March 18, 2020 Exchequer Club Meeting

Dr. Mark A. Calabria, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency, will be our guest speaker at the Exchequer Club luncheon on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Dr. Calabria, nominated by President Trump in January 2019, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn in as Director of FHFA in April 2019. Prior to joining FHFA, Dr. Calabria was Chief Economist for Vice President Mike Pence, handling all economic policy issues with a focus on taxes, trade, manufacturing, financial services, and labor and housing. Immediately prior to his service with Vice President Pence, he spent eight years as Director of Financial Regulation Studies at the...
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November 20, 2019 Exchequer Club Meeting

Edward J. DeMarco, President, Housing Policy Council, will be our guest at the Exchequer Club luncheon on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. Ed DeMarco is President of the Housing Policy Council. Prior to joining HPC in June 2017, Ed was a senior fellow in residence at the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets. From 2009 to 2014, Ed was acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), where he served as the conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and regulator of those companies and the Federal Home Loan Banks. He has been named HousingWire Magazine’s Person of the Year for his impact...
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October 16, 2019 Exchequer Club Meeting

Jelena McWilliams, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, will be our guest speaker at the Exchequer Club luncheon on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. Jelena McWilliams was sworn in as the 21st Chairman of the FDIC on June 5, 2018. She serves a six-year term on the FDIC Board of Directors, and is designated as Chairman for a term of five years. Ms. McWilliams was Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary for Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio. At Fifth Third Bank she served as a member of the executive management team and numerous bank committees including:...
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September 18, 2019 Exchequer Club Meeting

Judith Erwin, Chief Executive Officer, Grasshopper Bank N.A., will be our guest speaker at the Exchequer Club luncheon on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. Judith has been in commercial banking for 35 years with the most recent 20 years focused in venture banking and the venture capital ecosystem, first in the San Francisco Bay Area and then in New York City for the past 10 years. Currently Judith is the founding CEO for the first digital commercial bank in the US, Grasshopper Bank N.A. Judith’s career journey began in 1982 after graduating from college. 1982 was a time of deep...
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