WASHINGTON- The House Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting & Technology, will hold a hearing entitled, “The Roles of Federal Labs in Spurring Innovation and Entrepreneurship Across the U.S.,” on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 12:30pm in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building. 

WHAT:       “The Roles of Federal Labs in Spurring Innovation and Entrepreneurship Across the U.S.”

WHEN:        Thursday, September 24, 2009
                     1:00 pm

WHERE:      2360 Rayburn House Office Building

Witness List—for planning purposes only:

Panel I

Mr. David Hirschmann
President & CEO
Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness
United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington, DC

Mr. Trevor Loy
General Partner
Flywheel Ventures, LLP
Santa Fe, NM
for the National Venture Capital Association

Mr. Robert Harris
Managing Director
Harris, Cotherman, Jones, Price & Associates, Certified Public Accountants
Vero Beach, FL
for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Mr. Mike Anderson, CRMS
President
Essential Mortgage Company
Baton Rouge, LA
for the National Association of Mortgage Brokers

Mr. J. Douglas Robinson
Chairman and CEO
Utica National Insurance Group
New Hartford, NY
for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America

Panel II

Ms. Dawn Donovan
CEO
Price Chopper Employees Federal Credit Union
Schenectady, NY
for the National Association of Federal Credit Unions

Mr. Bill Hampel
Senior Vice President
Research and Policy Analysis & Chief Economist
Credit Union National Association
Washington, DC

Mr. James D. MacPhee
CEO
Kalamazoo County State Bank
Schoolcraft, MI
for the Independent Community Bankers Association

Mr. Austin Roberts
CEO
Bank of Lancaster
Kilmarnock, VA
for the American Bankers Association

Mr. John Moloney
President & CEO
Moloney Securities Co., Inc.
Manchester, MO
for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association