ULI Los Angeles: Luminaries Reception with Michael Banner

When

2025-06-25
2025-06-25T17:30:00 - 2025-06-25T19:30:00
America/Los_Angeles

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    Where

    Allen Matkins Will open in a new window 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1800 Los Angeles, CA 90067 UNITED STATES

    Pricing

    Pricing Members Non-Members
    Private $75.00 $115.00
    Public/Academic/Nonprofit $55.00 $85.00
    Retired $75.00 N/A
    Student $40.00 $60.00
    Under Age 35 $55.00 $85.00
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    Join ULI LA as we present a special Luminaries Reception with Michael Banner, President and CEO of Los Angeles LDC, Inc. In an intimate setting, Michael will be interviewed by Pete Roth, Partner at Allen Matkins. Insights and outlooks on the industry will be shared, culminating in an interactive discussion with attendees. 

    Michael Banner is the President and CEO of the Los Angeles LDC, Inc., a mission-driven financial advisory organization focused on community development in underserved neighborhoods. Banner has delivered more than $1 billion in capital to low-income communities and communities of color, pioneering innovative financing strategies to meet the needs of under-resourced entrepreneurs and social enterprises. A longtime advocate for equitable investment through the Community Reinvestment Act, he has played a pivotal role in shaping financial accountability in the banking sector.

    Central to Banner’s impact is his deep and sustained involvement with the ULI over the past 36 years. He has held numerous leadership roles, including on the America’s Executive Committee and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Committee, and was recognized with the prestigious Robert M. O’Donnell award for his contributions to ULI’s Advisory Services Program. Additionally, for the past 25 years, he has led the ULI Los Angeles Urban Marketplace, a diversity-driven real estate conference, further cementing his influence in promoting equitable development through LA.
     
    Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from Michael Banner, a visionary leader in equitable development and longtime ULI trailblazer, as he shares insights from his transformative work in community finance and real estate.
     

    Event Details: 

    • This is an intimate event open to both members and non-members with a limit of 50 attendees. 
    • Reception to include complimentary appetizers, beer, and wine. 
    • Dress code is cocktail and business attire. 
    • Parking: On-site self parking is hosted by Allen Matkins. Click here to see the parking entrance. Parking is on Level A. Please bring your parking ticket with you to receive validation. 

    Agenda: 

    • 5:30 - 6:00 PM Cocktail Hour and Networking 
    • 6:00 - 7:00 PM A Conversation with Michael Banner
    • 7:00 - 7:30 PM Q&A and Networking 

     

    Thank you to our Event Sponsor


    Allen Matkins 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1800 Los Angeles, CA 90067 UNITED STATES

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    Speakers

    Michael Banner

    Los Angeles LDC, Inc

    Michael Banner is the President and CEO of the Los Angeles LDC, Inc. (LDC), a mission driven community development financial advisory organization. The LDC provides capital and advisory services to clients that aspire to create positive community development impacts in distressed neighborhoods. Under Banner’s leadership, the LDC is widely known as an expert at aligning the needs of both borrowers and investors operating and investing in underserved markets. He has delivered over $1 Billion of capital into transactions found in low income and communities of color. In 1988, after leaving a rising career in commercial banking, he embarked on a career in the evolving field of urban community and economic development as a consultant to the City of Los Angeles. Since 1992, he has been a leading advocate for enhanced Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) activities in the banking industry. Banner has been at the table, negotiating for community based financial resources, dating back to the1992 Bank of America and Security Pacific National Bank merger. He is expert in finding creative ways to deploy financial resources to satisfy the unmet capital needs of under resourced entrepreneurs and social enterprises working in under resourced communities. As a long time, member of Rise Economy, National Community Reinvestment Coalition and Urban Land Institute, Banner has been a leading advocate for equitable investment and accountability in banking and real estate development. He is a much sought after community and economic development solution provider known for turning around economic development finance organizations while producing market rate returns and high-quality social impacts. Over the past 36 years, he has been an active Key Leader in Urban Land Institute (ULI), and serves in many leadership capacities, including the America’s Executive Committee and Diversity Equity Inclusivity Committee. In 2016, he was honored with the Robert M. O’Donnell award for outstanding contributions to the success of ULI’s Advisory Services Program. During the past 25 years, he has led the diversity driven ULI Los Angeles Urban MarketPlace real estate conference.