Global Ambassadors

Our Global Ambassadors Program invests in women
leaders to accelerate their path to leadership.

With offices throughout the world, we fully realize our responsibilities as a global citizen. Our partnerships and programs are in place to serve our customers, clients and businesses. Regardless of their location, we're focused on helping make communities better places to live and do business.

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VO Alyse Nelson: Women are this tremendous economic force in society. No country, no community, no corporation can afford to leave women behind and think they’re going to be able to compete in a global marketplace.

SUPER: Alyse Nelson
President & CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership

SUPER: Rena M. De Sisto
Global Arts & Culture International CSR Executive, Bank of America Global Ambassador, United States

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Rena M. De Sisto: Women are 50% of the world’s population and they deserve to have the tools and the access to expertise to get them to a place where they are really fulfilling their potential.

GRAPHIC: The Global Ambassadors Program
A Vital Voices & Bank of America Partnership

VO Alyse Nelson: The Global Ambassadors Program is a unique, signature global mentoring program that’s really all about how do we accelerate women’s leadership and economic participation around the world.

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SUPER: Zoe Dean-Smith
Vice President, Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship,
Global Ambassadors Program, Vital Voices

VO Zoe Dean-Smith: The mentees that we are targeting are women who are at a tipping point in their business, professional, and leadership paths and the mentors that we bring in are women who have walked those paths already.

SUPER: Melissa Bodford
Co-founder, Chairman & CEO uBack Mentee, United States

Melissa Bodford: To learn who you are and what your weaknesses are and your strengths and what you can improve upon, you get a full immersion course into your future.

SUPER: Sarika Gupta Bhattacharyya
CEO, BD Foundation
Mentee, India

VO Sarika Gupta Bhattachary: My mentor actually helped me to think through my goals, clearly set priorities so that I can achieve success and create milestones for my business.

SUPER: Sbusisiwe Myeni
CEO, Imbeleko, Dr. Seni Myeni Foundation Mentee, South Africa

Sbusisiwe Myeni: I never thought I could get mentors that would give so much of themselves and help me to take our vision forward. It’s been a life changing experience for me.

SUPER: Xiomara Diaz Hopkins
Founder and Owner, The Garden Café, Granada Mentee, Nicaragua

Xiomara Diaz Hopkins: Being able to solve all those business challenges that you came with but also grow at a personal level. I learned how to empower people within my organization and in terms of numbers, we grew 38%.

GRAPHIC: Since 2012, more than 140 women from 65 countries have participated in the Global Ambassadors Program.

GRAPHIC: An average of 61% increase in sales & revenue growth 14% growth in the number of full-time employees 106% growth in the number of clients served

VO Rena M. De Sisto: Many of the mentees have turned around and started businesses where they’re employing more women.

VO Alyse Nelson: It doesn’t end right here with this program. The mentees will mentor others. Incredible research has shown when a woman is mentored she doesn’t just turn around and mentor just one person, she mentors many people.

Melissa Bodford: It is impressive that Bank of America invests with a partnership like Vital Voices to create this global ambassador program that truly lives up to its name because now we are all global ambassadors.

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A Vital Voices and Bank of America partnership

We believe strong leaders can be drivers of economic opportunities and that women are a force to drive economic, political and social change. This is the reason why we partnered with Vital Voices and developed our Global Ambassadors Program. Vital Voices is the preeminent, non-governmental organization that empowers emerging women leaders. Global Ambassadors invests in the potential of emerging women leaders around the world, by matching them with mentors who are established leaders. Mentorship is critical to accelerating women's leadership paths and to closing the gap that currently exists in many countries. These mentorships help build critical communication, advocacy and business skills; provide essential connections; strengthen existing networks; and help women leaders create measurable impact in their communities. It's all part of our efforts to help create a sustainable future for our customers and communities worldwide.

Our Global Ambassadors Program has a truly worldwide reach, with past trips in Haiti, Poland, Northern Ireland, Mexico, Qatar, Brazil, Singapore, India, South Africa, Japan, London, Australia, Charlotte, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Dublin, Puerto Rico, and Paris.

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