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Richmond market president, Bank of America, Richmond
Richmond market president, Bank of America, Richmond
Virginia Business// January 30, 2023//
Hall of Fame member
The first African American president of Bank of America’s Richmond region oversees almost 2,000 employees at 25 locations, but Branch began his career as a sociology major, earning his bachelor’s degree in the subject from William & Mary. He credits Mary DePillars, a longtime executive at regional banks (and wife of painter and former Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts Dean Murry DePillars), as someone who helped him find his path in banking.
“She guided me,” Branch says. “She would always ask me, ‘What did you learn today? What did you contribute to the bottom line today?’”
An ardent advocate of homeownership as an underpinning of generational wealth, Branch has volunteered with Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, a nonprofit that advocates for equal access to housing.
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