Andrew D. Plepler
Global Community Impact Executive

Andrew D. Plepler is Bank of America’s Global Community Impact Executive and President of the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc., one of the largest corporate charitable organizations in the United States. His responsibilities include managing the company’s philanthropic strategy and coordinating its national focus with local market philanthropic efforts across the franchise. The Neighborhood Excellence Initiative™ is the bank’s signature philanthropic initiative and recognizes, nurtures and builds leadership throughout our communities.

In addition, Plepler oversees the bank’s activities pursuant to the Community Reinvestment Act. In that capacity he coordinates the bank’s commitment to most effectively serve low and moderate income communities.

Plepler develops relationships with national nonprofit organizations and community leaders to strengthen corporate giving and enhance the bank’s community impact through philanthropy, community development and volunteerism.

Prior to joining Bank of America, Plepler served as senior vice president of Housing and Community Initiatives with the Fannie Mae Foundation. He oversaw three of the foundation’s primary grant-making departments, as well as its regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Pasadena, and Philadelphia.

Before joining the Fannie Mae Foundation, Plepler was a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in the Tax Division and served on Capitol Hill as counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Plepler earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, and a Jurist Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, FL.

Plepler founded and continues to serve on the board of the Washington, DC-based Urban Alliance Foundation, a nonprofit jobs and mentoring program that works with economically disadvantaged high school students. Plepler, his wife and three children reside in Charlotte, NC.