Vonetta Hawkins

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About Vonetta Hawkins

Vonetta Hawkins is the President and CEO of Vonetta Hawkins Consulting Firm. As a seasoned Corporate Strategist and DEI Leader, Vonetta Firm is poised to deliver quality results with a smile. She is a well respected industry veteran and her prior roles included being the Senior, Vice President of Diverse Segments Home Lending Division covering the Northeast. Responsible for leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion business strategies within a $20 Billion market. Visionary leader and strategist for the company’s Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) initiatives that ensures the company meets specific metrics set forth by the Federal Government. Collaborator with Executive leadership internally and externally to provide Fair Lending education, analysis, and awareness to eliminate reputational risk and support consumer financial growth. Accountable for building strategic external partnerships with State & local Governments along with Non-Profit Trade and Affinity Organizations that will enhance overall brand across multi-cultural audiences and consumers. Creator of innovative approaches across multi banking platforms that champion collaboration to service all consumers and position bank as one uniform force. Leader in analyzing Philanthropic grant funding for 501C3 organizations on a local and national level for a $1 billion dollar budget. Innovative community trailblazer that intentionally and proactively enhances Stakeholder engagement aligning objectives with quantitative results. Vonetta takes those 31 years of knowledge and brings them to her firm.