SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation

Moderators:

Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, Oakton, Virginia

Chad Moutray, Ph.D., Chief Economist & Director of Economic Research, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C.

Panelists:

David A. Bochnowski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Peoples Bank SB, NorthWest Indiana Bancorp, Munster, Indiana

Tom W. Burke, Senior Vice President, National Program Director/Compliance Manager, SBA Lending, Wells Fargo & Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Daniel M. Covitz, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Division of Research and Statistics, Chief, Capital Markets Section, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C.

Kenneth R. Pelowski, Founder and Managing Partner, Pinnacle Ventures, Palo Alto, California

Ned Pollock, Deputy Comptroller for Credit and Market Risk, Office of Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, Washington, D.C.

Andrew J. Sherman, Partner, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, D.C.

Eric R. Zarnikow, Associate Administrator, Office of Capital Access, U.S. Small Business Administration, Washington, D.C.

Moderators:

Gerald J. Laporte, Chief of the SEC Office of Small Business Policy, Division of Corporation Finance, Washington, D.C.

Steven E. Bochner, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, California

Panelists:

David A. Bochnowski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Peoples Bank SB, NorthWest Indiana Bancorp, Munster, Indiana

Brian V. Breheny, Deputy Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance, Washington, D.C.

Aaron M. Gurewitz, Head of Equity Capital Markets, Roth Capital Partners, LLC, Newport Beach, California

John D. Hogoboom, Partner, Lowenstein Sandler PC, Roseland, New Jersey

Kara B. Jenny, Chief Financial Officer, Bluefly, Inc., New York, New York

William D. Lutz, Ph.D., J.D., Director, SEC 21^st Century Disclosure Initiative, Washington, D.C.

E. Rogers Novak, Jr., General Partner, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, Bethesda, Maryland

• Private Placement and M&A Brokers Panel and Breakout Group Discussion
  (Multipurpose Room L006 (Lower Level))
   
  Moderators:
   
  Brian A. Bussey, Assistant Chief Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, SEC Division of Trading and Markets, Washington, D.C.
   
  Gregory C. Yadley, Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Tampa, Florida
   
  Panelists:
   
  Faith Colish, Counsel, Carter Ledyard & Milburn, New York, New York
   
  Denise Voigt Crawford, Securities Commissioner, Texas State Securities Board, Austin, Texas
   
  Kristina A. Fausti, Special Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, SEC Division of Trading and Markets, Washington, D.C.
   
  Shane B. Hansen, Partner, Warner Norcross & Judd LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan
   
  Mike Ribet, Principal, Focus Capital Advisors, Downers Grove, Illinois
   
  Dennis Roberts, Senior Managing Director, The McLean Group, McLean, Virginia
   
• Securities Offerings by Private Companies Breakout Group (Room 3000)
   
• Securities Regulation of Smaller Public Companies Breakout Group (Room 4000)
   
• Tax Breakout Group (Room 5000)

Moderators:

Gerald J. Laporte, Chief, Office of Small Business Policy, SEC Division of Corporation Finance, Washington, D.C.

Gregory C. Yadley, Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Tampa, Florida

Modified: 11/19/2008