1999-2015 Community Development Accomplishments by Kim Kuhle12 Midwest States

1. Contribute to community by Designing an Impact Philanthropy Conference, recommending over $1 million in charitable contribution allocations a year. Host fundraising sessions, strategic planning, volunteer rallies and nonprofit summits. Train employees on cybergrants.

2. Assist markets in achieving Outstanding Ratings during Four Office of Comptroller and Currency Exam Cycles (spanning 16 years).

Provided high visibility, high impact Community Development programs to customers, including Economic Revitalization Seminars and Financial Education Classes. Facilitate Federal Home Loan Bank grants.

Develop networks of leaders to help improve the community. Facilitated community forums, conferences and events.

3. Train Partners on Basics of Analysis and Goal Setting. Provide community involvement training in markets in 12 states. Pioneer “How to Work a Room for a Purpose” powerpoint and talking points,

teaching everyone from tellers to U.S. Congressmen. Taught basics of networking, impact strategy and outcomes documentation. Share the basics of the grant giving program with 300 nonprofits. Develop, customize and implement action plans for each unique market. Craft, update and execute strategic business and spend plans. Prepared information to enhance collaborative decision making.

4. Connect Community Leadership Team to Community Opportunities in Efforts to Achieve Outstanding Rating

Develop agendas, programs, marketing pieces and press releases. Found, trained and placed bankers on boards: workforce, housing and financial

education. Share best practices to advance the organization’s mission. Promote profitability and growth or the organization.

5. Connect Bankers to Nonprofit Leaders – Accelerating Solutions Hosted 15 nationally known speakers for training conferences that drew

associations of nonprofit executives to help each one achieve their next highest level of excellence and involve bank employees from a variety of business lines.

Negotiate contracts.

6. Lead Innovative Programs and Trends Achieve results while handling multiple priorities. Promote the company to local, regional and national constituencies. Interact with officials at all levels of government to work effectively with diverse

organizations.

7. Connect Small Business to Community Opportunity

Connected nonprofits with lending, investment and service providers. Developed marketing programs to help emerging markets connect with products. Developed relevant seminars on topics that help several sectors of community.

8. Connect Company to Multicultural Initiatives - Lead innovative outreach.Had more diversity programs than any other banker at the fifth largest bank over a 15 year period. Co-founded Latino Leadership Conference, Middle Eastern/North Africa seminars, Asian scholarship event and Iraqi Homebuyer Initiatives. Led $12 million Indian Center design project. Taught Train the Trainer programs to National Organization of Native American Entrepreneurs. President of Omaha Small Business Network Board, serving African American clients. My supervisor presented my Native American housing legislation to the President at the White House.

9. Serve on Boards for 25 Years, Helping to Make Significant Community Impact Help nonprofit develop an award winning facility and housing program through

collaborations. President Bush visited this facility, a model of innovation. Help develop a small business community development financial institution into a

nationally known model. Found and help finance Midwest Housing Development Fund, a successful pre-

development Low Income Housing Tax Credit fund that has been instrumental in creating 3,000 units of affordable housing. .

10. Accelerate Business: Connect Organization to Referrals. Referred $51 million that resulted in $4 million closed in less than a year. Represent the bank at community events, helped leaders become aware of trends,

making profitable referrals in the process.

11. Influence Development of Specialized Products to Meet Needs Help increase community development investments by collecting information about what is going on and transform it into outreach channels. Pioneered partnership to install innovative financial education software in distressed census tract, together with business mentors. Inspire new Individual Development Accounts, Workplace Banking and Employer Assisted Housing

12. Encourage Small Business TrainingFacilitated Stand up for Small Business Seminars, Women and Minority Supplier Seminars, Business Empowerment Events and Business Mentoring.

13. Support Economic Development Initiatives Host innovative financing seminars, developer meetings and developed

curriculum for statewide conferences. Held the first New Market Tax Credit Seminar in Nebraska, ultimately evolving

into an $80 million investment to help revitalize areas and create jobs. Provided training to help the bank position itself in the equity investment market.

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