Bill Goede | President, Bank of America Tampa Bay
Hear from Bill Goede, President of Bank of America Tampa Bay, about our role in keeping Tampa Bay moving forward.
We live and work here, so we know what Tampa Bay needs to meet the challenges we face and to succeed. We’re proud to be a bank that is heavily community-oriented with the scale to act fast and effectively.
Bill Goede | President, Bank of America Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay 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 Tampa Bay
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 Tampa Bay recently presented Feeding Tampa Bay with a check for $145,000Footnote*. We’re proud to be able to help our community as we work together to move forward.
Let’s build something together
Here in Tampa Bay, Bank of America is focused on taking care of our customers, clients, employees and community. Throughout the unprecedented challenges of the past year, we’ve helped support nonprofits who feed those in need, and provided personal protection equipment to vulnerable populations and the organizations serving them. We’ve successfully adapted to the remote banking needs of our customers to serve them in flexible, responsive and safe ways. We continue to strive to achieve racial equality in the workforce by working with nonprofits in our community providing grants and funding for people of color to accelerate skill-building and create access to better jobs with livable wages. We’ll continue to do all we can to increase economic opportunity and mobility for our all of our neighbors.
A boost to Black-owned businesses
The coronavirus has placed a strain on American businesses, and that strain has been felt disproportionately by those in majority Black neighborhoods. To help, the Pinellas County Urban League is working to strengthen and protect minority-owned small businesses in the county through economic development programs and business owner training programs.
Helping those that feed our community
With the area’s tourism-dependent businesses shuttered amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the need for assistance with food insecurity is at an all-time high. Feeding Tampa Bay has responded to the crisis with resilience and compassion, finding new ways to serve community members in need, including hiring furloughed workers and turning to area businesses like Bank of America for financial support.
Find a location
Whether you have everyday financial needs or more complex ones, our experienced specialists can help at locations around your city. Find a location and make an appointment to talk with us.
We remain committed to supporting you with your financial needs during the health crisis. Our top priority is the health and safety of our clients and teammates. We encourage visitors wear face coverings when visiting our centers.
In some locations, you may be required to wear a face covering to enter, in alignment with local ordinances.
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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.