Rick Bregman | President, Bank of America San Diego
Hear from Rick Bregman, President of Bank of America San Diego, about our role in keeping San Diego moving forward.
We have much work to do, but our commitment and action as a community is helping San Diego move forward.
Rick Bregman | President, Bank of America San Diego
San Diego 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. And we’re doing our part to protect our planet.
Our presence in more than 90 local markets helps us make a difference across the country.
How we’re boosting the fight against hunger in San Diego
We’re committed to supporting our employees’ health and safety and to addressing our local communities’ most critical needs. That’s why we donated $100 to local hunger-relief organizations for each Bank of America employee in the U.S. who let us know they’ve received a booster shot.
Through this effort, our team in San Diego recently presented Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank with a check for $60,000Footnote*. We’re proud to be able to help our community as we work together to move forward.
Let’s build something together
Here in San Diego, Bank of America is committed to helping our community move forward. Our longstanding support for economic opportunity, access to healthcare systems and pathways to sustainable jobs through workforce development for communities of color is as important now as ever. We continue to take action on providing affordable housing and rental assistance, and helping reduce homelessness in San Diego. Importantly, our ongoing partnerships with local community organizations are instrumental in helping solve our problems together.
Amid adversity, the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) business community stays strong
Collectively, the more than 30,000 Asian Pacific Islander (API)-owned businesses in the San Diego region are a powerful cultural, creative and economic force, accounting for nearly 90,000 area jobs, and contributing $5 billion to the local economy in 2021 alone. But even so, many API small businesses still needed some basic tools to be fully viable during the pandemic, including necessary technology.
Resiliency through a time of change
Restaurateur Mia Davis is the owner of Mikko Sushi, a chain of three restaurants in the San Diego, California area. Mia came to the United States when she was 20 years old, unable to speak English. Early on, she worked nights and weekends as a server (at one of the sushi restaurants she now owns) to support her family as a single mother.
Mia’s story exemplifies her resiliency and ability to overcome adversity. In fact, she opened one of her restaurants in February 2020, one month before the pandemic hit, and used her social media expertise to connect with local groups and customers to keep her business going.
A Bank of America client for more than 14 years, Mia credits the Bank’s guidance and her Small Business Administration (SBA) loan for helping to make her “American dream come true.”
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* Donations in each market reflect $100 per employee who has recorded their booster and an additional company contribution. Vaccination boosters and vaccination reporting are voluntary.