Santander Announces "Inclusive Communities" Plan - A New $11 Billion, Five-year Community Commitment

In addition to the Bank's financial commitments, Santander is establishing a national Community Advisory Board (CAB) comprising representatives of not-for-profit community development organizations and financial inclusion advocates, as well as community development policy organizations, and representatives of local or state economic development or housing agencies.  Members of the CAB are:

• Dan Betancourt, Executive Director, Community First Fund, Lancaster, PA
• Will Gonzalez, Executive Director, Ceiba, Philadelphia, PA
• Phyllis Salowe Kaye, Executive Director of New Jersey Citizen Action, Newark, NJ
• Rev. Terrence Keeling, President/CEO Central Baptist Community Development Corporation, Wilmington, DE
• Chris Kui, Executive Director of Asian Americans for Equality, New York, NY
• Juan Leyton, Executive Director, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Boston, MA
• Luis Mora, Executive Director, Finanta, Philadelphia, PA
• Seila Mosquera, Executive Director, NeighborWorks New Horizons, New Haven, CT
• Christie Peale, Executive Director of the Center for New York City Neighborhoods, New York, NY
• Jesse Van Tol, Chief Operating Officer, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Washington, DC
• Jaime Weisberg, Senior Campaign Analyst, Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, New York, NY
• Sharon Conard Wells, Executive Director, West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation, Providence, RI
• Clark Ziegler, Executive Director, Massachusetts Housing Partnership, Boston, MA

The Bank is also establishing statewide/regional advisory boards to ensure ongoing community input and will be enhancing its current Community Development and CRA teams with the addition of 17 new positions in the coming years.

Santander Bank, N.A. is one of the country's largest retail and commercial banks with more than $79 billion in assets. With its corporate offices in Boston, the Bank's 9,700 employees, more than 650 branches, 2,100 ATMs and 2.1 million customers are principally located in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Madrid-based Banco Santander, S.A. (NYSE: SAN) - one of the most respected banking groups in the world with more than 125 million customers in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. It is managed by Santander Holdings USA, Inc., Banco Santander's intermediate holding company in the U.S. For more information on Santander Bank, please visit www.santanderbank.com. 

Santander Holdings USA, Inc. (SHUSA) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Madrid-based Banco Santander, S.A. (NYSE: SAN) (Santander), one of the most respected banking groups in the world with more than 125 million customers in the U.K., Europe, Latin America and the U.S. As the intermediate holding company for Santander's U.S. businesses, SHUSA includes six financial companies with more than 17,500 employees, 5.2 million customers and assets of over $135 billion. These include Santander Bank, N.A., one of the country's largest retail and commercial banks by deposits; Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SC), an auto finance and consumer lending company; Banco Santander International of Miami; Banco Santander Puerto Rico; Santander Securities LLC of Boston; and Santander Investment Securities Inc. of New York.

Media Contacts:              
Ann Davis  
617-757-5891  
ann.davis@santander.us 

Nancy Orlando 
617-757-5765
nancy.orlando@santander.us  

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