This year’s discussion will center on historic and contemporary issues impacting the flow of capital into and out of neighborhoods. The constructive roles CDFIs can play was featured.
Hosted by Penn IUR and Reinvestment Fund, the fifth memorial lecture was hosted on March 30, 2023 and included panelists George “Mac” McCarthy, President and CEO, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; Wendell Pritchett, James S. Riepe Presidential Professor of Law and Education, University of Pennsylvania (serving as moderator); Kerry Smith, Senior Staff Attorney, Community Legal Services; and Jillian White, CEO & Founder, Appraisal Insights.
The fourth memorial lecture was held April 26, 2022 and featured Jamie Bennett: Former Executive Director, ArtPlace America; Marland Buckner: Co-Founder and Principal, MB2 Solutions, will serve as moderator; Don Hinkle-Brown: President and CEO, Reinvestment Fund; Judilee Reed: President/CEO, United States Artists and Mark J Stern: Professor of Social Policy, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania. The discussion focused on the complementarity of arts, cultural activity, and community development.
Reinvestment Fund and Penn IUR hosted the third memorial lecture on April 20, 2021. The discussion focused on the role of community development financial institutions (CDFIs) in promoting equitable economic recovery in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speakers discussed the challenges and possibilities for CDFIs to increase access to loans and grant capital for small businesses, which have suffered disproportionately since the first state shutdown measures in March 2020. Speakers include Dudley Benoit, Executive Vice President, Alliant Capital; Raquel Favela, Central Team Leader, National Development Council; Everett Sands, CEO, Lendistry; and Theresa Y. Singleton, Senior Vice President, Community Development and Regional Outreach Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Don Hinkle-Brown, President and CEO, Reinvestment Fund, served as moderator.
View RecordingThe second memorial lecture was held January 31, 2020 and featured Anne Fadullon, Director, Department of Planning and Development, City of Philadelphia; Ira Goldstein, President of Policy Solutions, Reinvestment Fund; Bruce Katz, Co-Founder and Director, Nowak Metro Finance Lab; Brian Murray, Co-Founder and Principal, Shift Capital; and Rob Stephany, Director, Community and Economic Development, Heinz Endowments.
View RecordingOn October 3, 2018 Reinvestment Fund and Penn IUR hosted the first memorial lecture for path-breaking social innovator Jeremy Nowak. The event was a reflection and conversation about Nowak’s enduring work and featured Patricia Smith, President and CEO, The Funders’ Network, Ira Goldstein, President of Policy Solutions, Reinvestment Fund, and Governor Edward Rendell.