{"id":99924,"date":"2026-01-29T18:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99924\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T18:01:07","slug":"bofas-pittsburgh-market-executive-shares-what-drew-her-from-regional-bank-to-international-firm-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99924\/","title":{"rendered":"BofA\u2019s Pittsburgh market executive shares what drew her from regional bank to international firm \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/organization\/bank-of-america\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bank of America<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2025\/08\/21\/bofa-new-market-executive.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">appointed Yalanda L. Wells to serve as Pittsburgh market executive<\/a> last August. It was her third promotion since joining BofA in 2017 as a commercial banking specialist, intentionally veering from the management ranks she\u2019d been a part of during 13 years at Dollar Bank. She had capped her tenure at Dollar as treasury management implementation manager. But Wells wanted to expand her options, leading to her joining BofA, the nation\u2019s second-largest bank, which operates internationally. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2025\/11\/21\/bofa-south-side-branch-opening.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BofA is No. 14 by deposit market share in the 10-county Pittsburgh metro<\/a>, and in late December, it opened its 14th financial center here. Now, Wells works in partnership with the bank\u2019s Pittsburgh market president, John Ciccolella, and leadership team to help connect businesses, families and individuals to BofA\u2019s resources and to help advance economic mobility within the community. <\/p>\n<p>What led you to a career in banking?<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Of course, it was not a direct path. I set out to be an educator at Duquesne (University). I did what I thought was a summer job at a local bank and, almost 25 years later, here I am, still in financial services. One thing I will say is, throughout my career, there\u2019s always been an opportunity to teach and educate and share information. So, in some ways, I did reach that [goal].<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/01\/26\/personalities-yalanda-wells-bofa.html?ana=wpxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/2026\/01\/26\/personalities-yalanda-wells-bofa.html?ana=wpxi\">Click here to read more from our partners at the Pittsburgh Business Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bank of America appointed Yalanda L. Wells to serve as Pittsburgh market executive last August. 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