Wells Fargo Names Leaders to Key Philanthropy Roles
November 27 2019 - 9:08AM
Business Wire
Wells Fargo today announced that Jenny Flores will join the
company to lead its small business growth philanthropy, and company
veteran Darlene Goins has been named head of financial health
philanthropy. Both will be based in San Francisco. Flores begins
work Jan. 6, 2020, and Goins assumes her leadership role effective
immediately.
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Jenny Flores, new head of Small Business
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Flores and Goins will report to Brandee McHale, president of the
Wells Fargo Foundation, who oversees Wells Fargo’s new
philanthropic strategy focused on solving three societal
challenges: housing affordability, financial health, and small
business growth.
“As we continue to transform our philanthropy, these highly
respected industry leaders will advance Wells Fargo’s commitment to
unlocking economic opportunity and helping people succeed
financially,” said McHale. “Supporting the growth of small business
is critical to job creation, and empowering low-income households
to build wealth is how we help people reach their full potential.
Jenny and Darlene bring seasoned expertise and a sense of urgency
to finding new solutions and driving innovation at scale in their
respective areas.”
Eileen Fitzgerald joined the Wells Fargo team in October to
manage housing affordability philanthropy.
Small Business Growth leader
Flores will be responsible for shaping the company’s small
business growth philanthropy aimed at helping entrepreneurs access
capital and technical assistance so they can expand their impact on
the economy and ability to provide jobs.
She has more than 20 years of experience overseeing
philanthropic investments, employee engagement and corporate
citizenship initiatives. Most recently, she was head of community
affairs and corporate social responsibility at Bank of the West,
where she led the company’s strategy for small business engagement
and impact including the creation of a new $30 million investment
fund with community development financial institutions for small
business owners. In addition, Flores advocated for an enterprise
small business strategy in support of women entrepreneurs,
resulting in a coordinated effort across the bank’s resources to
provide female founders with access to capital, tailored mentorship
and networks needed to scale revenue. Flores also launched a
partnership with the Sustainable Ocean Alliance to accelerate the
growth of innovative businesses focused on using the latest
technology to protect the health of the ocean and the
environment.
Prior to Bank of the West, Flores spent a decade in community
development at Citigroup, and also held roles at the Congress of
California Seniors, Greenlining Institute, and the California State
Legislature.
She currently serves as a mentor with the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial
Center’s Milestone Makers Program and sits on the board of
directors for the Ocean Conservancy. Flores received a bachelor’s
degree in political science from the University of
California–Berkeley and a master’s degree from the FW Olin Graduate
School of Business at Babson College in Wellesley,
Massachusetts.
Financial Health leader
Goins will oversee grant-making and collaborative efforts with
nonprofits to expand financial health programming that will help
households maximize income through positive financial behaviors and
planning designed to increase savings, reduce debt and improve
credit scores.
Goins has more than 20 years of experience leading strategic
initiatives that drive business and societal impact, including
building long-term financial health for underserved communities. At
Wells Fargo, Goins led strategy and innovation around the company’s
award-winning Hands On Banking®, a free, bilingual program that has
provided education and resources to more than 9 million youth,
adults, seniors, veterans, entrepreneurs and people with
disabilities. Most recently, Hands on Banking evolved to include
interactive content designed for youth, helping them build lifelong
positive financial behaviors and manage money as they enter the
workforce.
Previously, Goins held a variety of leadership roles at FICO
(originally Fair, Isaac and Company), a credit scoring and
analytics software company. She was responsible for leading FICO®
Score Open Access, a consumer credit score program that earned
accolades from the Obama Administration, regulators and consumer
advocacy groups, among others. She also held management positions
at Nomis Solutions, First Data Corporation and Austin Logistics,
Inc.
She serves on the board of directors for the American Banker
Association Foundation and Jump$tart Coalition for Personal
Financial Literacy. She earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical
engineering and a master’s degree in engineering from Stanford
University.
About Wells Fargo
Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo
& Company (NYSE:WFC) provides banking, investment and mortgage
products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance,
through 7,500 locations, more than 13,000 ATMs, and the internet
(wellsfargo.com). With approximately 261,000 team members, Wells
Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. With its
corporate philanthropy, Wells Fargo aims to pave a path to
stability and financial success for underserved communities by
focusing on housing affordability, small business growth, and
financial health, among other local community needs. In 2018, Wells
Fargo donated $444 million to nearly 11,000 nonprofits. For 10
consecutive years, Wells Fargo has held the honor of No. 1 in
workplace giving by United Way Worldwide. Wells Fargo team members
also actively support communities by donating more than 2 million
hours of volunteer time in the last year. News, insights and more
information on the company’s overall corporate responsibility are
available at Wells Fargo Stories and www.wellsfargo.com/impact.
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