August 11, 2026 | 8:00 am - 11:30 am | California Endowment

Event Program

Check-in and Breakfast

Welcome

Introduction
Caroline Bhalla, Director of Civic Engagement, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate

Speaker

Scott Laurie, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Olson Company

Report Findings

Introduction
Caroline Bhalla, Director of Civic Engagement, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate

Speakers
Cameron Yap, Systems and Data Manager, Neighborhood Data for Social Change

Ben Henwood, Professor of Social Policy and Health, USC School of Social Work

Jared Schachner, Research Assistant Professor, USC Price School of Public Policy

Racial Disparities in Mortgage Lending

Introduction
Dean Chris Boone, USC Price School of Public Policy

Mortgage Data Vignette
Amalie Zinn, Graduate Research Assistant, NDSC

Conversation
Manuel Pastor, Distinguished Professor, Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, Director, USC Equity Research Institute

Richard K. Green, Lusk Chair in Real Estate, Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate

Amalie Zinn, Graduate Research Assistant, NDSC

The Future of Housing Preservation in LA County

Panel Discussion
Ann Sewill, Manager, Housing Development and Preservation, Los Angeles County Development Authority

Araceli Palafox, Associate Director of Policy, Enterprise Community Partners

KeAndra Cylear-Dodds, Chief Housing Policy and Program Officer, LACAHSA

Moderator: Steven Herman, Senior Vice President, Community Development Finance Division, California Bank Trust

Thank You & Adjournment