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2019 SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Form Agenda

July 9, 2024

Remarks

  • SEC Chairman Jay Clayton
  • Commissioner Robert J. Jackson Jr
  • Commissioner Hester M. Peirce
  • Commissioner Elad L. Roisman
  • Commissioner Allison Herren Lee

Opening Remarks

  • Dean Anthony R. Hendrickson, Heider College of Business, Creighton University

Moderator: Martha Legg Miller, SEC Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

Panelists

  • Allie Esch, Principal, Dundee Venture Capital (Omaha, NE)
  • Keith Fix, Founder and CEO, Retail Aware (Omaha, NE)
  • Stephanie Luebbe, Executive Director, Nebraska Angels (Lincoln, NE)
  • Claire McHenry, Deputy Director, Bureau of Securities,
    Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance (Lincoln, NE)
  • Jeff Slobotski, Entrepreneur, Router Ventures, and
    Founder of Big Omaha and Silicon Prairie News (Omaha, NE)
  • Heather Dawn Thompson, Founder and Lead Manager of Native American
    Capital’s Tribal Opportunity Zones Venture Group (Rapid City, SD)
  • John Wirtz, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Hudl (Lincoln, NE)

Moderators

  • William Hinman, Division Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance
  • Martha Legg Miller, SEC Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

Panelists

  • Bart Dillashaw, Founder, Enterprise Legal Studio
  • Sara Hanks, CEO, CrowdCheck, Inc.
  • Keith F. Higgins, Chair, Corporate and Securities Practice, Ropes & Gray LLP
  • Jennifer A. Zepralka, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, SEC Division of Corporation Finance

  • 12:15 p.m. | Instructions for Breakout Session Formulation of Issues and Recommendations
  • 12:30 p.m. | Lunch

Small, Emerging Businesses

  • Moderator: Carla Garrett, Partner, Potomac Law Group

Mature and Later Stage Private Companies

  • Moderator: Bart Dillashaw, Founder, Enterprise Legal Studio

Small Reporting Companies

  • Moderator: Irina V. Fox, Associate Professor, Creighton University, School of Law

  • 3:00 p.m. | Break

  • 3:15 p.m. | Breakout Groups Reassemble

  • 4:30 p.m. | Vote to Prioritize Recommendations

  • 5:00 p.m. | Networking Reception (Hixson-Lied Auditorium Foyer)

Last Reviewed or Updated: July 9, 2024