Author Archives: San Diego RMA

March Chapter Dinner – Cannabis Industry

Join us at our March Chapter Dinner with guest speaker Vanita Spaulding. Ms. Spaulding has 35 years of valuation experience providing valuation services to clients in the areas of litigation support, financial reporting, cannabis industry, and estate planning and tax valuation. Vanita will be discussing recent developments in the Cannabis industry.

JANUARY CHAPTER DINNER – CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND BLOCKCHAIN

Join us at our January 2019 chapter meeting with guest speaker Anup Marwadi, who will discuss cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology and how these will affect banking in the near future.  Currently in the trenches in the Crypto/Blockchain community, Anup spends majority of his time implementing solutions in numerous Blockchain Technologies and assists companies with Blockchain

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RMA Affinity Luncheon – Tax Reform 1/23/19

Tax Reform.  Join us to learn how the tax changes will affect local businesses and individuals. Andrew R. Davidson, CPA has more than 14 years of diversified business and financial management experience as a tax consultant and accountant. Andrew leads his firm’s growth-oriented companies group. He works with a broad range of companies and specializes in

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November Chapter Dinner – Pacific Coast Bankers Bank

Mike Bilello has extensive experience working with banks and other financial institutions on risk management products.  He currently supports several Regional Managers at PCBB and affiliated bankers’ banks as well as supports the efforts of community bank lenders in both the Southwest and Midwest.  His experience includes similar roles at Wachovia Bank and Bank of America where he started and ran their respective Structured Derivative Sales and Trading Groups.  Early in his career, he worked in New York at Standard and Poor’s as Director of the company’s Structured Finance department and as a lender for GMAC and the Bank of New York.   Mr. Bilello received his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics at State University of New York, Albany and an MBA with an emphasis in finance from the Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University where he also interned at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

9/12/18 Chapter Dinner – SOCCER CITY

On November 6th, two proposals are on the ballet for San Diego voters for the redevelopment of the former Chargers stadium site (Soccer City or SDSU West).

SoccerCity spokesperson Nick Stone will present their plan to transform the site into a world class venue. Complete with a state of the art stadium for a new Major League Soccer team and Aztecs Football, more than 60 acres of parks and the beautification of the San Diego River, an Entertainment District with retail and restaurants, housing & research space, infrastructure improvements, recreation fields for the community and a Soccer Academy to further develop the talent of our local kids.