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. 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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Accelerating access to capital for minority and women-led businesses
Investments help Black, Hispanic-Latino, Asian, Native American, women and other underrepresented entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. Through a variety of means, the private sector can help to provide dependable, sustainable capital to community businesses in need.
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Meet the next generation of change-makers
Through a national leadership summit and an internship with local partners, including Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay and Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast, 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
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.
Strengthening Tampa Bay’s workforce
To help fuel economic opportunity in the Tampa Bay community, St. Petersburg College is working to connect talent supply with industry demand. Their program is targeted toward the job placement of students who are near the end of their educational pathway, focusing on students of color and those struggling financially to achieve their career goals. To prepare these students for in-demand roles, they help them to develop the skills needed to obtain high-demand careers while also connecting them to successful career opportunities.
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.
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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