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Admission $50.00 in advance tickets $60.00 at the door.
VIP $100.00
Admission $50.00 in advance tickets $60.00 at the door.
VIP $100.00
773-801-3790
We are proud to announce our Keynote Speaker George S. Wright
Director of Community Relations for Citibank’s Global Consumer Group
Currently,
George serves as Director of Community Relations for Citibank’s Global Consumer Group. In his role he is responsible for Community Development for the Midwest Region which includes 17 states in the U.S. and Canada. George rejoined Citi in July of 2007. Previous to Citi, George served as Director of Emerging Markets at Washington Mutual. In his role, he was responsible for Home Loans sales to the emerging market consumers. George joined WaMu in December of 2005. Previously, George was Senior Vice President for CRA / Fair Lending & Customer Care at GMAC Bank. George was responsible for implementation, monitoring / compliance and sales as it relates to all areas of Community Reinvestment and Customer Service. He was responsible for GMAC Bank’s local assessment area goals and a $6 Billion National CRA commitment, exceeding goal in a 2 year timeframe. George was also responsible for all branch banking, national ATM deployment / management and the Bank’s customer service call centers, both domestic and international.
George began his career at Citicorp / Citibank in Illinois as a Loan Originator and was trained on all Bank sales-related products. He was later asked to take on the responsibilities of the National Sales Trainer at Citicorp Mortgage where he developed training programs and trained mortgage and bank employees on cross sales, while focusing on the credit insurance business. George then moved to Branch Banking at Citibank where he managed all sales activities for the second largest branch bank in Illinois. George then moved into the position of CRA and Fair Lending National Marketing Manager where he worked with all Citibank entities from a CRA / Fair Lending marketing perspective. George’s last role at Citibank was as Community Investment Officer for the central region, where he managed all aspects of CRA / Fair Lending.
George joined GMAC Mortgage as Senior Vice President in Emerging Markets. This position entailed the national responsibility of sales and production for emerging markets, which sought to increase homeownership opportunities via the development and implementation of “community lending centers” nationally.
In 2001, GMAC Mortgage launched GMAC Bank FSB, and George a founding Senior Director, was asked to take on the role of national Director of Community Reinvestment and Director of Customer Care.
George received his BS degree in Psychology from St. Joseph’s College and did his graduate studies at Illinois Institute of Technology. He has served and continues his participation in a host of activities that promote fairness in the area of financial services and some of them include:
• Former Philadelphia Predatory Lending Task Force
• Former Habitat for Humanity, New Castle County, DE - Board Member
• Former PCI – National Advisory Member
• Mortgage Credit Access Partnership Executive Council - Member and Committee Chair
• Former Nehemiah Ways to Work Loan Committee - Member
• Former Interfaith Housing Executive Committee - Member
• Selected into International Who’s Who in Business for contributions made to the underserved communities.
• James Sills CRA Leadership Award – DCRAC
• 100 Black Men Excellence Award
• Kipp Ascend Board Member
• YMCA Black & Hispanic Achiever In Industry Award
• Englewood Maker Of Men Award
• Advisory Board City Of Chicago / Accion CMI
AGORA Community Services NFP Mission is to establish a standard for timely housing counseling that is available individuals with low-to-moderate incomes. To provide counseling and coaching services that provides the tools to help home owners obtain and retain affordable housing. To set a national precedent that ensures home buyers receive foreclosure-prevention counseling and coaching before and after the purchase of a home so they understand the pitfalls that can lead and result in mortgage default. Set a national precedent that focus on Education in Financial Capacity and Sustainability as a counter to foreclosure and homelessness. AGORA as a grassroots service organization providing the services that brings an understanding of the financial responsibilities of home ownership and the strategies that support affordable housing sustainability
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Chairman & COO National Black Wall Street Chicago
(Consumer Education and Consumer Action Project)
Founder/Lead Organizer, Illinois Voter Restoration Civic Education Project
Chief of Staff to National Chairman, National Black Wall Street USA
"And The Ordinary People Said" News Blog, www.chicagonow.com
Chairman, Community Reinvestment Organizing Project
Listed in 2012 Edition Who' Who In Black Chicago
4655 South King Drive, Suite 203
Chicago, Illinois 60653
(Office) 773-268-6900 or direct 773-392-0165
The Rev. Al Sharpton calls Mark Allen "one of Chicago's legendary political activists and one of the best organizers of his generation"
Chairman & COO National Black Wall Street Chicago
(Consumer Education and Consumer Action Project)
Founder/Lead Organizer, Illinois Voter Restoration Civic Education Project
Chief of Staff to National Chairman, National Black Wall Street USA
"And The Ordinary People Said" News Blog, www.chicagonow.com
Chairman, Community Reinvestment Organizing Project
Listed in 2012 Edition Who' Who In Black Chicago
4655 South King Drive, Suite 203
Chicago, Illinois 60653
(Office) 773-268-6900 or direct 773-392-0165
The Rev. Al Sharpton calls Mark Allen "one of Chicago's legendary political activists and one of the best organizers of his generation"
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