ZipChat E1: CARES ACT: Where are we now?
Discuss the CARES ACT, where we are now, the PPP, and the SBA’s EIDL Loan, and make sense of all the acronyms. The sands kept shifting beneath our feet on a daily basis, in this ZipChat we will go over what to focus on now. There were rollout issues, some based on political will, others related to the interpretation of the rules, and yet others related to software rollout.
Where are we today, almost a month from then? In a rapid-fire Q &A format, Elizabeth, Bob, Adam will try to answer questions on what has happened, and why, and most importantly what can you do NOW.
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Meet our panelists
Bob Wright
Bob Wright is an attorney, enterprise strategist, community activist, and teacher. Thirty-six years ago, Bob began his legal career at Jenkins & Gilchrist, P.C., where he specialized in leveraged buyouts, M&A, and bank regulatory law. In 2000, Bob began a run as General Counsel for three software companies – two public and one private – directing their worldwide legal affairs and, ultimately, their sale. In between versions, Bob played games – as in organized, built, ran, and sold three computer game companies.
These days, Bob entertains himself by stirring up the community. He founded and serves as Chairman Emeritus of Social Venture Partners Dallas, an initiative that seeks to apply venture capital principles to philanthropy. Bob helped imagine, then chaired, and continues to serve on the advisory committee of The GroundFloor, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas’ social innovation fund and impact accelerator program, which provides seed-stage funding for social enterprises. In 2017, Bob joined the board of UWMD and serves on its Executive Committee. By gubernatorial appointment, he chairs the OneStar Foundation, whose mission is to build a better nonprofit sector for a better Texas, and formerly served as a member of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund Advisory Committee.
In addition to practicing law, Bob is a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship in the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Adam Minow is President of MinowCPA Corporation. He has been a CPA in California since 1995. His accounting career began at Kenneth Leventhal & Company (since acquired by Ernst & Young) where he managed audits of homebuilders and real estate developers. His experience also includes corporate development, investment banking, capital raising, and strategic advisory services. He has been previously employed by Bank of America’s investment banking group, KB Homes (NYSE: KBH, and Genentech, Inc. (NYSE: DNA). Prior to founding MinowCPA Corporation, Adam was Sr. Manager at Glenn M. Gelman & Associates.
Elizabeth Pospick
Elizabeth Pospick is a director in the business advisory services group with Baker Tilly. She joined the firm in 2016. With more than 30 years of experience, Elizabeth is a trusted advisor with strong leadership skills. She focuses on accounting systems, strategic planning in operations and marketing, short- and long-term planning, budgeting, cash flow forecasting, and identification of key business drivers. Elizabeth has launched customer driven marketing programs to produce dramatic increases in revenue. She has a background in developing and implementing financial systems to facilitate sales, operations and management decision making.
Prior to joining Baker Tilly, Elizabeth served five years as a chief financial officer (CFO) for a private manufacturing company. Her focus was on systems improvement and profitability. Prior to that, Elizabeth served as director of finance and operations, CFO and chief operating officer (COO) for various hospitality, real estate, oil and gas, and service companies throughout Texas.
Florence Lowe Former CSO Synerzip | Prime
Florence Lowe, Chief Strategy Officer at Synerzip + Prime, is responsible for strategy, customer success, strategic business development and partnerships, and overall finance and administration.
