2025 TMA Florida Annual Conference
Aloft Orlando Lake Nona, Orlando, FL
Monday, March 03, 2025
- Wednesday, March 05, 2025
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Pricing
Members:
- Early Bird: $475 (Ends January 31, 2025)
- Regular: $525
Non-Members:
Add Golf: $150
Hotel:
- Aloft Orlando Lake Nona
- Group Rate: $199 USD per night (Book by February 11, 2025)
CLE & CTP Credits Pending
AGENDA
Monday, March 3
11:00 AM – Now is the Time: Launching TMA Florida’s Network of Women (Separate Registration)
1:00 PM – Registration Opens / Ice Breaker Reception
2:00 PM – Session 1: Anatomy of a 363 Deal
- Hon. Tiffany P. Geyer (Moderator) – Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida
- Charles Postler – Shareholder, Stichter Riedel Blain & Postler, P.A.
- James Timko – Of Counsel, Dean Mead
- Baker Smith – Managing Director, BDO
4:00 PM – Session 2: The Lies We tell and the Secrets We Keep; The Anatomy of a Fraud
- Terrence Greiner - General Counsel, Culain Management
- William Papazian - CEO, Lightstone Solutions
- Kevin Durkin - Managing Director, Gordon Brothers; Lender Services
- Moderator: David M Weinstein, CTP – Managing Director, Phoenix Management (a part of J. S. Held)
5:00 PM – Opening Cocktail Reception featuring Horse Soldier Bourbon Tasting & Headshot Lounge
Tuesday, March 4
8:00 AM – Keynote Breakfast Speaker: Insights into Risk Transfer and Distressed Investing
- Professor Donald D. Sheets - Real Estate Lecturer, Harvard University & Executive Director, The Ohio State University Center for Real Estate
10:00 AM – Session 3: Capital Markets / Private Debt Panel - A Forecast of the 2025 Market Place
- Patrick Dalton - Founder and Chief Executive Officer, FrontWell Capital
- Robert Schnitzer - Senior Vice President, Rosenthal & Rosenthal
- Barry Bobrow, Managing Director - Head of Credit Markets, Regions Business Capital
- Moderator: Ken Yager – President, President
11:00 AM – Session 4: Two Sides of the Same Coin: Venture Capital and Distressed Investing
- Ryan Lilly - Global Programs Manager at FAU's Research Park
- Adam Marshall - Shareholder of Lorium Law
- Richard A. Mocsari - Managing Partner, SI Private Capital
- Moderator: David M Weinstein, CTP – Managing Director, Phoenix Management (a part of J. S. Held)
12:00 PM – Lunch Keynote Presentation: Speaker to be Announced
3:00 PM – Session 5: Economics & Banking Panel: A Dialogue between Academia and Business
- Dr. Rebel Cole - Lynn Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor of Finance at Florida Atlantic University
- Abbey Henderson - SVP - Asset Based Lending & Specialty Finance - Cogent Bank
- Matt Korshoff - President - Broward Region - Southstate Bank
- Dr. Bryan Cutsinger - Assistant Professor & Undergraduate Director - Florida Atlantic University
- Moderator: Jason Alpert - Managing Partner - Castlebar Holdings
4:00 PM – Session 6: Insurance Recovery Demystified: Working with Carriers After a Loss
- Scott Godes - Partner - Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Zachary Eberson - Brown and Brown
- Moderator: Rob Folland - Partner - Barnes & Thornburg LLP
5:00 PM – Closing Cocktail Reception
Wednesday, March 5
8:30 AM – Golf Tournament - Eagle Creek Golf Club
