I provide financing solutions, including debt products such as operating lines of credit, term loans for purposes such as equipment or owner-occupied real estate purchases, leases, letters of credit and merger/acquisition financing in the Commercial Bank.
Q: How long has Bank of America been a NAWBO SEVA Corporate Partner?
A: About five years.
Q: Your NAWBO SEVA Committee and Board Positions:
A: Special Events Committee: Co-Chair for the Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year Event in 2005, Chair of the Holiday Gala and Auction 2006 and Corporate Partner Board Advisor in 2006-2007
Q: Which city in Hampton Roads do you call home?
A: Virginia Beach, in the Lake James neighborhood.
Q: What do you like to do when you're not working?
A: What I like to do best is spend time with my family, including my husband Larry, my son Nolan, daughter-in-law April and their daughter, Sierra, and my son David (3rd year at UVA).
Q: Can you describe the key business services and solutions Bank of America provides?
A: In the Commercial and Consumer Banks, our core products cover a wide range of checking and savings accounts, credit cards, mortgages, home equity lines, investment and wealth management services, business loans, treasury management products and services, import/export financing, foreign exchange, derivative products, merchant services, and many others. Additional products and services are offered in the Corporate and Institutional Bank.
Q: What makes Bank of America's services unique?
A: Banking is a very competitive industry and it is difficult to differentiate based only on product offerings. Due to its size, Bank of America has the resources to invest heavily in technology, resulting in treasury and cash management services that are cutting edge. We have an incredible pool of talented associates who are drawn to the different areas of the Bank by the interesting and diverse financial needs of our clients, and the Bank's ability to deliver. In the Commercial Bank we have the ability to access the skills and knowledge of these associates all over the globe to help find the best solutions for our clients. It really is the associates that make Bank of America the Bank of Opportunity for our customers.
Q: The last really great book you've read you'd like to recommend to NAWBO SEVA members and partners?
A: "The World is Flat - A Brief History of the Twenty First Century" by Thomas L. Friedman.
Q: Someone you admire and why?
A: Eleanor Roosevelt, for her courage, compassion and vision.