January 29, 2025 – BofA Robin Growley, 400plus Startup Clients Herman Dolce and TikTokTraumaDoc Dr. Christine Gibson

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Robin Growley – Head of Consumer Deposits Bank of America

Robin Growley is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of our everyday banking, savings, and payments solutions for 42MM consumer clients. In this role, she leads the company’s efforts to provide a full range of consumer deposit products and payments including checking, savings, CDs, IRAs, Debit Card, Wires, and ACH. Robin is responsible for a $775B deposit portfolio, which has achieved a #1 position for retail estimated deposit market share and U.S. Debit Card Issuer. Under her leadership, the product team consistently delivers innovative, industry leading products and features such as Essential Solutions to empower clients to budget, save, spend, and borrow carefully and confidently. Robin and her team are committed to delivering for unique needs of client segments including programs for unbanked to banking sustainably and youth/young adult. Robin has also led Bank of America to be the first U.S. bank to transition all plastic credit and debit cards to recycled plastic – which will eliminate over 235 tons of single use plastic, based on annual card issuance.

Herman Dolce – The “Haitian CEO” – Founder of Bella Sloan Enterprises

Herman Dolce aka the “Haitian CEO”, is the Founder of Bella Sloan Enterprises, well-established business and credit funding expert, speaker, educator, and financial freedom mentor. What sets Herman apart is his immense passion for financial freedom began when he realized that working for someone else was not the route he wanted to take. His drive, ambition, and growing success allowed and quickly led him to become a multi-business mogul with over 400+ small businesses in credit education, business funding, real estate, trucking, and more. As Founder of Bella Sloan Enterprises; a company that stands on the platform of educating all people on financial literacy and ensuring the playing field is even for us all to reach our financial goals through a multi-platform digital network, in-person seminars, and events, Herman’s company offers credit and financial education, along with support in business funding for small, medium, and large companies. As a mentor, Herman seeks to provide a blueprint for financial freedom for all and teaches his mentees the importance of financial literacy to create financial freedom, no matter their background, and as such, his company is currently serving more than 2,500 clients and his mentorship program has graduated more than 1,500 students.
Christine Gibson – Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Calgary

Christine Gibson is a family physician and trauma therapist in Calgary, Canada with a background in equity work, medical education, and global health. Her writing creates the woven narrative between her interests – systems change, post-traumatic growth, and the power of story. Her first book, The Modern Trauma Toolkit, was released in 2023. A popular voice on social media, she is Tiktoktraumadoc with >130k followers. She earned a DProf in transdisciplinary studies and a Masters in Medical Education. She is a WHO-approved social media educator and a two-times TEDx speaker. She runs a global non-profit, a corporation that builds psychological safety (Safer Spaces Training), and the Belong Foundation.