Registration & Networking Breakfast

Event Kick-Off

Keith A. Carswell, Director, Department of Economic Innovation & Development @ City of Miami

Opening Remarks

Mayor of Miami Francis X. Suarez
Welcome on behalf of the City of Miami

Distirct 2 City of Miami Commissioner Damien Pardo and Chairman @ OMNI CRA
Welcome on behalf of the OMNI CRA

Fireside Chat:
The Power of Opportunity Zones

• Moderator: Mayor Francis X. Suarez
• Guest: HUD Secretary Scott Turner

Break

Public-Private Partnerships
& Future Opportunities

• Moderator: Larry M. Spring, CPA, Assistant City Manager & CFO @ City of Miami
• Guest: Debra Sinkle Kolsky, President @ Redevco
• Guest: Chris Hodgkins, Chairman @ Miami Tunnel
• Guest: Neisen Kasdin, Miami Office Managing Partner @ Akerman, LLP

VIP Invite only Networking Lunch
on the 5th Floor

Community-Centered Development in
Opportunity Zones

• Moderator: Distirct 2 Commissioner Damien Pardo and Chairman @ OMNI CRA
• Guest: Isiaa Jones, Executive Director @ Omni CRA
• Guest: Chad Musgrove - VP @M&T Realty Capital Corporation
• Guest: Branko Kuzmanović, Director of Acquisitions @ Empira Group
• Guest: Frank Guerra, Principal @ Altis Cardinal, LLC

Break

Unlocking Capital for Opportunity Zone
Development

• Moderator: Sheri Thompson, Executive Vice President/Head of Affordable Housing @ Walker & Dunlop
• Guest: Neil Fairman, Chairman @ Plaza Equity Partners
• Guest: Alex Jugant, Deputy Chief Investment Officer @ Bridge Investment Group Managing Director – Head of Eastern U.S. Qualified Opportunity Zones / Acquisitions & Development
• Guest: Michael Van Der Poel, Founding Partner | Miami @ Acre 

Break

Legislative & Policy Impacts on OZs:
What’s Next?

• Moderator: Jose Felix (Pepi) Diaz, Executive Vice President & Partner @ Ballard Partners
• Guest: Steve Glickman, CEO @ Statt
• Guest: Roman Petra, Esq, CCIM, CRE, Partner @ Nelson Mullins

Break

Closing Remarks:
The Future of Miami’s Opportunity Zones