Bryant to help close the 2015 Southern California Grantmakers Annual Conference

  I am honored to join bestselling author and leader, Hedrick Smith, who is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, for a robust conversation around ‘re-imaging everything’ as we seek sustainable solutions to the economic and other challenges facing...

Member Profile: PNC Bank opens HOPE Inside, Cleveland, commits $200,000 to become Annual Member

I was honored to stand recently with my friends at PNC Bank as they announced the newest HOPE Inside, Cleveland location, at PNC Fairfax Connection in Cleveland, Ohio. The location has been operational for only a short time, and our people there are already producing...

A thankful salute to Steve Bartlett for his service…

Republican. Texan.  Congressman. Mayor of Dallas. Businessman. Former CEO of the FINANCIAL SERVICES ROUNDTABLE.  This is Steve Bartlett that the public knows, and there is no obvious reason that Steve and I would end of being great friends.  Even partners in a new...

Announcing Jim Wells as Chairman of the HOPE Inside National Advisory Board

I and we are so very pleased to announce that James Wells, the former chairman and CEO of SunTrust Banks, the 12th largest bank in America, is now the Chairman of the HOPE Inside National Advisory Board for Operation HOPE. Jim Wells is a recognized statesman in...

Project 5117 Report: Two new HOPE Inside locations coming to Denver, Colorado

I am pleased to announce that we have two new HOPE Inside locations coming to Denver, Colorado in 2015. Bank of the West will host a HOPE Inside, in addition to our west coast flagship location with them in Oakland, California. Colorado Federal Savings Bank has also...
A friend of HOPE doing good: St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura Jones

A friend of HOPE doing good: St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura Jones

I was pleased to see that my friend, and HOPE Partner (and Board Member), St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura Jones was featured in this important article on the perils of payday lending, and more importantly what she plans on doing about it. Entitled “Robbing...