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Awards and Recognition
Bank of America is proud to be a leader in supporting diversity and has been widely recognized for its progressive workplace practices and initiatives that promote inclusion.
2012 Recognition*
- “Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities” by Diversitybusiness.com for the third year in a row.
- Among National Association for Female Executives' (NAFE) Top Companies for Executive Women for the third year in a row.
2011 Recognition*
- Number 2 on Equal Opportunity magazine's annual “Top 50 Employers” list.
- 100% score on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index for the sixth consecutive year.
- Top 10 company on the 2012 Working Mother 100 Best Companies list; 23nd year on the list. Also among the top 10 companies for women's advancement and best companies for kids.
- Merrill Lynch Wealth Management led all financial services firms on Barron's “America's Top 100 Women Financial Advisors” list again this year, with 33 in the rankings; sixth year leading the list.
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch ranked among The Times Top 50 Employers for Women in partnership with Opportunity Now.
- Number 4 on DiversityMBA magazine's “Top 50 Companies for Diverse Managers to Work;” fourth year on list.
- “40 Best Companies for Diversity” by Black Enterprise magazine for the seventh year in a row, noted for our Supplier Diversity efforts.
- Number 11 on DiversityInc magazine's “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” annual list; on the list for the last 11 years. Bank of America was also ranked among the DiversityInc top 10 companies for Recruitment & Retention, Supplier Diversity, Executive Women and LGBT Employees.
- Hispanic Business magazine's “Top 60 Diversity Elite” for the sixth year in a row.
- Among LATINA Style's top company for Latinas for the last seven years.
- MBNA Canada Bank received the Employer Excellence Award from Hire Immigrants Ottawa.
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch recognized by the Workplace Wellness Council in Mexico for quality and excellence in workplace health promotion.
- Bank of America has been recognized by the Department of Defense for our support of employees that serve in the National Guard and Reserve. The company received the Seven Seals Award from the Maine Chapter of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), the Above and Beyond Award in Texas and North Carolina, the Patriot Award in Georgia, and has been nominated as a semi-finalist in Maine and finalist in Delaware for the Freedom Award.
- Veterans on Wall Street (VOWS) received the Diversity and Inclusion award presented by Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).
- Top 100 Military Friendly Employers by G.I. Jobs magazine for the sixth year in a row.
- Among Military Times EDGE magazine's “Best for Vets 2011: Employers.”
- Bank of America ranked number 12 on Computerworld's “Best Places to Work in IT” list.
- Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption for the fourth year in a row.
- Universum Research recognized the bank on its “Top 100 Ideal Employers” for young professionals and “Top 25 Ideal Employers among MBAs,” and Bank of America Merrill Lynch was recognized on its Top 50 World's Most Attractive Employers in 2011.
- Bank of America's campus careers website ranked number 38 in the Top Employer Web Benchmark 2011 survey by Potential Park, a research and branding firm.
2011 Employee Recognition
- US Banker 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking list:
- Anne Finucane, Global Strategy & Marketing Officer, ranked number 14
- Cathy Bessant, Global Technology & Operations executive, ranked number 17.
- Candace Browning, head of Global Research, was ranked number 7 on the 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance.
- Andrea Smith, Global Head of Human Resources, and Christine Katziff, Corporate General Auditor, were recognized by the Charlotte Business Journal at its 15th annual Women in Business Achievement Awards.
- Anne Finucane was recognized by a number of publications, including:
- Number 12 on “The Power List,” PR Week's list of the top 50 communications executives in the U.S.
- Among the Boston Business Journal's Power 50 Most Influential Bostonians
- One of Irish America Magazine's Wall Street 50
- As one of BtoB magazine's Best Marketers
- Cathy Bessant, Global Technology & Operations executive, ranked number 14 on Institutional Investor magazine “Tech 50” list of senior global IT executives. Cathy also received the Best CIO award from Waters Technology as part of its American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs).
- Black Enterprise recognized four Bank of America executives on its list of the 75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street:
- D. Steve Boland, head of Global Wealth and Investment Management Mortgage Solutions
- Amy Ellis-Simon, head of Americas Corporate Access and Specialty Sales
- Todd Gomez, Community Development Banking Northeast Market executive
- Bernard Mensa, global head of emerging markets - sales and training
- Katy Knox, Consumer & Small Business Banking Distribution executive, and Anna Kelligrew St. Clair, private client manager for U.S. Trust, were both recognized among Diversity MBA's Top 100 under 50 Executive & Emerging Leaders list.
- Jonathan Moulds, president of Europe, was named among the Evening Standard's 100 Most Influential People in London.
- Rupert Hume-Kendall, chairman of Global Capital Markets, Adrian Mee, head of International M&A, and Christian Meissner, co-head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking, were named among Financial News' FN100 Most Influential People Working in Finance 2011.
- Charlotte Burkeman, head of EMEA Prime Brokerage, and Julia Hoggett, head of EMEA DCM FIG Flow & Covered Bonds, were recognized among Financial News' FN100 Most Influential Women 2011.
- Carole Berndt, head of Global Treasury Solutions in Europe and Emerging Markets, was honored with an Award for Achievement from Women in Banking and Finance (U.K.). Jennifer Boussuge, head of Global Treasury Sales, and Lesley White, Global Treasury Solutions product executive for Corporates in Europe and Emerging Markets, were both shortlisted for the award.
- Lorna Meyer of San Francisco (number 4) and Melissa Corrado Harrison of Denver (number 9) among Barron's “America's Top 100 Women Financial Advisors.”
- Jesse Cureton, managing director, North Carolina regional executive, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, was recognized among the Charlotte Catalyst Honorees, which recognizes Charlotte, N.C.'s most inspiring professionals.
- Sylvia Rocco, managing director, senior sales trader for Equities, received the Traders Magazine Mentor Award for her dedication to mentoring other women in financial services.
- Rich Hofmann, senior finance manager, and Christine Tedjopranoto, finance business support manager, received Individual Outstanding Employer Patriot Awards from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.
- Jennifer R. Povlitz, Regional Managing Director for Merrill Lynch U.S. Wealth Management, was named one of the San Francisco Bay Area's 150 Most Influential Women in Business by the San Francisco Business Times.
- Brian Tracey, Community Development Lending and Investments Executive, was named 2011 Private Sector Partner of the year by the Supportive Housing Network of New York.
- Ivo Distelbrink, Asia Pacific Regional Treasury Executive, was recognized as Rising Star Transaction Banker of the Year Recognition according to The Asset.
- Michael Nierenberg, head of Global Mortgages and Securitized Products, received the United Jewish Appeal's (UJA's) Young Leadership Award in recognition of his nearly two decades of philanthropic contributions.
- The Investment Dealers' Digest (IDD) 40 Under 40 recognized three bankers in the following categories:
- Fixed Income Currencies & Commodities Sales: Karen Fang, head of the Cross Asset Solutions & Strategy group in the Americas
- Debt Capital Markets: A.J. Murphy, co-head of Global Leveraged Finance
- Global Investment Banking: Gary Swidler, head of Americas Specialty Finance
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