Fifth Third Bancorp convened the inaugural meeting of its newly-formed
national Community Advisory Forum (CAF) on May 12. Later this month,
Fifth Third will convene five regional community advisory forums in
Florida, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina and Ohio.
The convening of the Community Advisory Forums, or CAFs, fulfills a key
promise made in Fifth Third’s $30 billion community
commitment. The five-year plan is designed to make a
long-lasting positive impact in the lives of individuals within
communities served by Fifth Third, particularly those in low- and
moderate-income neighborhoods. The commitment includes mortgage lending,
small business lending, micro-lending, community development lending and
investments, as well as Fifth Third Impact Initiatives, including
philanthropy, financial empowerment programming, branches and staffing,
and inclusion and diversity. Fifth Third invested $7.88 billion, or 26.3
percent, of the commitment in 2016, as announced in its first-year
results report.
Fifth Third’s national CAF is chaired by Fifth Third Bancorp Executive
Vice President Brian Lamb. It has 18 members who will meet three
times per year. The first meeting was held in the Bank’s headquarters
city of Cincinnati, Ohio. The five regional CAFs consist of 75 community
leaders and meet twice per year. They are chaired by Fifth Third’s
regional community and economic development managers.
The CAFs continue a long-standing tradition of Fifth Third’s engagement
with community leadership. Over the course of 2016, Fifth Third
leadership held 154 community engagement sessions, with the majority of
those conducted with organizations affiliated with the National
Community Reinvestment Coalition.
“Convening our community advisory forums is a strategic part of how
Fifth Third is keeping the customer at the center of everything we do,”
said Lamb. “The members of our national and regional forums represent
our 10 Consumer Bank states and their work in our communities will help
guide our actions to ensure we are best meeting their needs.”
Lamb continued, “When we made our $30 billion community commitment, we
pledged to assemble advisory forums and work with community leadership
to affect positive change. Fulfilling this pledge brings together a
national CAF with a combined 470 years of experience in community
development. We are poised to accomplish great things together.”
Dory Rand, president of Woodstock Institute, a financial justice
research and policy nonprofit based in Chicago, said, “I am excited to
participate in Fifth Third’s national Community Advisory Forum because
their $30 billion community commitment, which Woodstock and the National
Community Reinvestment Coalition helped develop, will result in
significant investments in and benefits to underserved low- and
moderate-income communities, including new branches and increased small
business lending. All of this will help create jobs and provide needed
community amenities.”
The members of the national CAF include:
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Farad Ali
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Carolyn E. Mosby
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President and CEO
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President & CEO
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The Institute of Minority Economic Development
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Midstates Minority Supplier Diversity Council
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Durham, North Carolina
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Indianapolis, Indiana
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Kay Bowers
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Susan Porciau
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Executive Director
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Director of Homeless Training and Technical Assistance
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New Level Community Development Corporation
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Florida Housing Coalition
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Nashville, Tennessee
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St. Petersburg, Florida
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S. Barbara Busch
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Keith Rachey
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Executive Director of Housing Development
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Senior Vice President & COO
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Working in Neighborhoods
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Community Reinvestment Fund USA
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Kimberlee R. Cornett
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Dory M. Rand
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Social Investment Practice Managing Director
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President
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The Kresge Foundation
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Woodstock Institute
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Troy, Michigan
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Chicago, Illinois
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Catherine Hope Crosby
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Mary Fran Riley
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Executive Director
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Senior Vice President for External Affairs
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City of Dayton Human Relations Council
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Accion Chicago
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Dayton, Ohio
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Chicago, Illinois
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Kevin L. Dunlap
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J. Jacob Sipe
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Executive Director
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Executive Director
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REBOUND, Inc.
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Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority
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Louisville, Kentucky
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Indianapolis, Indiana
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Kate S. Little
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John Taylor
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President & CEO
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President & CEO
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Georgia Advancing Communities Together, Inc.
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National Community Reinvestment Coalition
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Atlanta, Georgia
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Washington, D.C.
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Inez Long
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Chris Uhl
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President & CEO
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Vice President of Community Investments
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BBIF Florida
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Rock Ventures, LLC (A Quicken Loan Company)
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Orlando, Florida
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Detroit, Michigan
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Mark J. McDermott
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Eric Watson
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Vice President, Ohio Market Leader
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President & CEO
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Enterprise Community Partners
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Carolinas Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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More information about the Community Commitment is available in the
Company’s 2016
Corporate Social Responsibility Report and at www.53.com/commitment.
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company
headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of March 31, 2017, the Company had
$140 billion in assets and operated 1,155 full-service Banking Centers
and 2,471 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida,
Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina. Fifth Third
operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking,
Consumer Lending, and Wealth & Asset Management. As of March 31, 2017,
Fifth Third also had a 17.8 percent interest in Vantiv Holding, LLC.
Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in the Midwest and, as
of March 31, 2017, had $323 billion in assets under care, of which it
managed $33 billion for individuals, corporations and not-for-profit
organizations through its Trust, Brokerage and Insurance businesses. Investor
information and press
releases can be viewed at www.53.com.
Fifth Third’s common stock is traded on the Nasdaq® Global Select Market
under the symbol “FITB.” Fifth Third Bank was established in 1858.
Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender.
Fifth Third Bancorp
Stacie Haas, 513-534-5113
Stacie.Haas@53.com