2025 CDBA Peer Forum

Welcome to the 2025 CDBA Peer Forum website! Thank you for attending the largest annual gathering of CDFI, MDI, and other mission-focused bank representatives.

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Please contact us at cdbapeerforum@pcgloanfund.org if you have any questions.

We’d like to thank our growing list of 2025 Sponsors:
Diamond: FICO; IntraFi
Platinum: Baker Tilly US, LLP; Sones & White
Gold: Banc Consulting Partners; Mission Driven Bank Fund; Smiley Technologies, Inc.
Silver: American Bankers Association; HelloBello Financial; Independent Community Bankers of America; Regions Bank
Bronze: BNY; FUND Consulting; Jones Walker; Logue Advisory Group; National Community Investment Fund; RBC Global Asset Management; Stifel; Woodforest National Bank
Friends: Community Funding Advisors

Here’s the Peer Forum at a glance:

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
June 5: Sessions from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm ET

Krishna Patel

FDIC

Chief of Economic Analysis, Division of Insurance and Research

https://fdic.gov/

About me

Krishna Patel is the Chief of the Economic Analysis Section in the FDIC’s Division of Insurance and Research. She directs reports and presentations about economic conditions and risks to the banking system, including the FDIC’s Risk Review and Banking Issues in Focus articles. During her time at the FDIC, Krishna also worked in the banking and regulatory policy, leading the team’s projects on deposit insurance policy. She was detailed to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, where she worked on housing finance reform legislation, prepared materials for hearings on monetary policy, and evaluated and reported on economic trends and the impact of proposed banking policies. Krishna joined the FDIC in 2008 as a Financial Economist and has authored papers on various topics in economics and banking. Prior to joining the FDIC, Krishna worked at BNY Mellon. Krishna holds a Ph.D. in economics from Georgetown University, and a B.S. in economics finance from Bentley University.