Webinar: NATIONAL BLACK AND LATINO ECONOMIC SUMMIT by NMCRC

About The Summit

This two-day symposium will empower a growing network of like-minded individuals, companies, and non-profit organizations to unpack a shared vision of eliminating barriers and enhancing access to economic sustainability in Black and Latino communities.

Meet The Presenters

Leroy Abrahams

Regions Foundation - President & Head of Community Affairs

Leroy Abrahams is the head of Community Affairs for Regions Bank and in this role serves as Chairman and President of the Regions Foundation and the President of the Regions Community Development Corporation. Regions is a regional bank that operates throughout the South, Midwest and Texas and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

Prior to being named to his current role in 2018, Abrahams served as Area President in North Central Alabama. He joined Regions in 2013 as head of Strategic and Corporate Planning. His prior experience includes serving with SunTrust Bank as President and CEO of the company’s Hampton Roads region in Virginia. In addition, he held roles as the retail banking executive and central group retail line of business leader. Before joining SunTrust, Abrahams was a consumer banking manager in eastern Tennessee for Regions.

Abrahams graduated from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a major in Finance.

Throughout his career, Abrahams has been active in serving and supporting nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving the quality of life in various communities. Abrahams currently serves on the boards of Birmingham Promise, the Woodlawn Foundation, the Eyesight Foundation of Alabama and The World Games 2022. He is also a member of the Southeastern Council of Foundations.
John Knott

Truist Bank - Head of Corporate Strategy

John Knott leads the Corporate Strategy Group at Truist. In this capacity, Mr. Knott collaborates with the Executive Leadership team to shape Truist’s enterprise-level strategy through the assessment of long term trends, the identification of strategic growth opportunities, and the development of cross-business unit initiatives. He and his team provide thought leadership, internal consulting, and collaborative problem solving solutions to the businesses and corporate functions, assisting leadership in refining business strategy, aligning priorities and objectives and assessing performance. The group also facilitates the strategic planning processes, provides strategic guidance concerning enterprise investment prioritization, and is responsible for the Executive Scorecards through which the company assesses performance and provides closed loop feedback for the strategic planning cycle.

Throughout a 23-year career with Truist one of its heritage organizations, SunTrust, Mr. Knott has served in a variety of roles across the organization. Recent positions include leadership of the Corporate Finance and Strategy Group and management of the Company’s financial management reporting, forecasting and planning, and profitability measurement functions. Between 2013 and early 2016, Mr. Knott served as the CFO for Consumer Banking and Private Wealth Management. In this role, he engaged as a member of the Consumer Banking & PWM leadership team and represented the Segment within the Finance organization. Mr. Knott’s group worked closely with Segment and LOB leadership to develop short- and long-term strategies and related tactics designed to enhance financial performance and strengthen oversight and accountability.

Mr. Knott previously served as the Director of Corporate Performance Management, where he had responsibility for the financial methodologies used to measure profitability. His group also managed various functions, including deposit pricing, wholesale loan pricing and earning asset portfolio management. From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Knott was the Corporate Lines of Business Senior Financial Officer, partnering with the SunTrust Executive responsible for Corporate & Investment Banking, Wealth & Investment Management, Mortgage, Commercial Real Estate and Treasury & Payment Solutions. Between 2005 and 2007, he served in a similar capacity supporting Geographic Banking. Prior to that time, he held various roles focused on ensuring a consistent approach to measuring profitability, providing analytics to drive informed decisions, driving corporate initiatives, establishing clear performance expectations and enabling clear management accountability.

Mr. Knott earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Rhodes College and a master’s degree in Economic History from the London School of Economics & Political Science. Both Atlanta natives, he and his husband live in Decatur. Mr. Knott currently serves on the Board of Theatrical Outfit.

Sessions in this

Inspiring And Building Better Lives & Communities
Worthy of Investment: The Importance of Black and Latino Coalition Building In Regard to Economic Development
The Racial Wealth Gap and Inequality in the United States
The Latino Economic Agenda: A Latino Perspective on U.S. Domestic Economic Policy
Virtual Luncheon
Truist Bank: Strategic Growth
The Federal Reserve Board
California Reinvestment Coalition(CRC)-Implementation of Section 1071 of Dodd Frank Act
Modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1975
COVID-19, The California Economic Earthquake
1 on 1 : An Interview with John M. Turner, CEO of Regions Bank
Truist Bank Commitment to the Community
PNC Commits More Than $1 Billion To Help End Systemic Racism

PNC Commits More Than $1 Billion To Help End Systemic Racism And Support Economic Empowerment Of African Americans And Low- And Moder... View more
The Facts about Black & Brown Communities and Why Current Funding Models Cannot End Systemic Racism
Virtual Luncheon
Wells Fargo Bank: Accelerating Community Impact During COVID-19
Regions Bank: Building a Dialogue for Improved Capital Opportunities
Creating A Master Community Development Plan for Black & Latino Neighborhoods

Upton Planning Committee Creating A Master Community Development Plan for Black & Latino Neighborhoods-Targeting Increased Jobs & Af... View more
Narrowing the Homeownership Gap
Project Reach: Building Up Black and Latino Economic Inclusion

NATIONAL BLACK AND LATINO ECONOMIC SUMMIT

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