Business and Economic Development

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER KENYAN R. MCDUFFIE, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE ON BUILDING A RESILIENT ECONOMY: STRATEGIES FOR THE DISTRICT’S FUTURE GROWTH, INVESTMENT, AND STABILITY Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. Room 500 and via Zoom Video Conference Broadcast Streamed live at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbFwXXcbCuQk3- zlwqe97mA/streams and www.dccouncil.gov/hearings AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY Panel 1: 1. Jair Lynch, President and CEO, Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners 2. Christine Espenshade, Vice Chairman, Newmark 3. Richard Lake, Founding Principal and Managing Partner, Roadside Development 4. Aakash Thakkar, Chief Acquisitions Officer, EYA, LLC Panel 2: 5. Courtney Battle, Executive Director, Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers 6. Buwa Binitie, Founder and CEO, Dumas Collective 7. Liz DeBarros, CEO, District of Columbia Building Industry Association 8. Alex Baca, DC Policy Director, Greater Greater Washington Panel 3: 9. Marisa Flowers, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Strategy, Greater Washington Partnership 10. Chinyere Hubbard, President and CEO, DC Chamber of Commerce 1 11. Aisha Bond, President and CEO, Greater Washington DC Black Chamber of Commerce 12. Dr. Tracy Hadden Loh, Fellow, Brookings Metro 2