May 17, 2019 – North Bethesda Marriott Conference Center -5701 Marinelli Rd

2019 Summit Agenda

8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Opening Session

Welcome and Greetings

Marc Elrich, Montgomery County Executive

Senator Chris Van Hollen

“Break the Barrier to Home Ownership” Closing Cost Assistance Awards

Lead Sponsors: Housing Opportunities Commission, PNC Bank, GCAAR, DHCD, SunTrust Bank

10:30 a.m. – 12:45 pm Session I & Session II Break-Out Panels

• Millennials & Seniors: Housing Challenges & Opportunities
• Opportunity Zones & Economic Development : Risks & Rewards
• Bricks or Bureaucracy? Costs in Affordable Housing Development
• The New Frontier: Private Capital Investing in Existing Affordable Housing 
• Discrimination & Bias in Affordable Housing Creation & Operation
• “Missing Middle" Housing: A Missing Piece?
• The Intersection of Transportation & Housing
• Innovations & Expectations: Is Money the Only Answer?

1:00 p.m. Luncheon & Awards Program

Keynote Address: Pamela Patenaude, Former Deputy Secretary of HUD

The Honorable Muriel Bowser : 2019 Robert C. Weaver Housing Champion

Senator Ben Cardin

Congressman Jamie Raskin

Congressman David Trone

Paul Sarbanes, former United States Senator

Awards Presentation

Paul Sarbanes Excellence in Public Service Award: Giorgio Angelini

Paul Sarbanes Excellence in Community Service Award: Main Street

Housing Partner of the Year: Kenneth C. Holt, Secretary of the Maryland Dept. of Housing & Community Development

Eugene F. Ford, Sr. Builder of the Year: Chevy Chase Land Company

Architectural Design Awards 

3:00 Screening of the award-winning documentary “Owned: A Tale of Two Americas" & Dessert Buffet

*Note: Housing and Development Expo will run from 8:00am to 4:30pm in the conference lobby