At Bankers without Borders, we know our volunteers are our most

valuable resource. Your skills and expertise help accelerate the progress of

social entrepreneurs dedicated to connecting the poor to their potential,

and support our mission to end abject poverty. Our volunteers have

supported more than 210 social enterprises in 43 countries and have

donated more than 230,000 hours of their time to serve on over 1,000

projects. That’s worth more than $22.6 million dollars in in-kind services!

Since the announcement of the Sustainable Development Goals

(SDGs) by the United Nations in September 2015, a set of seventeen

aspirational global goals to help end poverty, protect the planet, and

ensure prosperity for all, more companies are aligning their human

capital investment through employee volunteering in the service of

the sustainable development agenda. Bankers without Borders is

proud to support the SDGs and is actively working towards fulfilling at

least 10 of the goals.

The impact on the volunteers and the social enterprises served remain

as strong where we continuously achieve over 95% satisfaction from

both parties. One of our volunteers recently noted:

“Bankers Without Borders served as a refreshing alternative to the day-

to-day, allowing me to apply professional skills in areas and markets I

would have otherwise overlooked. The engagement changed my

perspective on potential areas of long-term growth and investment for

my company”—Zachary Garman, Capco.

As Bankers without Borders celebrates Pro Bono Week, we’re

recognizing a few of our most inspiring volunteers. Together, we

hope that one day, we will be able to put poverty in the museum.

Wells Fargo volunteers with the Grameen-Jameel Team in Dubai

Vanderbilt University volunteers in Ghana Wells Fargo volunteers in Manila

University of Maryland volunteers encounter wildlife while volunteering in India

Angeley was first introduced to microcredit through her experiences in LATAM

and the Caribbean. She witnessed banks helping local entrepreneurs and realized

how this simple investment in the community can completely change the local

economy and lives. Returning to the US, she was introduced to the Grameen

Foundation in 2012 and began a multi-year effort to work on project based

initiatives involving technology, marketing, and microfinance. Her work with

Grameen Foundation has spanned brand initiatives in Columbia to technology

initiatives in India. She also acts as a Volunteer Advisor to Grameen Foundation on

Marketing and Strategy. Her favorite projects are those which can immediately

have impact on changing lives, local economies, and the way that business

operates.

An accomplished marketing, strategy, and business development professional,

Angeley has been successful bringing businesses and ideas to market. Her

experience is broad across multiple industries including E-commerce, finance,

retail, and SaaS/ Internet. She has led marketing for global exports at Amazon.com

as well as business development projects at Lehman Brothers. She has led major

globally trademarked campaigns, key country launches, and strategic partnerships

with Square, Discover Card, and American Express.

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“I encourage everyone to utilize their skills for

organizations and/or initiatives that they are

passionate about. You just might end up changing

the world!”

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For Angeley, Bankers without Borders has been a life changing experience. “I have

been a long time supporter of the Grameen Foundation and Bankers without

Borders because of their focus on improving the lives of communities through

entrepreneurship. Microcredit financing for individual business owners lifts the

community by supporting the local economy. Working with members of Grameen

Foundation has been an absolute joy and a wonderful way to use my technology

and marketing skills to make a direct impact on people's lives! I encourage

everyone to utilize their skills for organizations and/or initiatives that they are

passionate about... You just might end up changing the world!”

Emily is a seasoned human

resources and organizational

development executive with a

successful career in various

aspects of people-related

initiatives and areas of

responsibility. Emily started her

career as an employment

lawyer. After a few years of

counseling corporate clients,

she realized she wanted to have hands-on experience in human resources

management. When the opportunity arose, she moved to the financial services

industry where she worked in various people-related roles in banking, brokerage

and the insurance sector. In 2013, Emily had the opportunity to take a hiatus from

her long corporate career and decided it was time to fulfill one of her lifetime

goals, to contribute her time and skills to make an impact on social responsible

endeavors.

Bankers without Borders gave me the opportunity to use my skills and experience

in a truly meaningful and rewarding way. I had reached a point in my career

where I needed to do something different paying forward all the blessings and

benefits I had received in both my personal and professional life. Through

Bankers without Borders, I was able to use my skills and contribute my time to

help a client organization in Cambodia that provides microfinance loans as a tool

for poverty alleviation. While fulfilling my goal of making a meaningful impact, I

was greatly rewarded. I learned significantly from working in a different

environment and culture as well as from new perspectives and approaches to

people management, problem solving and conflict management. It was truly

amazing to use the skills I developed in the corporate world in a personally

gratifying way while making a meaningful contribution to help others rise above

poverty.

