{"id":44749,"date":"2016-03-08T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/md-governors-citation-honors-featherstone-foundation-for-promoting-economic-growth\/"},"modified":"2016-03-08T11:10:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T15:10:29","slug":"mencion-oficial-del-gobernador-de-maryland-distingue-a-la-featherstone-foundation-por-promover-el-crecimiento-economico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/mencion-oficial-del-gobernador-de-maryland-distingue-a-la-featherstone-foundation-por-promover-el-crecimiento-economico\/","title":{"rendered":"MD Governor&#8217;s Citation Honors Featherstone Foundation for Promoting Economic Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ANNAPOLIS, Maryland<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 8, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/&#8211;\u00a0Maryland <b>Governor <span class=\"xn-person\">Larry Hogan&#8217;s<\/span><\/b> <b>administration<\/b> bestows an official citation to the award-winning <a href=\"http:\/\/thefeatherstonefoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">William &amp; Lanaea C. Featherstone Foundation<\/a> for its signature workforce development program, <i>Reaching New Heights<\/i>.\u00a0The citation applauds the Foundation&#8217;s robust job placement and training program for promoting economic growth across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation&#8217;s bilingual trainees have secured promising careers at major financial institutions such as <b>BB&amp;T Bank, New York Life Insurance Company <\/b>and <b>Wells Fargo Bank. <\/b>As a result of the program, some participants report earning\u00a0double their annual income, plus benefits including health, paid time-off and retirement plans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are pleased to honor this top-notch organization that is ahead of the curve and changing the paradigm,&#8221; said <b>Lorena\u00a0G.\u00a0Rivera, Director of\u00a0Hispanic\u00a0Affairs, Governor&#8217;s Office of Community Initiatives.<\/b> &#8220;The Featherstone Foundation&#8217;s vetted pipeline of qualified, bilingual candidates helps <span class=\"xn-location\">Maryland<\/span>-based employers identify and attract great talent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The eight-week program trains bilingual, Latino candidates in banking, resume development, interviewing skills and customer service, then matches candidates with employers in banks, insurance companies and credit unions. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the inaugural program sponsor, PNC Bank is pleased to support such a groundbreaking initiative that helps the financial services industry recruit diverse candidates,&#8221; said <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Lourdes Montes-Greenan<\/span><\/b>,<b>Vice President, community development banking,<\/b> <b>PNC Bank. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With our nation&#8217;s rapid demographic shifts, we are developing solutions that put underemployed bilingual workers into professional, long-lasting careers,&#8221; said <b>Lanaea C. Featherstone<\/b>, <b>Foundation President <\/b>and<b> Open Society Institute Baltimore Community Fellowship Alumna<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hired two impressive bilingual program graduates for our Baltimore branches through this initiative, said <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jim Willis<\/span><\/b>, <b>Assistant Vice President, Market Leader III, BB&amp;T Corporation<\/b>. &#8220;We applaud the Featherstone Foundation for connecting us with outstanding candidates.&#8221; The program receives funding from <b>PNC Bank<\/b>, <b>BB&amp;T Bank<\/b> and in-kind support from the <b>Baltimore County Public Library<\/b>. The Foundation&#8217;s impact video features participant testimonials: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/152434471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/152434471<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <b><span class=\"xn-location\">Maryland<\/span> Governor&#8217;s Commission on Hispanic Affairs<\/b> is a part of Governor <span class=\"xn-person\">Larry Hogan&#8217;s<\/span> Office of Community Initiatives, which works to enhance and improve opportunities for <span class=\"xn-location\">Maryland<\/span> residents. The Governor&#8217;s Office of Community Initiatives oversees the Governor&#8217;s Office on Service and Volunteerism, Volunteer Maryland, community affairs and engagement within the executive branch of <span class=\"xn-location\">Maryland<\/span> government, and the governor&#8217;s eight ethnic and cultural commissions. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hispanic.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.hispanic.maryland.gov<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOCIMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@GOCIMD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>The William &amp; Lanaea C. Featherstone Foundation<\/b> creates sustainable solutions to bridge the opportunity divide among the Latino and underserved communities. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefeatherstonefoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.thefeatherstonefoundation.org<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/featherstonefdn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@FeatherstoneFdn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ANNAPOLIS, Maryland<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 8, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/&#8211;\u00a0Maryland <b>Governor <span class=\"xn-person\">Larry Hogan&#8217;s<\/span><\/b> <b>administration<\/b> bestows an official citation to the award-winning <a href=\"http:\/\/thefeatherstonefoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">William &amp; Lanaea C. Featherstone Foundation<\/a> for its signature workforce development program, <i>Reaching New Heights<\/i>.\u00a0The citation applauds the Foundation&#8217;s robust job placement and training program for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-negocios-y-finanzas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}