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2023 Schedule Overview

Looking for a taste of what the FINPACK Lenders Conference has to offer? Explore our 2023 Schedule Overview below.

Wednesday, December 13

12:00 p.m. Registration

1:00 p.m. Welcome
                     Pauline Van Nurden, FINPACK

1:05 p.m. 202? Farm Bill
                    Hunt Shipman, Principal and Director, Cornerstone Government Affairs

2:05 p.m. Kicking the Tires on the Ag Economy
                     Blaine Nelson, Senior Economist, Farmer Mac  

3:00 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m.  Securing Success: Commercial Real Estate Lending Strategies
                      Eric Guttormson, SVP, Senior Lending Officer, 1st SouthWest Bank

4:00 p.m. FINPACK Update

5:00 p.m. Reception

Thursday, December 14

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Domestic and Global Economic Mega Trends
                      David Kohl, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech

9:15 a.m. Break

9:30 a.m. Back to the Future: A Rerun with a Twist
                       Pauline Van Nurden, Dale Nordquist, Katie Wilts Johnson and Bob Craven, FINPACK

10:30 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. What Got Us Here and What Will Get Us There
                       David Kohl, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech

Noon Adjourn

Meet the 2023 Lenders Conference Speakers

Eric Guttormson

Eric Guttormson leads commercial lending teams with extensive experience in financing commercial real estate with multiple lending sources. Eric has worked at CDFI banks including Sunrise Banks over the last seven years before moving to 1st SouthWest Bank in Durango, CO. Eric has a specialized interest in financing environmentally sustainable features that reduce the operating expenses as well as carbon emissions of commercial real estate.

Dr. David Kohl

Dr. Dave KohlDr. David Kohl is a Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Finance and Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Virginia Tech. Dr. Kohl is currently President of AgriVisions, LLC, a knowledge-based consulting business providing cutting-edge programs to leading agricultural organizations worldwide.

Blaine Nelson

Blaine Nelson is the Senior Economist on the Strategy, Research, and Analytics team at Farmer Mac. He analyzes trends within America’s agricultural sector, with areas of focus including farmland values, commodity prices, interest rates, and agricultural sector profitability. Blaine earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota and a master’s degree in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Hunt Shipman

Hunt Shipman currently leads Cornerstone’s work representing companies and associations in agricultural research, food distribution, fresh produce and crop protection. He is the former Deputy Under Secretary of Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services at USDA and former staff director in the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.