Since my volunteer assignment through Bankers without Borders, I have kept in

contact with my friends at both the client organization I served and at Bankers

without Borders. Their commitment has inspired me to continue working on

socially responsible initiatives. Recently, I became a certified mediator. Along with

a group of like-minded colleagues, I have founded an organization to provide

training on conflict resolution and mediation services in our community. I am

actively involved in creating community awareness of mediation as an alternative

to conflict resolution and providing mediation services to community

organizations and their members.

I am grateful to the Grameen Foundation and Bankers without Borders for their

mission and for giving me the opportunity to serve others in such a fulfilling way.

I look forward to future projects with Bankers without Borders.

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“Bankers without Borders gave me the opportunity

to use my skills and experience in a truly meaningful

and rewarding way. I had reached a point in my

career where I needed to do something different

paying forward all the blessings and benefits I had

received in both my personal and professional life.”

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In his day-to-day, Giacinto manages cross-functional business analysis and

provides advisory support on several strategic global initiatives at JPMorgan

Chase. His career spanned significant management roles in the Middle East, South

Africa, Latin America and across Europe.

His involvement with Bankers without Borders was not his first volunteering

experience. He is an active mentor at The Young Foundation, helping social

ventures acquire the skills to secure substantial social investment, contracts and/or

grant funding and he has volunteered for skills based workshops to offer business

advice to charities and social start-ups. In his free time, he loves traveling,

trekking, snowboarding and sailing. One of his trips resulted in the publishing of a

photographic book, “Kò, Travelling in Myanmar”, of which part of the proceeds

benefited the UNHCR.

As part of a Bankers without Borders assignment, Giacinto consulted on a project

that tackles youth unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

region. The youth unemployment rate in MENA exceeds that of any other region

in the world. There is a shortage of good jobs for youth and young people often

lack the skills needed by the business community. Giacinto and his team worked

alongside Grameen-Jameel, Grameen Foundation’s joint venture in Dubai, to

identify scalable and sustainable solutions to match the growing size of this

challenge. The team recommended key steps to move the initiative from just the

analysis into the implementation phase, providing a road map for Grameen-

Jameel to move the needle on addressing a critical need in the region.

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“I am truly grateful to have had the opportunity to

partner with Bankers without Borders, on a project

that aims to tackle youth unemployment in the

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Besides

being an incredibly rewarding experience for me, it is

great to be part of programs like these that will have

a positive impact on the future of a country’s

economy and the next generation of talent.”

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Gracie learned about the Grameen

Foundation while at the University of

Virginia (UVa), where her Latin

American studies included

development coursework. Through

UVa, she received a Jefferson Public

Citizens research grant to lead an

undergraduate team to Bolivia to

survey microfinance banks. She

visited various banks, including those

which provided non-financial services

for women, and interviewed

hundreds of female clients around La Paz to understand the impact of loans on

women's relationships with husbands and families. The research ignited her

interest in microfinance, specifically as a financial tool for female empowerment.

Now as a financial services consultant with Capco, Gracie worked as a business

analyst and program manager on a large scale technology platform

implementation.

Gracie has volunteered with the Grameen Foundation through Bankers without

Borders since 2015, beginning with a project management role on a team

implementing a data analysis tool for the Kenyan Musoni bank. Motivated by the

impact of the Musoni project, Gracie worked to establish a second Capco-Bankers

without Borders project; since June, Gracie has led a Capco team to research the

needs, opportunities, and barriers that inhibit women globally from using digital

financial services. The team collected a wide breadth of data on six markets and

delved into female financial habits, access to technology, and financial service use

by women globally. Among some of the most interesting takeaways was the

universal interest in digital products; across nearly all markets, women indicated

they would use digital financial services if they had access to these services. This

project has provided Gracie with a new perspective on the future of microfinance,

as the industry adopts technological developments which will more easily enable

women to access financial products.

"I was thrilled to be part of a team researching solutions for the digital gender

divide, which was personally meaningful for me as I am passionate about women's

economic development and have long aspired to work with the Grameen

Foundation. Especially cool was Grameen Foundation's thoughtful and deliberate

alignment of our team with this project impacting women around the world, as

the sponsorship came out of Capco's International Women's Day pledge for parity.

