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PNC Bank Expands Community Advisory Board to 20 Members as It Strengthens Focus on Community Investment Needs Nationwide

PITTSBURGH, May 23, 2024 – PNC Bank has expanded its national Community Advisory Council (CAC) with the addition of nine community development executives representing seven states across the company’s footprint. The newly appointed members join the 11 current PNC CAC representatives who bring a broad range of expertise in community investment lending and services, small business development and economic development.

Formed in 2022 to provide ongoing guidance in support of PNC’s four-year, $88 billion Community Benefits Plan, the newly expanded group of nonprofit business and community leaders meets twice a year to advise the bank on issues criticisms that affect society and to help inform PNCs. priorities for community loans, investments and services.

“Members of the Community Advisory Board have been instrumental in the successful implementation of the Bank’s Community Benefits Plan, which has deployed nearly $56 billion in investments and loans to support communities across the country since its launch in 2022” , said Richard Bynum, director of corporate responsibility at PNC. “The newest advisory board members give us an even greater opportunity to engage with the communities we serve and strengthen our impact in affordable housing and other areas of critical need.”

The PNC 2024 Community Advisory Board members are:

• Barbara Busch, Working in Neighborhoods (WIN), Cincinnati, OH
• Bob Dickerson, Birmingham Business Resource Center, Birmingham, AL
• Bobby Calvillo*, Affordable Homes of South Texas, Inc. McAllen, TX
• Carl Manning*, Kingdom Community Development, Fayetteville, NC
• Christie McCravy*, Louisville Metro Affordable Housing Trust Fund, Louisville, KY
• Darel Ross, Start Garden, Grand Rapids, MI
• Dena Mottola Jaborska*, New Jersey Citizen Action, Newark, NJ
• Ernie Hogan, Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group, Pittsburgh, PA
• Gustavo Lasala, PeopleFund, Austin, Texas
• Harold Pettigrew*, Opportunity Finance Network, Washington, DC
• Ignacio Esteban*, Florida Community Loan Fund, Orlando, FL
• Jesse Van Tol, National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), Washington, DC
• Joseph B. Anderson, TAG Holdings, LLC, Wixom, MI
• Luis Granados, Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), San Francisco, CA
• Marla Bilonick, National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, Washington, DC
• Matt Hull, Texas Association of Community Development Corporations, Austin, TX
• Rudy Espinoza*, Inclusive Action, Los Angeles, CA
• Seema Agnani, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, Washington, DC
• Watchen Bruce*, Baltimore Community Lending, Baltimore, MD
• Will González*, CEIBA, Philadelphia, PA

*Newly appointed

Launched in 2022 and scheduled for completion in 2025, the PNC Community Benefits Plan will provide $88 billion in loans and investments and other financial support to strengthen economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income individuals, communities and people of color. For more information about PNC’s Community Benefits Plan, see the most recent impact report at pnc.com.

PNC Bank, National Association, is a member of PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. PNC is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, organized around its customers and communities for strong relationships and local delivery of high-quality banking services. retail and business, including a full range of loan products; specialized services for businesses and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate financing and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. For information about PNC, visit www.pnc.com.

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