Finance & Equity Event

An equitable recovery for small businesses in the wake of devastating economic impact from the COVID-19 pandemic presents an imperative and an opportunity. While the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) proved essential for most businesses that received this relief funding, Black- and Hispanic-owned businesses were less likely to get PPP loans. Recent analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that although technology-enabled lenders represented a relatively small share of all PPP loans, these lenders played a critical role in serving business owners of color and businesses that needed relatively small loans. 

Join AARP and Reimagine Main Street, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, for an upcoming virtual event.


  • What: Finance & Equity: Insights from the PPP on How Technology Might Help Better Serve Business Owners of Color and Their Communities
  • When: Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 12:00 pm ET


We hope you can join us for this critical conversation about what lessons can be drawn from the PPP to advance more equitable lending to Black, Hispanic, and older small business owners. 

Keynote Speaker:

Hon. Isabella Casillas Guzman

Administrator 

The US Small Business Administration 

Moderators:

David Clunie

Executive Director

Black Economic Alliance

Grady B. Hedgespeth

Assistant Director,

Small Business Lending Markets

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Nancy LeaMond

Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer

AARP

Speakers & Panelists:

Annie Donovan

Chief Operating Officer

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

Carmen Tapio

CEO

North End Teleservices, LLC

Claire Kramer Mills

Assistant Vice President and Director of Community Development

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Darrin Williams

CEO

Southern Bancorp 

Erica Khalili

General Counsel

Square Financial Services

Jessica Battisto

Senior Analyst

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Luz Urrutia

President & CEO

Accion Opportunity Fund

Renee Johnson

Co-Lead

Reimagine Main Street

Rhett Buttle

Founder & Principal

Public Private Strategies

Robert Villarreal

Chief External Affairs Officer

CDC Small Business Finance

Sean Salas

Co-Founder & CEO

Camino Financial

Susan Weinstock

Vice President, Financial Resilience Programming AARP

Tammy Halevy

Co-Lead

Reimagine Main Street

Usman Ahmed

Head of Global Public Policy PayPal

Earlier this year, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published new research on how the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was distributed. Be sure to check out the research below in advance of the event!


Earlier this year, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published new research on how the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was distributed. Be sure to check out the research below in advance of the event!


AARP is the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older to choose how they live as they age.

Reimagine Main Street, a project of the Public Private Strategies Institute, is a multi-stakeholder, cross-sector initiative focused on ensuring an equitable recovery from the COVID-19 crisis for small businesses and their workers. 

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York works within the Federal Reserve System and with other public and private sector institutions to foster the safety, soundness and vitality of our economic and financial systems.

AARP is the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering people 50 and older to choose how they live as they age.

Reimagine Main Street, a project of the Public Private Strategies Institute, is a multi-stakeholder, cross-sector initiative focused on ensuring an equitable recovery from the COVID-19 crisis for small businesses and their workers. 

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York works within the Federal Reserve System and with other public and private sector institutions to foster the safety, soundness and vitality of our economic and financial systems.

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