SSCL 2005

The 2005 seminar was held at The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch, in Avon, Colorado on December 7-8.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Keynote Speaker: Senator Tom Daschle - Former Senate Majority Leader

Special Guest Speaker: Jim Clayton Founder and Former CEO of Clayton Homes

Highlighted Speakers: Doug Duncan, Chief Economist, Mortgage Bankers Association and Conrad Ricketts Senior Producer, Extreme MakeOver: Home Edition

The 2005 Strategies for Success in Construction Lending (SSCL) Seminar took place on December 7-8, at the Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch in Avon, Colorado. In attendance were over 100 leaders in the construction lending industry.

The two-day summit was highlighted by Keynote Speaker, Tom Daschle, the former Senate Majority Leader who spoke about the construction lending industry and the state of the economy in his speech “Life After Greenspan.” Other session highlights included an “Interactive Discussion – Industry Regulations & Quality Assurance” moderated by Sharon Heitman and Erik Mills from the Heitman Group, Inc., “2005’s Top 3 Issues and Solutions" led by Marc Lifset and David Thompson of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, Jeff Todhunter of HomeStreet Bank, and Jim Ertle and Chris Giles of CitiMortgage. An "Economic Forecast” was given by Doug Duncan, Chief Economist for the MBA, and “International Residential Building Codes” was presented by Thomas Meyers of Colorado Code Consulting. The final session was an awe-inspiring and motivational segment entitled, “Make Over Your Community” presented by Conrad Ricketts, Senior Producer of Extreme Makeover, Home Edition. “We don’t just change lives, we change futures,” Ricketts enthused while detailing the vast complexities of the Emmy nominated show.

The second day highlights included Special Guest Speaker, Jim Clayton, founder and former CEO of Clayton Homes, who spoke about his incredible success as a real estate entrepreneur and later the Tennessee native generated huge applause with a down home musical interlude. Robert MacPherson of Thelen, Reid & Priest LLP and Thomas Fritzlen Jr. of Martin, Leigh, Laws & Fritzlen, PC followed with an “Open Forum – Ask the Experts” segment, and the seminar concluded with “HELP! I Need Commercial General Liability or Builder’s Risk Insurance!” presented by Kathleen Felderman and Brad Gibson of Lockton Companies of Colorado.

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