PITTSBURGH, May 23, 2024 /3BL/ – PNC Bank has expanded its national Community Advisory Council (CAC) with the addition of nine community development executives representing seven states from across the company’s footprint. The newly appointed members join 11 current PNC CAC representatives who bring a broad range of expertise in community investment lending and services, small business development and economic development.
Formed in 2022 to provide ongoing guidance in support of PNC’s four-year, $88 billion Community Benefits Plan, the newly expanded group of nonprofit, community and business leaders gathers twice a year to advise the bank on critical issues impacting society and to help inform PNC’s community lending, investment and service priorities.
“Community Advisory Council members have been instrumental in the successful implementation of the Bank’s Community Benefit Plan, which has deployed nearly $56 billion in investments and loans to support communities nationwide since launching in 2022,” said Richard Bynum, PNC chief corporate responsibility officer. “The council’s newest advisory members give us an even greater opportunity to engage with the communities we serve and strengthen our impact in affordable housing and other areas of critical need.”
Members of the 2024 PNC Community Advisory Council are:
Barbara Busch, Working In Neighborhoods (WIN), Cincinnati, OHBob Dickerson, Birmingham Business Resource Center, Birmingham, ALBobby Calvillo*, Affordable Homes of South Texas, Inc. McAllen, TXCarl Manning*, Kingdom Community Development, Fayetteville, NCChristie McCravy*, Louisville Metro Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Louisville, KYDarel Ross, Start Garden, Grand Rapids, MIDena Mottola Jaborska*, New Jersey Citizens Action, Newark, NJErnie Hogan, Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group, Pittsburgh, PAGustavo Lasala, PeopleFund, Austin, TXHarold Pettigrew*, Opportunity Finance Network, Washington, DCIgnacio Esteban*, Florida Community Loan Fund, Orlando, FLJesse Van Tol, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), Washington, DCJoseph B. Anderson, TAG Holdings, LLC, Wixom, MILuis Granados, Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), San Francisco, CAMarla Bilonick, National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, Washington, DCMatt Hull, Texas Association of Community Development Corporations, Austin, TXRudy Espinoza*, Inclusive Action, Los Angeles, CASeema Agnani, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, Washington, DCWatchen Bruce*, Baltimore Community Lending, Baltimore, MDWill González*, CEIBA, Philadelphia, PA
*Newly appointed
Launched in 2022 and scheduled for completion in 2025, PNC’s Community Benefits Plan will provide $88 billion in loans and investments and other financial support to bolster economic opportunity for low- and moderate-income individuals, communities and people of color. For more information about PNC’s Community Benefit Plan please see the most recent impact report at pnc.com.
PNC Bank, National Association, is a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC). PNC is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, organized around its customers and communities for strong relationships and local delivery of retail and business banking including a full range of lending products; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. For information about PNC, visit www.pnc.com.
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