On June 9, 2009, IRA CEO Dennis Santiago will be participating in a panel presentation and discussion sponsored by the UCLA Anderson Alumni Network. The event will be held at the UCI Faculty Club in Irvine, CA, from 6:30-9:00 PM. For more information or to register, please go to: http://alumni.anderson.ucla.edu/events/details.aspx?itemnbr=2089

Moderator & Featured Speaker

Professor Michael Intriligator - Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he is also Professor of Political Science, Professor of Public Policy in the School of Public Affairs, and Co-Director of the Jacob Marschak Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Mathematics in the Behavioral Sciences. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Milken Institute.

Panelists include:

Caroline Harkins - Market President - Irwin Union Bank. 2005 to present a prior Caroline was senior vice president at Comerica Bank between 2002 to 2005 and Regional Vice President of Imperial Bank 1992 to 2002. She holds a degree from Colgate University.

Lisa Hayes - Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist - Bank of America, Mortgages. Residential Mortgage Banking expert specializing in creative financing solutions for affluent and self-employed individuals. Degree from Stephen F. Austin State University.

Maneesh Goyal - Senior Associate at Miramar Venture Partners. Works with Miramar portfolio companies identifying growth drivers and evaluates prospective investment opportunities. He holds degrees from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and University of Southern California. He also holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management where he was a Deutschman Venture Fellow.

Dennis Santiago - CEO of Institutional Risk Analytics. Mr. Santiago runs a privately-held firm in the financial services industry. Co-founder responsible for general operations and manager of IRA's consulting services. Head of Research and architecture of IRA's Bank Monitor and Corporate Monitor analytics product lines. Dennis is currently quoted in the May 11th Issue of Barron's magazine. He is a 1991 graduate of UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Mark E. Simmons - President & CEO of Commerce National Bank. Mr. Simmons has a long and distinguished career in the banking industry which includes Marine National Bank and Security Pacific National Bank.

Chris Britt - Founding partner of Marwit Capital. Mr Britt was one of two Managing Partners responsible for the firm's origination, execution, and harvesting of middle market buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth investments. Britt holds a BA in Economics from Stanford University and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Studies from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.