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Congratulations to the June 2023 BankWork$ Graduates!

Graduating students throwing graduation caps into air in celebration

Front row, pictured (left to right) are: Jackie Day, Sash’a Brown, Darin Bowie, and Ariauna Blountt. Second row, pictured (left to right) are: Nyia Gordon, Che’Nae Gardiner, Amara Farmer, and Dianne Diaz-Perez. Third row, pictured (left to right) are: LaQuisha Meek, Jarnay Martin, Anna Jackson, and Danielle Griffin, Fourth row, pictured (left to right) are: Yevhen Stanishevskyi, Michelle Williams, and Denise Pinkey. Standing (left to right) are: WBA President and CEO Rose Oswald Poels and CareerWork$ Program Manager Dion Willis.

The June BankWork$ class has now graduated! The Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA) is proud to partner with Employ Milwaukee to bring this nationwide program to Wisconsin. BankWork$ is a free, eight-week training program to prepare participants in primarily underserved neighborhoods for retail banking careers.

This graduating class of 15 included Ariauna Blountt, Darin Bowie, Sash’a Brown, Jackie Day, Dianne Diaz-Perez, Amara Farmer, Che’Nae Gardiner, Nyia Gordon, Danielle Griffin, Anna Jackson, Jarnay Martin, LaQuisha Meek, Denise Pinkey, Yevhen Stanishevskyi, and Michelle Williams. WBA’s Rose Oswald Poels attended the ceremony and congratulated the graduates on their achievement.

Over the eight weeks, these students learned the hard and soft skills necessary for entry-level retail and operations positions. The program began in 2019 and has so far provided more than over 100 graduates in the Milwaukee area the opportunity to begin a career in banking.

Thank you to the following banks for sponsoring this program:

  • Associated Bank, Green Bay
  • Bank Five Nine, Oconomowoc
  • BMO Harris
  • First Federal Bank of Wisconsin, Waukesha
  • Johnson Financial Group, Milwaukee
  • Old National Bank
  • Spring Bank, Brookfield
  • The Equitable Bank, Wauwatosa
  • Town Bank, N.A., Hartland
  • WaterStone Bank, Milwaukee
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June 8, 2023/by Hannah Flanders
Tags: BankWork$, Retail Banking
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