Roundtable discussion on “Investing in Economic Sovereignty: Leveraging Federal Financing for New and Sustained Development in Native Communities”

Date: October 20, 2021

Time: 2:30 PM

Location: Dirksen

Room: 628

Witnesses

Mr. Clint Hastings

Associate Program Manager for Native Initiatives, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

Ms. Fatima Abbas

Senior Advisor, Office of Recovery Programs

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

Ms. K. Denise Edwards

Acting Director, Office of Indian Economic Development & Chief of the Division of Economic Development

U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC

Mr. Casey Lozar

Vice President, Center for Indian Country Development

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN

*Accompanied by Matt Gregg, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Mr. Kūhiō Lewis

President & Chief Executive Officer

Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA), Kapolei, HI

Mr. Richard Frias

Executive Director

Native American Financial Officers Association (NAFOA), Washington, DC

Mr. Pete Upton

Board Chairman

Native CDFI Network (NCN), Washington, DC

The Honorable Arlan Melendez

Chairman

Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Reno, NV

Mr. Carl Marrs

Chief Executive Officer

Old Harbor Native Corporation, Old Harbor, AK