The opportunity to work with and learn from Lisa Kienzle, the Global Financial

Services Director at Grameen Foundation, was incredible as she provided insight

into data trends and served as a critical resource for our team. I hope our research

will provide support for initiatives to increase women's access to digital financial

services, and look forward to seeing Grameen's work in this space as it continues

to drive and reshape global microfinance!"

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“I was thrilled to be part of a team researching

solutions for the digital gender divide, which was

personally meaningful for me as I am passionate

about women's economic development... Especially

cool was Bankers without Borders’ thoughtful and

deliberate alignment of our team with this project

impacting women around the world, as the

sponsorship came out of Capco's International

Women's Day pledge for parity.”

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Genni Minissali has

worked in the

digital marketing

industry for 10

years. She has

spent the past four

years working in

advertising sales at

Google while also

dedicating a

portion of her time

to working with

Google for Nonprofits, where she consulted with over 200 nonprofits to help them

with their media strategy and organizational efficiency.

In May 2016, Google volunteers spent three weeks in Accra, Ghana, working with

non-profit organizations on bridging the digital divide and driving socio-economic

transformation in disadvantaged communities through Global Leadership. Global

Leadership is a leadership development and volunteering opportunity where a

group of Googler employees are chosen each quarter to work with NGOs, and

entrepreneurs to address global humanitarian challenges in local communities and

emerging markets. Genni worked with a small team of Googler employees to help

develop a data driven marketing strategy for Global Mamas, a community

comprised of thousands of people around the world working together with the

mission of creating prosperity for African women & their families. The organization

helps women create and sell unique, handmade products.

The volunteer consultancy resulted in a 700% increase in retail sales for Global

Mamas!

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“What an amazing experience personally and

professionally!”

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While in Ghana, Genni was also able to volunteer with public school

children during an information technology exposure outreach

Jerry strives to give back every day through his work, in interacting with people on

the phone, in meetings and through email. Early in his technology career, Jerry

worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the

Department of State. After building systems and organizations within the U.S.

Government, and the Insurance, Brokerage and Banking industries, Jerry

volunteered in early 2015 to build houses in El Salvador with Habitat for

Humanity, Thrivent Financial, and Charlotte, North Carolina-based Lutheran

Churches. He found the effort rewarding and appreciated the direct impact his

work had on the lives of people seeking to escape poverty and create a better

future for themselves and their families.

Also in 2015, Jerry was selected to be a Wells Fargo Global Fellow and was

assigned to a project in Manila, Philippines assisting the microfinance organization

Ahon Sa Hirap Inc (ASHI). ASHI serves its more than 30,000 women members

through micro loans to help the members and their families “Rise up from

Poverty.” Jerry and the team of volunteers held field interviews with borrowers and

ASHI field staff to understand their operations, technology, financial and Human

Resource processes. The team then reviewed ASHI’s strategic plan and validated

the overall direction while making recommendations designed to incorporate the

needs of field staff and members. It was hard work, but the efforts were

appreciated by everyone at ASHI, and Jerry looks forward to engaging in similar

assignments in the future.

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“I have been blessed to have been born in a place

where resources and opportunities are readily

available. As we conducted interviews in the field,

we heard heart wrenching stories that at times

brought tears to our eyes but also motivated us to

do everything we could. The work was not easy but

I only wanted to do more as I boarded the plane to

return to my work at home.”

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Joel Berger is responsible for

the development of the media

and entertainment markets for

Google in Germany.

Previously, Joel Berger was the

Managing Director of Fox

Interactive Media Germany,

and the social networking

portal MySpace in Germany

and Northern Europe. Prior to

that, he was a member of the

management board at MTV

Networks Germany where he was in charge of Digital Media and marketing for

four channels of the MTV Networks Group (MTV, VIVA, NICK, Comedy Central).

As part of a volunteer assignment in May 2016, Google volunteers spent three

weeks in Accra, Ghana, working with non-profit organizations on bridging the

digital divide and driving socio-economic transformation in disadvantaged

communities through Global Leadership. Global Leadership is a leadership

development and volunteering opportunity where a group of Googler employees

are chosen each quarter to work with NGOs, and entrepreneurs to address global

humanitarian challenges in local communities and emerging markets. Together

with a small team of colleagues, Joel worked closely with Global Mamas, an

organization in Ghana comprised of thousands of people around the world

working together with the mission of creating prosperity for African women &

their families, to help turnaround their sales which had been declining due to a

decrease in tourism in the recent years following the Ebola outbreak.

Joel and his team developed an excellent digital marketing strategy that

immediately resulted in increased sales for the organization!

