NEC member Eastern Bank has updated strategies at its charitable foundation after its initial public offering. The changes include a permanent focus on economic inclusion and upward mobility instead of shifting yearly themes.
Eastern Bank has also appointed Nancy Huntington Stager as the foundation’s new full-time President and CEO. Stager had formerly overseen the foundation part-time while managing Eastern Bank’s human resources division. Support for minority-owned business has become a staple of Eastern Bank’s charitable endeavors. The foundation will focus on economic inclusion through four distinct initiatives: entrepreneurs of color, affordable housing, early childhood education, and workforce development.
“We want to be true partners, not just donors. And that means we have to have long-term relationships in each of those four areas,” Stager said.
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