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The program will begin with keynote remarks from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Following the Senator’s remarks, a panel of NEC members will discuss the impact of the affordable housing crisis in the region and their organization’s efforts to address the situation. The panel discussion will be moderated by<a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsociology.fas.harvard.edu%2Fpeople%2Fira-jackson&data=05%7C01%7Calokken%40newenglandcouncil.com%7Ca48f8228892d48e35af808dbe544c44e%7Cf3cad1fa59f447f1a2d0881028dfa0e6%7C0%7C0%7C638355855761999020%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2fdxmRnuAd5a2rN7wUQv60Cz7nxChcmnpfu4%2BJRh8N4%3D&reserved=0"><span style='color:#276244;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> Ira Jackson</span></a>, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Research Fellow at the Mossavar/Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing: border-box;outline: 0px;text-size-adjust: 100%;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#464646'>Panelists to date include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#464646'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#464646'><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.keolisna.com%2Fauthor%2Ftavares-brewington&data=05%7C01%7Calokken%40newenglandcouncil.com%7C8048231c28284ea45b2c08dbe51becbb%7Cf3cad1fa59f447f1a2d0881028dfa0e6%7C0%7C0%7C638355680344954337%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=b%2B3Si66Ipt%2FCkGkNEutmSsKcmtl%2F3Pq6%2BRUOQam7mR8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style='color:#276244;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Tavares Brewington</span></a> - General Counsel and VP of Legal, Risk and Compliance, Keolis USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#464646'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#464646'><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconiferllc.com%2Fteam%2Fsean-carpenter%2F&data=05%7C01%7Calokken%40newenglandcouncil.com%7C8048231c28284ea45b2c08dbe51becbb%7Cf3cad1fa59f447f1a2d0881028dfa0e6%7C0%7C0%7C638355680344954337%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1Jc8I8C9a7ck4u35BCegPDSSL%2BWPM%2FO8zpFOPZJek1o%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style='color:#276244;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Sean Carpenter</span></a> - Regional Vice President, Development, Conifer Realty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#464646'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#464646'><a href="https://www.tbf.org/news-and-insights/newsletters/2018/june/soni-gupta" target="_blank"><span style='color:#276244;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Soni Gupta</span></a>, Associate Vice President, Neighborhoods & Housing, The Boston Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#464646'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#464646'>Todd Trehubenko – Executive Managing Director, M&T Realty Capital Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#464646'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#464646'><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fhlbboston.com%2Ffhlbank-boston%2Fken-willis%23%2F&data=05%7C01%7Calokken%40newenglandcouncil.com%7C8048231c28284ea45b2c08dbe51becbb%7Cf3cad1fa59f447f1a2d0881028dfa0e6%7C0%7C0%7C638355680344954337%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sDS%2Fd310Ou%2FJxAoNt8iD8FchVwna6%2BVUFYokRfRhbhw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style='color:#276244;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>?</span></a><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fhlbboston.com%2Ffhlbank-boston%2Fken-willis%23%2F&data=05%7C01%7Calokken%40newenglandcouncil.com%7C8048231c28284ea45b2c08dbe51becbb%7Cf3cad1fa59f447f1a2d0881028dfa0e6%7C0%7C0%7C638355680344954337%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sDS%2Fd310Ou%2FJxAoNt8iD8FchVwna6%2BVUFYokRfRhbhw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style='color:#276244;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Kenneth Willis</span></a> - Senior Vice President, Director of Housing + Community Investment, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#464646'>Contact me directly, if you are interested in attending this event on December 18 in Boston. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#464646'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#464646'>Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#464646'>617-304-0347<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#464646'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>