NCRC is excited and honored to announce its first Just Economy Conference Program Committee! Every year, leaders from across the country vie for the chance to present new ideas and facilitate cutting edge conversations at the Just Economy Conference. The program committee will help us identify the best proposals to bring to the 2025 Just Economy Conference.

Committee members are:

• Bethany Sanchez, Senior Administrator, Fair Lending Program, Metro Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, Co-chair
• Aaron Miripol, President & CEO, Urban Land Conservancy, Co-chair
• Evette Banfield, Chief Economic Development Officer, CNHED
• Julia Maria Delgado, Executive Vice, Urban League of Portland
• Steve Dubb, Senior Editor, Economic Justice, Nonprofit Quarterly
• Grant Duffield, Neighborhood Improvement Manager, City of Greensboro - Housing and Neighborhood Development Department
• Matthew Emery, Senior Policy Advisor, National Association of REALTORS
• DeMario Greene, Director, Policy and Government Relations, Chicago Community Loan Fund
• Suzanne Gunther, Communications Director, Community Opportunity Alliance
• Steve Hayes, Partner, Relman Colfax PLLC
• Willie Jordan, Community Investment Manager, Justine Peterson
• Armen Meyer, Co-founder, American Fintech Council
• Teresa Miranda, Senior Vice President, Prestamos CDFI, LLC
• Michael Roush, Director, Center for Disability-Inclusive Community Development, National Disability Institute
• Adam Rust, Director of Financial Services, Consumer Federation of America
• Kristina Shaw, Vice President, Goldman Sachs
• Lillian Singh, SVP Family Economic Mobility, Share Our Strength
• Moyah Smith, Retail Mortgage CRA Manager, M&T Bank
• Brian Stromberg, National Policy Director, Grounded Solutions Network
• Edwith Theogene, Racial Equity and Justice, Center for American Progress
• Stephanie Watkins-Cruz, Director of Housing Policy, NC Housing Coalition
• Bob Zdenek, Senior Advisor, CCRH and CCEDA

The committee is set just in time to start accepting your 2025 Just Economy Conference session proposals! We will be opening the call for proposals on August 5 - so stay tuned for more information coming your way next week!

Thanks for all that you do!

Team NCRC