4th Annual Summit:

Financial Equity Summit 2025

Our 4th annual Financial Equity Summit will take place over two days, October 7th via webinar from 9am-12pm and October 8th in-person from 10am-2:30pm at The Vault, 238 Essex Street in Lawrence. Registration is now open.

 

This event was approved by ABA Professional Certifications for 7 CRCM, CFMP credits. Certification holders must report these credits at https://aba.csod.com. This event will appear under Approved Non-ABA CE as: Partnership for Financial Equity/ 2025 Financial Equity Summit. 

 

 

 

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Our two-day Summit, with Presenting Sponsor LendingClub, takes place this year on October 7-8, 2025. We have a compelling two days scheduled with the announcement of our Elevating Equity awards; the release of cutting-edge research on trust in banking; an exciting new statewide coalition announcement; expert panels and “you won’t want to miss” keynotes! 

October 7th on Zoom

9:00 AM – Welcome from Brook Ames, General Counsel & Chief Risk Officer, Leader Bank

9:10 AM – Roundtable discussion: Protecting Consumers in the Trump Era

9:40 AM – Panel #1: Announcing BankOn Massachusetts!

      • Jason Andrade, PFE (moderator)
      • Lisa Locke, Bank On National Data Hub, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
      • Maggie Gomez Burciaga, LendingClub
      • Beverly Somerville, Dedham Savings
      • Paige Diner, Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund

10:40 AM – Break

10:50 AM – Panel #2: Small Business Rip Off – $780 million/year in unnecessary interest and fees. Let’s stop this.

      • Louis Caditz-Peck, Responsible Business Lending Coalition (moderator)
      • Tracye Whitfield, Coalition for Equitable Economy
      • Elyson dosSantos, Rockland Trust
      • Ana Hammock, Ascendus
      • Cailey Locklair, Maryland Retailers Alliance

 

October 8th at The Vault, 238 Essex Street in Lawrence

10:00 AM – Coffee, tea and networking

10:15 PM – Opening Keynote: Julieann M. Thurlow, CEO, Reading Cooperative Bank and past chair of American Bankers Association

10:30 AM – Panel #1: Release of our Trust in Banking survey with MassINC Polling Group

      • Jason Andrade, Partnership for Financial Equity (moderator)
      • Steve Koczela or Zayna Basma, MassINC Polling Group
      • Amalie Zinn, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy (formerly Urban Institute)

 

11:15 AM – Break

11:25 AM – Panel #2: Lawrence Rising: Local Voices, Lasting Impact

  • To be announced

 

12:10 AM – Remarks from Brian A. De Peña, Mayor of Lawrence

12:20 AM – Elevating Equity Awards Presentation

12:30 PM – Lunch and networking

1:00 PM – Panel #3: CEO Panel: Expanding Access in LMI Neighborhoods

      • Sabrina Correia, JP Morgan Chase (moderator)
      • Dana Neshe, CEO, Middlesex Savings
      • Julieann Thurlow, CEO, Reading Cooperative
      • Ryan Bailey, CEO, Cambridge Savings

 

1:45 PM – Closing Keynote: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, author of The Double Tax; How Women of Color are Overcharged and Underpaid

2:15 PM – Reception and book signing

 

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