSD commits to
social and economic development for impoverished families and
communities by studying and promoting innovation in the areas of asset
building, domestic policy, investment in people, enhancing family
stability and building strong communities. |
Special Events Sponsor
 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $1.1 trillion and operations in more than 50 countries. Under the JPMorgan, Chase and Bank One brands, the firm serves millions of customers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients. Separately,The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation is an independent, tax-exempt organization that partners with not-for-profit agencies to build and preserve community assets in the markets served by JPMorgan Chase, domestically and internationally. Focusing its work in three areas—arts and culture, community development, and pre-collegiate education—the Foundation is dedicated to using the financial and intellectual capital at its disposal to foster vibrant communities wherever JPMorgan Chase customers and employees live and work.
Host Committee
Nancy Montoya, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, New Orleans Branch
Samantha Bickham, The Greater New Orleans Foundation
Tish Allen, Fidelity Homestead Association
Lina Alfieri Stern, Tulane University
Denise Barrett, Foundation for the Mid South
Sunada Henderson, Whitney Bank
Diana Lewis, New Orleans Neighborhood Collaborative
Loyce Pierce Wright, Louisiana Commission on Human Rights
Larry Powell, Tulane/Xavier National Center for the Urban Community
Sheila Webb, Center for Empowered Decision Making
Anitra Kennedy Jarreau, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
Donna Addkison, Enterprise Corporation of the Delta
Laurie Vignaud Marshall, Hibernia Bank
Ben Johnson, Greater New Orleans Foundation
Jeffrey May, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
Glenn Richard, JP Morgan Chase
Advisory Committee
Jim Gatz, Office of Community Services of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Michael Sherraden, Center for Social Development
Gena Gunn , Center for Social Development
Angela Duran, Good Faith Fund
Michele Flynn, Tennessee Network for Community Economic Development
Margot Rawlins, Center for Venture Philanthropy
Eric Muschler, Michigan IDA Partnership
Brian Stewart, Washington Mutual
Ellen Tower , Citigroup
Roseanne Marmor, REACH
Benita Melton, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Andres Dominguez, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Lavern Leatherman, IDA graduate and RESULTS Volunteer
Maryann Barkus, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Tim Flake, D2D Fund, Inc.
Lisa Mensah, Aspen Institute
Emily DeMaria, United Way of America
Mike Chapman, Capital City Partnership, UK
Lina Alfieri Stern, Louisiana IDA Collaborative |
