Heidi Parkhurst | President, Bank of America Iowa
Hear from Heidi Parkhurst, President of Bank of America Iowa, about our role in keeping Iowa moving forward.
I'm incredibly proud to work for a company that gives me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of so many people in my home state and look forward to all the possibilities that lie ahead.
Heidi Parkhurst | President, Bank of America Iowa
Iowa is your home. It’s ours, too.
We are committed to helping our communities thrive - dedicating our resources to address the issues that matter most in each community where we live and work.
Taking action to support our communities, clients and teammates
Now as always, our commitment to help strengthen the communities we serve is unwavering. We’re partnering with local leaders and organizations to advance racial equality and economic opportunity, support diverse and women entrepreneurs, build job skills and create opportunities to help people succeed in today’s and tomorrow’s economy. We’re investing in benefits and resources for our employees who serve our clients in their communities. We're proud to have the efforts of our 200,000+ teammates globally recognized for putting our clients - and our communities - first.
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Investing in Hispanic-Latino teammates, clients and communities we serve
Learn more about how we are advancing opportunities for Hispanic-Latinos as part of our commitment to responsible growth.
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Meet the next generation of change-makers
Through a national leadership summit and an internship with local partners, including Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa and Urban Dreams, our Student Leaders® program provides community-minded young students with a chance to serve, inspire and hopefully change the world.
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Let’s build something together
As our team faced back-to-back challenges from a natural disaster and a health crisis, we were grateful to have a company behind us that put our safety first and gave us emergency funds to help our community recover. Now, we're focused on workforce development efforts across the state. We support a great program that helps individuals and families become self-sufficient and self-reliant, preparing them for employment by addressing immediate needs, reducing barriers to employment, facilitating job readiness and assisting with job placement. Other initiatives focus on affordable housing for our minority, immigrant and low-income populations. We're also actively supporting a statewide organization dedicated to improving women's leadership roles by sharing best practices, connecting people and providing professional development opportunities in collaboration with businesses and healthcare institutions across Iowa.
Racial equality and economic opportunity
At Bank of America, we’re committed to addressing the root causes of inequality through a company-wide commitment to advancing racial equality and economic opportunity across diverse communities. We are doing this by building upon our existing efforts and leveraging our strengths: creating more affordable housing and expanding home ownership, increasing lending and support to minority-owned small businesses, championing job training and career readiness and addressing health disparities like access to care. We also know we can’t solve these challenges alone, so we’re partnering with other corporations, local nonprofits and community leaders across the country who share our vision for creating meaningful change.
Fueling economic growth through jobs and skills development
The job skills gap has disproportionately affected Black and Latino individuals – and this disparity has been compounded by the coronavirus. To help address this gap, Bank of America works with local nonprofits, employers and broader networks across the country to support skills-training programs that meet the specific workforce demands of local communities. The result is a diverse talent pipeline for employers – and a clear path to employment for individuals.
The power of the arts
At Bank of America, we believe in the power of the arts to help economies thrive, educate and enrich societies, and create greater cultural understanding. That’s why we’re helping the arts flourish in communities across the globe.
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