Dear First Gens,

In this episode, host Sara Diaz welcomes Jeffrey Martinez to a new episode of the First Gen Madrina Podcast! This gives us a brand new episode for this month's theme, Finances as a First Gen!

Jeffrey is the Executive Vice President and Head of Branch Banking at PNC Bank. In his current role, Jeff is responsible for more than 2,400 branches, and nearly 16,000 employees, through PNC’s coast to coast footprint. He also serves as a Chair for PNC’s Military Advisory Council and is the Executive Sponsor of PNC’s Latino and Multicultural Employee Business Resource Group. Jeff also served the country for nine years in the U.S. Army National Guard and was deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and has been awarded three Army Commendation Medals and New Jersey’s Distinguished Service Medal. He is passionate about giving back to the communities where he lives and works and is involved with several non-profit organizations. He is the Treasurer of the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey, a LatinoJustice PRLDEF Board Member, and a Member of the NJCU Foundation Board and the Hudson County Community College Employer Advisory Board. Jeff is also an executive advisor to CAALE, where he and I met, and he also works with the Association of Latino Professionals for America to educate students and professionals through informative presentations hosted at New Jersey and New York universities. Jeffrey earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from Rutgers University and completed the CBA Executive Banking School Program at Furman University.

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Celebrating You on Financial Literacy Month,

Sara, The First Gen Madrina