2024 PROGRAM

8:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.

Registration, Networking & Continental Breakfast

9:00 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.

Introductions & Program Highlights

Chase Home Executive Director Heather East

WELCOME

City of Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley

Pam Brown, Executive Director, A.A. County Partnership for Youth, Children & Families

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Toni Strong Pratt - CEO People Builders

State of Anne Arundel County Housing

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman

9:30 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.

SYMPOSIUM KICKOFF

How the Governor’s 2024 Legislation Will Impact the Affordable Housing Shortage

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day

10 A.M. - 10:45 A.M.

PANEL PRESENTATION I

How to Create More Affordable Housing and Economic Development Opportunities

Moderator

Erin Karpewicz - CEO, Arundel Community Development Services

Panelists

Allison M. Pickard - Anne Arundel County Council Member Chairman

Delegate Shaneka Henson - State of Maryland

Amy Gowan - President and CEO, Anne Arundel County Economic Development Corporation

Tom Coale - Partner - Perry & Jacobson

10:45 A.M. - 11:35 P.M.

PANEL PRESENTATION II

Anne Arundel County Fair Housing, Accessory & Moderately Priced Dwelling Units

Moderator

Lisa Rodvien - Anne Arundel County Council Member

Panelists

Grant Searfoss - Vice President, Severn Development Company

Curtis Adams - Vice President, Conifer LLC

Greg Cantori - Owner/Principal of Cantori Cares

Laurie Benner - Associate Vice President, NFHA National Fair Housing Alliance, Wash. DC

11:35 P.M. - 12:30 P.M.

LUNCH AND KEYNOTE

Maryland State Senator Jeff Waldstreicher

12:30 P.M. - 1:30 P.M.

PANEL PRESENTATION III

Maryland Tenant’s Rights, Rental Housing Laws and Protection

Moderator

Lisa Sarro - General Counsel Arundel Community Development Services

Panelists

Delegate Bernice Mireku-North - State of Maryland

Matt Hill - Team Lead Lawyer - Public Justice Center

Linda Hanifin Bonner, Ph.D - ACT Arundel Coming Together

Ninfa Amador - Hernandez - CASA - MD Research and Policy Analyst

Alice Wilkerson - Advance Maryland - Executive Director

1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.

PANEL PRESENTATION IV

Non-Profits and Mission-Driven Developers Partner to Solve the Housing Crisis

Moderator

Clifton Martin - Symposium Advisor/CEO Emeritus, Housing Commission of Anne Arundel Co.

Panelists

Patrick Sheridan - Principal of Sheridan LLC

Daniel McCarthy - Executive Director, Episcopal Housing

Dana Johnson - President and CEO, Homes For America

Jonathon Rondeau - CEO The ARC and Chesapeake Neighbors

Jason W. Papanikolas - Vice President, AACo. Workforce Development Corporation

2:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.

LISTENING SESSION

5-Year Housing and Community Development Planning Stakeholder Listening Session Organized and Hosted by Arundel Community Development Services (ACDS)

Erin Karpewicz - CEO, ACDS, and Staff