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“I enjoyed the whole experience of working with my

team and the Global Mamas to make a positive

difference!”

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Joel at the Global Mamas clothing factory

Karuna is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of experience in banking and

management consultancy and is currently the Country Head at Elara Capital Plc in

the UAE. She held senior management positions with global organizations over

the years with achievements in business development, cost saving, process

improvement and client/ employee engagement.

Karuna is passionate about using her professional expertise for philanthropic work

and got interested in being involved with Grameen Foundation’s work in Kenya.

Bankers without Borders connected her with our local office in Nairobi where she

provided virtual advisory support on credit and lean banking operations for an

innovative pilot health financing project to enable the urban poor to pay for

urgent primary health services, micro insurance and receive health information

through the mobile phone.

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“My passion for fairness and the effective use of

resources helps me not only at work, it also helps

me create the space to work voluntarily as a finance

and process expert for community based projects,

including global development organizations like

Grameen Foundation and the Bankers without

Borders program.’’

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Magda Wust has worked at the

cutting edge of technology for

the past 8 years. At Google, her

focus is on global customer care.

Her volunteering engagement in

the past has usually taken some

form of coaching - from helping

foster care kids with homework,

to career development in a

corporate world, and multi-

cultural competence in

increasingly diverse populations.

In her free time, Magda loves exploring the beauty of the world through travel

and culinary experience. She loves yoga, and enjoys long walks in San Francisco,

California, where she currently lives.

As part of a volunteer assignment, Google volunteers spent three weeks in Accra,

Ghana, in May 2016, working with non-profit organizations on bridging the digital

divide and driving socio-economic transformation in disadvantaged communities

through Global Leadership. Global Leadership is a leadership development and

volunteering opportunity where a group of Googler employees are chosen each

quarter to work with NGOs, and entrepreneurs to address global humanitarian

challenges in local communities and emerging markets. Magda worked with a

small team of volunteers to help develop a data driven marketing strategy for

Global Mamas, a community comprised of thousands of people around the world

working together with the mission of creating prosperity for African women &

their families.

“I’ve been genuinely impressed with how many women Global Mamas work with

(~400!) and how well the organization is run, from customer-centric focus on

quality, through specialization allowing for efficiency, and to the well-being and

general job satisfaction of the Mamas!”

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‘During my volunteer consultancy, I learnt to

appreciate the resilience and strong will of the

people. I’ve been very grateful for the welcoming

attitude, friendliness and smiles from everyone

around. It's been an incredible experience that's

going to have a long lasting effect on me. Not only

did I feel that I made a difference with invaluable

BwB support on the ground but I've definitely grown

as a leader and person!’

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Magda trying her hand at batiking at Global Mamas

Maya is a seasoned banking professional with extensive experience in credit risk

management. She has worked on several trade finance, acquisition financing and

credit restructuring transactions throughout career, having also developed a

specialization in the Brazilian agribusiness industry. She first learned about

Grameen Foundation’s Bankers without Borders program through her employer,

J.P. Morgan, where each year, tens of thousands of employees volunteer their time

and expertise to help nonprofit organizations and people in underserved

neighborhoods worldwide.

Maya began her Bankers without Borders volunteer journey in June 2015 working

with a small team of volunteers to develop a theory of change for Gastromotiva,

an organization whose mission is to spread the potential, power, and responsibility

of gastronomy as an agent of change. Through vocational kitchen training focused

on vulnerable youth in Brazil, Gastromotiva is working to transform society and

bring people to alleviate inequality. In her role as a volunteer, Maya was able to

help Gastromotiva define their vision of success and think strategically about their

long-term vision. She helped develop a theory of change that will enhance the

capacity of the organization and its initiatives to achieve its goals and

demonstrate impact. The theory of change will not only help ground planning and

strategy for Gastromotiva but also play a critical role in evaluating impact.

“This was my first project with BwB and also the first time I engaged in a skill-

based volunteering project. It was great to learn more about the non-profit and

social enterprise space. I'm already working on my second BwB project and feeling

highly rewarded for being able to contribute my skills to generate social impact.

I'm very grateful to BwB and J.P. Morgan for the opportunity to work with such an

inspiring organization”- Maya Yonehara.

Although the volunteer project Maya undertook had long ended, Gastromotiva

remains thankful for the contribution and has already implemented some of the

recommendations in their internal processes. Maya also kept in touch with the

organization, and served as a volunteer in the Refettorio Gastromotiva project

during the Rio Olympic Games 2016.

