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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
Michal Kornecki started his banking career at First Eagle Bank in 2017 as a part-time Teller while attending the University of Illinois at Chicago. After graduating at the end of 2020, he became a full-time Credit Analyst, and thereafter became a Portfolio Manager. Now, he is a Commercial Banking Officer overseeing his own commercial loan portfolio working with local Chicagoland developers, real estate owners, and small businesses. Michal also focuses much of his time on community development efforts, finding ways to work with local non-profits and community partners in underserved communities through creative lending and deposit solutions.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Master of Business Administration in Real Estate Finance and Investment from DePaul University. He is also fluent in Polish.
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