CapCon 2022 Program FLIPPING BOOK

GENERAL SESSION SPEAKERS

Elizabeth Carter

Managing Attorney, Elizabeth L. Carter, Esq., LLC Elizabeth is an investment crowdfunding attorney who represents investment companies, small businesses, nonprofits, cooperatives, and other social enterprises with the legal strategy and compliance of raising capital from their community and other investors. Her most recent work includes assisting a driver-owned ride-share cooperative with the legal compliance of its $2.5 million debt crowdfunding offer through Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF).

She also served as Special Counsel in the Department of Economic and Housing Development of the City of Newark. Elizabeth also founded and served as Lead Counsel & Executive Director of the Urban Cooperative Enterprise Legal Center, Inc. (@ucelc). Elizabeth extended her community development and teaching experience to Chicago, having served as Director of Community Planning and Economic Development of the 20th Ward Ald. Jeanette Taylor's office and as a Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. Currently, Elizabeth is on the Board of Directors of the Co-op Ed Center and serves on a number of Advisory Boards, including the Advisory Boards of Seaway, A Division of Self-Help Federal Credit Union; National Public Housing Museum; and the Lawndale Christian Community Development Corporation of Chicago. Elizabeth graduated from the University of Michigan with honors, double majoring in African American studies + political science with a minor in philosophy. She also has a dual degree in law and urban planning from Rutgers University. Elizabeth is licensed to practice federal law, as well as state law in three states: Illinois, New Jersey, and New York, and is passionate about the solidarity economy, restorative economics, and community development. Susan R. Corbin Director, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity & Executive Director, Michigan State Housing Development Authority

Susan Corbin became the Senior Chief Deputy of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) at the department’s creation in August 2019. In October 2020, she was appointed Acting Director and was subsequently appointed Director of LEO by Governor Whitmer in August 2021. As Senior Chief Deputy, Susan led operations for all of LEO, with direct-line responsibility for the Labor agencies and Unemployment Insurance Offices. In the past, Susan has served as a Senior Advisor in the Office

of Governor Whitmer, Director of Customer Assistance in the Michigan Public Service Commission, as well as Deputy Director and Chief of Staff for the Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, where she had oversight responsibility for the Unemployment Insurance Agency, the Worker’s Compensation Agency, and the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration. She also served as Director of Appointments for Governor Granholm. Ms. Corbin began her professional career working for the Michigan Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Transportation assisting with their cultural, educational, and trade relations with the People’s Republic of China. She has a degree in international relations from James Madison College at Michigan State University.

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Partnerships and Policy: Fueling a Community Revival