2011 PROGRAM AGENDA
Monday, June 20
5:15-5:30pm Welcome / Introduction
Tim Sullivan, Principal, John Burns Real Estate Consulting
5:30-5:40pm Opening Comments
Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Governor of California
5:40-6:15pm Featured Speaker
Carl Guardino, President, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Carl Guardino, one of Silicon Valley's most distinguished business and community leaders, is the President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a public policy trade association that represents more than 345 of Silicon Valley's most respected companies.
Guardino has been the chief executive of the Leadership Group since 1997. He previously served as a vice president with the organization between 1991 and 1995. He also held an executive position in governmental affairs with Hewlett-Packard and he spent six years on the staff of Central Valley Assemblyman Rusty Areias, the last three as his chief assistant.
Known throughout the region as a consensus builder, Guardino has championed a number of important issues, especially in the areas of transportation and housing.
As a housing advocate, he co-created the Housing Trust Fund, which has helped 7,300 families afford homes in high-cost Silicon Valley by raising more than $38 million in voluntary contributions. He also co-managed Prop. 46, the statewide Housing Bond, in 2002 and co-chaired Prop. 1-C, the November 2006 statewide Housing Bond.
6:15-9:00pm Welcome Reception and Dinner
Tuesday, June 21
7:30-8:30am Breakfast
8:30-8:45am Opening Comments
Ivy Zelman, Leader-to-Leader Chair
Ivy Zelman, Chief Executive Officer, Zelman & Associates is one of homebuilding’s most esteemed and influential figures. She has been a member of Institutional Investor’s “All-America Research Team” for 16 consecutive years, including 10 first-place rankings. And Builder Magazine has ranked her among the 50 most influential people in homebuilding. Renowned for calling the crash of subprime mortgages and the housing meltdown that ensued, she now believes the outlook for new home sales is brighter than the ‘doom and gloom’ that’s being widely reported.
8:45-9:30am Economic Outlook
Ivy Zelman, CEO, Zelman & Associates
9:30-10:30am Housing Market Update and Big Builder Response
Moderator: Ivy Zelman, CEO, Zelman & Associates
Scott Stowell, President, Standard Pacific Homes
Steven J. Hilton, Chairman and CEO, Meritage Homes
Jeff Mezger, CEO, KB Home
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-11:45am The Future of Fannie, Freddie and Other Major Federal Policies
John K. McIlwain, Senior Resident Fellow/J. Ronald Terwilliger, Chair for Housing, Urban Land Institute (ULI) in Washington, D.C
11:45-1:15pm Lunch
1:15-1:30pm Market Overview: What's Happening (or not) in Land Deals
Jeff Meyers, Principal, Meyers LLC
1:30-2:45pm Land Owners/Land Brokers Panel
Moderator: Gregory J. Vogel, Founder and CEO, Land Advisors Organization
Randall Lewis, Executive VP, Lewis Operating Corp
Emile Haddad, President and CEO, FivePoint Communities
Marc Perrin, Managing Director, Starwood Capital Group
2:45-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:00pm A Conversation with Bob Lutz, Retired Vice Chairman, General Motors Corporation facilitated by Tim Sullivan, Principal, John Burns Real Estate Consulting
Bob Lutz is one of the most innovative business leaders of our time, a visionary and passionate executive who has left an indelible mark on all three of the big US automakers—most recently GM, where he reinvigorated its previously undistinguished vehicle lineup. Known as Detroit’s “ultimate car guy,” Lutz has championed the ascendancy of designers and engineers over the industry’s bean counters and MBAs, whom he feels bear much of the responsibility for Detroit’s downfall.
Although known for building powerful, muscular automobiles, Lutz is also a forward-thinking realist who has stated that the electrification of the automobile is inevitable. He was behind the development of the first clean car, Chevrolet’s Volt, a hotly-anticipated battery powered electric car that can be charged by plugging into a home electrical outlet.
Bob Lutz's knowledge of automobiles is matched only by his organizational know-how. He is celebrated for his legendary ability to manage the design and development of new, spirited vehicles in the face of bureaucratic opposition and organizational inertia.
He is the author of an acclaimed book on his management philosophy, Guts, that challenges the conventional wisdom of the executive suite. His much anticipated next book, Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business, will be published in June.
Presented in partnership with:
For information about Leader-to-Leader sponsorship, contact Terri Hernandez at (916) 325-9300 x328 or terri@pcbc.com.
For information about Leader-to-Leader attendance, contact Mike Sturdivant at mike@pcbc.com.
(Restricted to C-level executives from large volume homebuilders.)