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“This was my first project with BwB and also the first

time I engaged in a skill-based volunteering project.

It was great to learn more about the non-profit and

the social enterprise space. I'm already working on

my second BwB project and feeling highly rewarded

for being able to contribute my skills to generate

social impact. I'm very grateful to BwB and J.P.

Morgan for the opportunity to work with such an

inspiring organization”

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Rahim is presently pursuing a dual

degree in civil engineering at

Western University's Faculty of

Engineering and business at the

Ivey Business School. Entering his

third year of university, he was

keen on pursuing an internship in

the corporate world because of the

immense technical and personal

learnings that are offered. He was

also interested in learning more

about global initiatives that are

bridging the poverty gap – an unnatural and unfair circumstance. This desire led

Rahim to contact Bankers without Borders to find out more about the program

and how he could contribute his skills and time.

Rahim was placed as a Finance and Operations Intern with Natural Extracts

Industries (NEI), a social enterprise pioneering sustainable extraction of natural

flavors in Tanzania and accelerating the economic development of small holder

farmers by adding value to their local crops.

“I was exposed to a host of issues that the company faced – those inherent to

doing business in Tanzania, and those inherent to being a social enterprise. The

insights that I got from my volunteering assignment not only satisfied my

curiosity, but also allowed me to learn about the various skills and experiences

that are prerequisites for working in a development setting.”

At NEI, I worked on a diverse set of responsibilities such as financial modelling,

value chain research, and value chain information management systems, which

were challenging but were real life problems that the company needed to solve

for. This allowed me to grow my own capabilities and understand the world of

social impact!

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“BwB allowed me to give much due appreciation to

the work that is going on around the world to pull

people out of poverty. Working for a social

enterprise was truly rewarding from the first phone

call with the Founder, to the last performance review

conversation. During my time with NEI, not only was

I consistently challenged with different assignments,

but I was also taught about the key issues in starting

up and running a sustainable social enterprise. This

experience was infinitely enlightening and was a

foundational stepping stone for my journey in the

social impact space.”

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Ranjan is an Equity Research Analyst at

JPMorgan Chase. He graduated as an

Aerospace Engineer from IIT Kanpur,

the premier technical college in India.

As an Equity Research Analyst, his job

entails complex financial analysis of

listed companies and industry trends to

make investment recommendations to

portfolio managers. Ranjan found out

about Bankers without Borders program

through his employer, where tens of

thousands of employees volunteer their time and expertise each year to help

nonprofit organizations and people in underserved neighborhoods worldwide.

Ranjan teamed up with two other volunteers to review and redesign Grameen-

Jameel’s due diligence process to serve more quickly and more efficienty more

microfinance partners and more micro-entrepreneurs. During the project, the team

leveraged their extensive financial analysis experience to build a comprehensive

and robust financial model. The model will allow Grameen-Jameel to conduct

more detailed quantitative analysis of microfinance institutions in the future. The

volunteer team closely reviewed Grameen-Jameel’s due-diligence policies to

ensure they are in line with industry best-practices. Grameen-Jameel management

highly appreciated the final deliverables and have already started implementing

the recommendations.

From left: Siva Ramji (Grameen Jameel CFO), Ranjan Sharma (JPMC Volunteer),

Patrizia Dodaro (BwB Officer MENA region).

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“Working with Grameen-Jameel was a challenging

but rewarding experience. At the beginning, we were

unfamiliar with the due diligence process of

microfinance institutions. We had to familiarize

ourselves with the MFI industry and study the

manuals for best-practices in analyzing MFIs. We

earnestly hope that our volunteer work makes a

meaningful contribution to Grameen Jameel’s

objective to alleviate poverty in the MENA region.”

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Sarah Simpkins is a graduate student at the University of Maryland’s School of

Public Policy where she studies international development. She received her

Bachelor’s degree in English literature at Bates College in 2010 where she spent

several semesters abroad studying development and international migration.

Following graduation, Sarah worked for international non-profit organizations

designing development programs primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa in the areas of

infectious disease eradication, community health, child protection, and economic

strengthening. For the past six months, Sarah has interned at the Department of

State’s Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration where she supports

programs in West Africa.

In January 2016, Sarah worked with a team of University of Maryland students to

conduct a baseline sanitation survey for Youthreach, a Bankers without Borders

non-profit partner based in India. Over the course of three weeks, the team

piloted data collection tools, conducted key interviews, and analyzed data to

better understand local sanitation practices. The effort helped inform the

organization about the social acceptability of various toilet models and how to

adapt behavior change messages to highlight respondents’ perceptions of toilet

advantages including convenience, privacy and social status.

