WASHINGTON- The House Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Financial Services will hold a joint hearing entitled “Condition of Small Business and Commercial Real Estate Lending in Local Markets.” The hearing will take place on Friday, February 25, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 2128 Rayburn House Office Building. 

WHAT:       “Condition of Small Business and Commercial Real Estate Lending in Local
                      Markets.”

WHEN:       Friday, February 25, 2010
                     9:00 am

WHERE:     2128 Rayburn House Office Building. 

Witness List—for planning purposes only:

Panel 1

Mr. David Turnbull
Brighton Corporation
Boise, Idaho

Ms. Margo Dorfman
President and Chief Executive Officer
 U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Steve Gordon
President, Instant-Off, Inc.

Mr. Todd J. Zywicki
Foundation Professor of Law
George Mason University

Mr. Wes Smith
President of E&E Manufacturing
Plymouth, Michigan
On behalf of the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association

Panel 2
The Honorable Herbert M. Allison, Jr.
Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability and Counselor to the Secretary
U.S. Department of the Treasury

The Honorable Karen G. Mills
Administrator
U.S. Small Business Administration

The Honorable Elizabeth Duke, Governor
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

The Honorable Sheila C. Bair
Chairman
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

The Honorable John C. Dugan
Comptroller
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Mr. John E. Bowman,
Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision

Panel 3
Mr. Stephen G. Andrews
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bank of Alameda
Alameda, California
On behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America

Mr. David Bridgeman
Pinnacle Bank
Orange County, Florida

Mr. William Grant
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
First United Bank & Trust
On behalf of the American Bankers Association

Mr. Ronald Covey
President and Chief Executive Officer
St. Mary’s Bank, Manchester
New Hampshire
On behalf of the Credit Union National Association

Ms. Cathleen H. Nash
President and Chief Executive Officer
Citizens Republic
Bancorp, Michigan
On behalf of Consumer Bankers Association

Mr. David A. Hoyt
Senior Executive Vice President
Wholesale Banking
Wells Fargo & Company

Mr. Charles McCusker
Co-Managing Partner Patriot Capital, L.P.
On behalf of NASBIC

Ms. Sally Robertson,
Business Finance Group Inc.
Fairfax County, Virginia
On behalf of the National Association of Development Companies

Mr. Rick Wieczorek
President/CEO
Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union
Germantown, MD
On behalf of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions