2020 Lenders & Chief Credit Officers Conference

Dr. Peter Rupert is the professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and executive director of the UCSB Economic Forecast Project, a research unit providing economic data, analysis, and forecasts to the community. Dr. Rupert came to Santa Barbara from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, where he had been a senior economic adviser for 13 years.

Kevin Gould joined the California Bankers Association (CBA) in 2004, bringing with him more than seven years of legislative experience. In his role as senior vice president and director of state government relations, he oversees the management and operation of CBA’s state and federal government relations department and also serves as one of CBA’s three registered lobbyists.

Matthew May has successfully represented tenants, investors and property owners throughout the United States and abroad for over 25 years. Matthew founded May Realty Advisors in 2000 to bring a level of service and retail expertise to the investment area. Matthew has deep expertise in retail tenant representation, investment sales, project development and leasing, creative marketing, and core business economics acumen related to the investment sales segment of the business.

Lee Segal is President of Segal Commercial and an Experienced Commercial Real Estate Litigation Expert Witness.

Lee S. Segal is a recognized commercial and industrial real estate industry leader in Los Angeles with over 40 years of working in the California commercial real estate business including expert witness testimony.

Ben Lewis is a Managing Director for Chatham’s Financial Institutions team leading our business development efforts in the Western U.S. Since joining Chatham, Ben has worked with depositories of all sizes helping them manage interest rate risk through the prudent use of hedging strategies. Prior to his work with financial institutions, Ben worked with private equity firms and REITs to hedge their interest rate and foreign currency risk.

Scott Fieber is the Vice President of Strategic Solutions at Cook Security Group in Portland, Oregon, and has worked with Financial Institutions for over 10 years assisting them with their strategic direction.

A frequent speaker, instructor, advisor and writer on credit risk and commercial banking topics and issues, Dev is principal of Devon Risk Advisory Group and engages in consulting, speaking and training on a wide range of risk, credit, and lending topics. As former SVP and senior credit policy officer at SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, he was responsible for developing, implementing, and administering credit policies for SunTrust’s wholesale lines of business–commercial, commercial real estate, corporate investment banking, capital markets, business banking and private wealth management.

With her strong background in environmental science, coupled with a deep understanding of the commercial real estate business process, Ms. Redlin has become the leading expert in all things relating to commercial real estate due diligence.

For more than 20 years, David has worked at the senior executive level in both small private and large, public companies. David has over a decade of experience in commercial lending across multiple industries and has significant experience building and growing conventional, commercial loan portfolios in the community banking space.

Kenneth Miller is a Shareholder of Parker, Milliken, Clark, O’Hara & Samuelian APC and co-chair of its Financial Services and Creditors’ Rights Department. He enjoys a diverse practice, primarily focusing on representing lenders in complex real and personal property loan transactions.

Richard Ormond has over 20 years-experience that includes business law, real estate, banking, receivership law, cannabis regulations, commercial litigation, and restructuring.  He has tried cases in State Court, Federal Court and Bankruptcy Court and he has arbitrated dozens of matters. Mr. Ormond is recognized as one of the nation’s leading experts on receivership law and other equitable solutions.

Jim Fraser has over 30 years of experience in financial services, with an emphasis in construction lending and real estate development. Before Built, Fraser was EVP of Commercial Lending at Axos Bank, where he was responsible for commercial construction lending, income property, lender finance, equipment leasing and factoring, with a combined portfolio of $5 billion.

We will be utilizing the new WesternBankers app at our 2022 Lenders & Chief Credit Officers Conference. Download the app today in order to access the agenda, view the presentations, engage with other attendees, learn about event sponsors, get updates throughout the conference, and much more. Simply search “Western Bankers” in either the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store to download today. Once you are registered for the conference you will receive log-in instructions with the access code at a later date.