“My experience with Bankers without Borders and Youthreach in India was a

fantastic opportunity to apply textbook learning to a real-world situation. After

designing questionnaires from the comfort of our own desks, we were incredibly

humbled by the openness and candor of many of the survey participants who

welcomed us into their homes despite the intrusive nature of the survey. These

kinds of important professional development opportunities are invaluable to

young professionals and I am incredibly grateful to the wonderful staff at

Youthreach and Bankers without Borders for making this consultancy happen.”

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“My experience with Bankers without Borders and

Youthreach in India was a fantastic opportunity to

apply textbook learning to a real-world situation.

After designing questionnaires from the comfort of

our own desks, we were incredibly humbled by the

openness and candor of many of the survey

participants who welcomed us into their homes

despite the intrusive nature of the survey.”

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Susan has worked in domestic and

international commercial banking and

financial product management for

more than 30 years and has been with

Wells Fargo in Southern California

since 2000. During her career, she has

been able to travel extensively on

assignments in North America, Europe,

the Far East and the Pacific Rim.

Susan is a passionate volunteer and a

strong believer in giving back. Whether

it is writing a grant proposal,

organizing a community gala or school

fundraiser, caring for animals at Seal

Beach Animal Care Center, exercising

with seniors and the disabled, or

packing boxes and serving meals at

her local food bank, Susan is always

eager to provide assistance to organizations, causes or people in need. Susan and

her husband often volunteer together and have made wonderful new friends,

gained new skills, and adopted several pets along the way.

This year, Susan was selected by Wells Fargo as a Global Fellow to volunteer with

Bankers without Borders. She led a small team of U.S.-based volunteers to conduct

a landscape analysis of the financing market in the Middle East/Northern Africa

region and help Grameen-Jameel, a joint venture of Grameen Foundation in

Dubai, develop a fund dedicated to small and medium enterprises.

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“I had an experience of a lifetime to spend six weeks

in Dubai working with employees and Board of

Grameen-Jameel, to help set up a new fund for

micro, small and medium enterprise lending. The

immersive exposure to microfinance and different

cultures in the region was fascinating, everyday! It

was wonderful to coordinate with the strategy team

lead, other volunteers, outside attorneys, fund

experts and bankers, and most especially to work

on-site with the incredibly hospitable, warm, and

multi-cultural team, management, and Board of

Directors of Grameen-Jameel.”

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Zach was introduced to the Grameen Foundation through a passionate co-worker,

whose enthusiasm about microfinance encouraged him to research volunteer

opportunities with Bankers Without Borders. Zach identified with the foundation's

unique approach to alleviating poverty, empowering the world's poor to reach

their potential by supplying tools and educational support, and was excited to

learn he could translate the professional skills he was beginning to develop in the

financial services industry to projects that directly impacted the lives of those in

the communities being served.

As a financial services consultant at Capco, Zach has worked as a program

manager and business analyst, with experience in both the Mortgage and

Commercial Banking industries. Zach first volunteered with Bankers Without

Borders in 2015, supporting the development of a suite of risk analysis tools for

the Kenyan Musoni Bank. Zach enjoyed providing support to the Musoni team as

it worked to enhance its financial controls, enabling the bank to provide better

products and services to a broader range of customers. Having been exposed to

the tangible and immediate impact of skills-based volunteering, Zach was excited

to have the opportunity in early 2016 to lead a team of researchers analyzing the

needs, opportunities, and barriers inhibiting women from accessing financial

services. Through detailed analysis of six target markets, the team identified key

areas of focus to inform Grameen's approach for addressing and eliminating the

digital gender divide.

"Bankers without Borders served as a refreshing alternative to the day-to-day,

allowing me to apply professional skills in areas and markets I would have

otherwise overlooked. Professionally, this project changed my perspective on

potential areas of long-term growth and investment for our firm. I am sincerely

grateful to the Bankers Without Borders and the Grameen Foundation team for

the opportunity to work on such interesting and challenging projects and engage

with such truly passionate people. I am excited to share my experience with

others, and am looking forward to continuing to support their mission through

the rest of my professional career!"

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“Bankers without Borders served as a refreshing

alternative to the day-to-day, allowing me to apply

professional skills in areas and markets I would have

otherwise overlooked.”

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