Program Agenda – Washington, DC

Your Path to Surety Bonds: What Small Businesses Need to Know

 

May 18, 2017
Location: NASA Headquarters, 300 E St SW, Washington, DC 20546

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8:00 – 8:30am		Participants Arrive (clear security)
8:30 – 8:35am		Welcoming Remarks and Overview of Program William Manger, Associate Administrator, SBA Office of Capital Access and Joshua Etemadi, Vice Chair, NASBP Small and Emerging Business Committee
8:35 – 9:05am		Bonding and Insurance Various types and purposes of surety bonds and how small, emerging, and underserved contractors can begin the process of obtaining bonding. Joshua A. Etemadi, AVP, Construction Bonds, Inc. (Confirmed)
9:05 – 9:15am		Perspective of a Surety Underwriter Bud Herndon, Retired (Confirmed)
9:15 – 9:45am		Banking & Finance How to obtain a loan and business lines of credit, and establish a working relationship with a banker. John Hoeveler, Community Advantage Lender, Community Development Transportation Lending Services Marium Eamen, Lender Relations Specialist, Washington Metropolitan Area District Office
9:45 – 10:15am		Risk Management and Legal Concerns Performance risk, construction law, contracting issues, including change orders and equitable contract price adjustments and remedies available to contractors involved in legal disputes. Lewis Askew, Jr., Partner, Graves, Horton, Askew & Jenkins, LLC (confirmed)
10:15 – 10:20am		Break/Mid-morning networking
10:20 – 10:50am		Construction Accounting Construction accounting principles and financial systems that every small, emerging, and underserved contractor must know and adhere to for successful bonding relationships and business operations. Jeff Lavore and Brandon Blackburn, Lanigan, Ryan, Malcolm & Doyle, P.C. (Confirmed)
10:50– 11:05am		SBA’s Surety Bond Guarantee Program Overview of the Surety Bond Guarantee Program Peter Gibbs, Acting Director, Office of Surety Guarantees
11:05 – 11:20am		Surety and Fidelity Association of America Remarks Joanne Brooks, Vice President and Counsel, SFAA
11:20 – 11:35am		Small Contractor Success Story A local small construction business will provide its story of obtaining financial and surety credit and building it resources network. Reggie Jarvis, Vice President, Centennial Surety Associates
11:35 – 11:55am		Local Procurement Opportunities The Federal procurement process, as well as ways that a small business can access state, local, and private contracting opportunities. Forest Hayes, Senior Advisor, Executive Office of the Mayor de’Wayne Carter, National Director, Customer Care and Outreach, Office of Small Business Utilization GSA
11:55 – 12:05pm		SCORE BLAST Program Len Briskman, SCORE Mentor
12:05 – 12:10pm		Concluding Remarks: Wrap-Up/Additional Resources Jennifer Bledsoe, SBA, Office of Surety Guarantees
12:10 – 1:00pm		Network with a Surety Professional Centennial Surety Associates Construction Bonds, Inc.