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WASHINGTON - March 14, 2015 - PRLog -- Attend the African American Briefing for Financial Professionals! Network  with leaders including:

Sheila Clark – Director of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Richard Cordray, Director- Federal Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.

Pamela A. Gibbs - Director of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, Securities and Exchange Commission

Cheryl Pearson- McNeil, Neilsen Research - The African American market: Size, potential, how to engage.

Donnell Spivey - President - National Association of Real Estate Brokers.

Valerie J. Van Meter – Senior Vice-President, Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, and Director, Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago

Catherine Winter – DiverseCity OnBoard at Maytree Foundation, Toronto, Canada

Al Zapanta, President & CEO, United States- Mexico Chamber of Commerce

Executives from the American Bankers Association.

Booz Allen Hamilton International Strategic Consultants.

Economic experts presenting  Canadian and Mexican financial overviews.

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A DO NOT MISS EXCLUSIVE EVENT MARCH 23-25, 2015!

Cutting edge national and international briefings at the distinguished United States Capitol Visitors Center and the American Bankers Association Headquarters.

RSVP at ufscnet.org

A international delegation from Urban Financial Services Coalition will meet in Washington, D.C. March 23-25, 2015 for the 5th Annual African American Briefing for Financial Professionals.  This year’s briefing will include many new opportunities for you to meet and learn from business, governmental and industry leaders in the financial services industry.

   Agenda

   Sunday, March 22, 2015- 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM   Newseum — a 250,000-square-foot museum of news — offers visitors an experience that blends five centuries
of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits. The featured exhibits are the “Make Some Noise: Students and the Civil Rights Movement”
and “1964: Civil Rights at 50.” The Newseum is located at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001, (the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and
Sixth Street, NW, Washington, DC, on America's Main Street between the White House and the U.S. Capitol and adjacent to the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall).

   5:30 PM  Dinner at Matchbox Restaurant, 1713 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20001

   Monday, March 23, 2015
   8:00 AM – 5:00 PM  Capitol Hill  Visitor Center, First St SE, Washington, DC 20515

         Briefing from Government Leaders
         Roundtable Discussions including International experts.

   11:30 AM – 1:00 PM  Leadership Luncheon: Resilient, Receptive, and Relevant: The Power of the African American Consumer - featuring Cheryl Pearson-
McNeal, SVP, U.S. Strategic Community Alliances and Consumer Engagement, Nielsen.

   5:30 PM – 7:00 PM    Evening Reception, Washington Marriott Marquis, Washington, DC. Sponsored by American Bankers Association (Registered Attendees Only)

   Tuesday, March 24, 2015

   8:00 AM – 9:00 AM     White House Tour (Registration Closed)

   9:00 AM – 10:30 AM   White House Briefing

   11:00 AM -1:30 PM     CFPB Meeting

   1:30 PM – 6:00 PM     Capitol Hill Briefing, Capitol Hill Visitor Center, First St. SE, Washington, DC 20515

   6:45 PM - Networking Dinner at Georgia Brown’s: Georgia Brown’s restaurant is a Washington D.C. favorite for visitors and natives of the Washington D.C. Chef Bryan
Yearly, Georgia Brown’s Executive Chief, brings together the cooking influences of Africans, the French Huguenots, and the Sephardic Jews from Portugal and Spain to
provide attendees a uniquely diverse and history rich southern cuisines to enjoy while networking. **Attendees are responsible for their own transportation to dinner and
the cost of dinner**

   Wednesday, March 25, 2015

   8:00 AM – 4:00 PM   Think Tank - “State of Minority Professionals in the Financial Services Industry” Forum

   Featured Speakers:

       Sheila Clark – Director of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Office of Diversity and Inclusion
       Pamela A. Gibbs - Director of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, Securities and Exchange Commission.
       Valerie J. Van Meter – Senior Vice-President, Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, and Director, Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago
       Catherine Winter – DiverseCity OnBoard at Maytree Foundation

   Location: American Bankers Association Building, 1120 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036

   Walter Brown
   International President
   UFSCNET.org

Keywords:
National Association of Black MBAs, National Association of Black Accountants, National Coalition of 100 Black Women,
100 Black men, National Medical Society, National Bar Association, US Black Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce, American Bankers Association, Financial Planning Association, CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst Associates),
NESBY, Urban League, NAACP, Operation Hope, , ALPFA, BDPA, National Sales Network, NOBLE, Blacks in Government,
National Association of Black Journalists, Federal Reserve Bank, Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation,
Chicago Board of Trade, Discover Financial Services, US Bank, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, AON Insurance,
Morningstar, Ariel Investments, Northern Trust, BMO Harris Bank, The Commercial Club of Chicago, City Club of Chicago,
Comerica, Citibank, State Farm, Chicago Exchange, Prudential, JP Morgan Chase, Fifth Third, GE Financial, HSBC,
Mastercard Worldwide, FDIC, SEC, OCC, NCUA, OMWI, emerging market, Illinois Department of Insurance, US Treasury,
Currency trade, Securities markets, Insurance, Investment Banking, credit card services, mortgage, deposit and checking accounts,
accounting, information technology, government relations, transaction services, crowd funding, non bank, hedge funds,
networking, career, employment, training, volunteer, community service, financial literacy, empowerment, survey, talent, recruit,
business, sales, service, youth mentoring, african american, mentoring, nareb, canada, mexico, united kingdom.