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EXPERT SPEAKERS & VIP GUESTS  
Mr. Brian Su, CEO & President
Artisan Business Group, Inc.

Mr. Su is a leading expert and advisor on marketing US investment projects and real estate properties in Asia and China.  Mr. Su has successfully introduced over thirty US real estate investment projects to China over the past two years, and thousands of job creations commitment has been resulted as a result of his efforts.  Mr. Su has been assisting Chinese corporations to seek real estate investment opportunities in the U.S. He hosts U.S. investment seminars and conferences around the country and in China. Mr. Su has been interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor, Reuters News, China Daily, China Press, Financial Times, South Morning China Post, News Week and other major media.  Come, mingle and talk with Mr. Su to find out how you can better position your investment projects in the marketplace and effectively selling your real estate properties to foreign investors; share your thoughts and discuss your issues with Mr. Su one-on-one in LA.  Mr. Su is also a member of the Association to Invest in the USA (IIUSA).

Mr. Jason Lee, CEO
MasLink Group (China)

Mr. Lee is considered one of the most respected emigration industry leaders in China. He is the president and CEO of MasLink Group headquartered in Beijing with nine offices in major cities around China. The firm organized and hosted the very first EB-5 investment forum and trade show with over 30 EB-5 regional center and law firm exhibitors in Beijing in 1999. MasLink has been promoting a number of EB-5 investment projects with Idaho State Regional Centers, Vermont State Regional Center, Federal Metropolitan Regional Center. Currently the firm is promoting a Florida Indigo hotel project to Chinese investors. Mr. Lee serves as a board member of Beijing Exit Entry Service Association.

Mr. Guy Maisnik, Attorney and Partner
Jeffer Mangels Bulter & Mitchell LLP (JMBM)

Guy Maisnik has nearly three decades of commercial real estate finance with a strong expertise in hotels. He is a partner and Vice Chair of JMBM’s Global Hospitality Group®, a senior member of JMBM's Chinese Investment Group, and a partner in the Real Estate Department. Guy advises clients on hotel transactions, representing lenders, opportunity funds, banks, special servicers, owners, REITs and developers in hotel transactions, including senior and mezzanine financing, workout and debt restructure, co-lender, participation and securitization arrangements, joint ventures, management agreements, buying, selling and ground leasing of hotels, complex mixed used resort development, fractional and timeshare. For troubled hotels, Guy develops and executes strategies for CMBS and whole loans, and REOs. He also assists investors with recapitalization of distressed borrowers and purchases of troubled assets. Guy has recently assisted 3 major lenders in completely revising and structuring their hotel lending programs and documentation, including their hotel construction lending. Guy's practice is both domestic and foreign, where he has advised on hotel matters all throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, South America, Caribbean, Europe and Asia. He has been recognized in California Real Estate Journal's Best Real Estate Lawyers, Los Angeles magazine's Top Southern California Lawyers, as well as a Top Real Estate Lawyer in Real Estate Southern California magazine.

Mr. David Appel, CPA & Senior Partner
Marcum LLP

Mr. David Appel is a senior partner in Marcum’s Tax & Business Services division. He has more than 30 years of multidisciplinary experience in domestic and international taxation working with family businesses in a variety of industries. He has successfully addressed complex issues with family business in estate, succession and retirement planning, including preserving family businesses and wealth transfer to future generations. He leads Florida’s multifamily business office operations. Mr. Appel has worked on complex issues in IRS audits, business reorganizations, acquisitions and international transactions for privately held companies and family business. In recognition of his considerable experience in personal financial planning, Mr. Appel was awarded the designation of Personal Financial Specialist by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Appel lectures on estate tax, business succession planning and family planning. Additionally, he has presented on numerous occasions to banking institutions and municipalities and at various tax conferences. He serves on the board of directors and executive committee of a local charitable organization, providing long-range and financial planning and assisting in the design of the organization’s governance model.

Mr. Bernard P. Wolfsdorf, Managing Partner & Attorney
Wolfsdorf Immigration Law Group
Mr. Bernard Wolfsdorf is the past national President of the 11,000 member American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). He is presently Managing Partner of the top-rated Wolfsdorf Immigration Law Group, a law firm known worldwide for providing exceptional quality service. With 17 lawyers and offices in Los Angeles and New York, the firm provides high quality global immigration services. In 2011 and 2010, Mr. Wolfsdorf was named the “most highly rated immigration lawyer in the world” by the peer-reviewed International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. He received the AILA 2011 Service Excellence Award for outstanding volunteer services. Martindale-Hubbell ratings have consistently given Mr. Wolfsdorf "AV Preeminent" ratings, the highest possible in ethics and competence. U.S. News’ Best Lawyers in America selected Mr. Wolfsdorf as its “2012 Lawyer of the Year for Los Angeles”. Chambers USA gave him a “star” rating. Only three attorneys in California were accorded this honor. He is also listed in Southern California Super Lawyers. Chambers Global World's Leading Lawyers for Business rated him in its top tier. Mr. Wolfsdorf has been recognized as one of the nation's Top 10 Immigration Lawyers by Human Resource Executive magazine. He has been certified by the California State Bar as an Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist for over 20 years.

Reid Thomas- Executive Vice President
NES Financial

Mr.
Reid Thomas eads the global sales and marketing organization at NES Financial. He has over 20 years of executive management experience at both private and public companies. Reid has been instrumental in the development and growth of NES Financial’s leading EB-5 Escrow Administration Solution for Regional Centers.  Reid has worked with numerous Regional Centers and Immigration Attorney’s, and brings first hand knowledge of the importance of the security and transparency benefits that the escrow solution provides to the EB-5 process.
 

Kevin Wright, President
Wright Johnson LLC
Mr. Wright is considered one of the foremost experts on the EB-5 Immigration Visa program.  As an accomplished researcher, analyst and professional author, he has assisted many entrepreneurs in receiving Regional Center designation and subsequent approval of the specific projects that are developed and put into operation through the Regional Center mechanism.  As an IMPLAN software specialist, Mr. Wright has authored numerous econometric analyses in many divergent industries that demonstrate the employment and economic impacts of these various projects to USCIS.  The Regional Center application process requires expertise in business plan writing, econometric analysis, and the complexities of government reporting requirements coupled with the “hands-on” experience necessary to successfully work within this highly specialized industry. Wright Johnson maintains a 100 percent success rate in clients receiving Regional Center designations.  Mr. Wright was named “EB-5 Service Provider of the Year” in 2010 and 2011 by Artisan Business Group, an international business consulting firm that hosts a widely read EB-5 blog.
 

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