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Advocacy Day and Pre-Conference Cocktail Reception: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025 Peer Forum Conference: Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 and Thursday, June 5th, 2025 Meeting Location: National Housing Center (NHC) Auditorium at: 1201 15th St NW, 1st floor, Washington, DC 20005 Attire: Business casual for all Peer Forum activities
Hotel Information: The National Housing Center is located in downtown, Washington D.C., within walking distance of a variety of hotels offering rooms at a wide range of price points. We invite you to explore some of the options in our “Hotel Options List.” Please note that CDBA has not arranged a room block at any individual hotels for this event.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding Advocacy Day, please email Joey Zeldin at zeldinj@pcgloanfund.org.
Schedule:
June 3: Advocacy Day & Pre-Conference Cocktail Reception at 5:30 pm ET
June 4: Sessions from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm ET
Cocktail reception at 6:00 pm ET followed by dinner at 7:30 pm ET at Zaytinya
Kent Curtis is President and CEO of First Southwest Bank in Durango, Colorado. First Southwest is a community bank that serves rural Colorado and focuses on building valuable connections, fostering community growth, and strengthening social and economic diversity. In his role as CEO since 2012, Mr. Curtis has led the bank through the Great Recession and its application for designation as a CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) in November 2014.
He also serves as President of First Southwest Community Fund, a 501(c)3, and is co-founder of HelloBello, an web based software for rural-based lenders to easily access creative and in-depth financing solutions. HelloBello facilitates access to credit and financial services for underserved communities.
He is a graduate of Fort Lewis College (Durango, Colorado) and the University of Wisconsin's Graduate School of Banking.
