Siebert Williams Shank Foundation donates $200,000 to support next generation of African American business leaders
Will establish year-long program at Spelman to help students develop business models
At Howard it will support retention, career placement, undergraduate scholarships, more
Suzanne Shank
The Siebert Williams Shank Foundation, the charitable arm of Siebert Williams Shank & Co. LLC, has donated $200,000 to Howard University and Spelman College to support programs educating the next generation of African American business leaders and to inspire others to do the same as Black History Month kicks off.
The minority- and women-owned investment bank is led by President and CEO Suzanne Shank, who remains Detroit-based following the 2019 merger of her Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co. LLC a major municipal bond underwriter with work in transportation, water and sewer, airport financing and more with corporate bonding titan Williams Capital Group LP.
Top-Ranked Minority-Owned Finance Firm Invests in Future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Siebert Williams Shank, a model of equity and inclusion on Wall Street, donates $200K to create lasting educational programs for next generation of leaders Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC New York City, UNITED STATES
NEW YORK, Feb. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Siebert Williams Shank & Co LLC (SWS), the nation’s top-ranked minority- and woman-owned investment banking firm, is helping to establish the next generation of African American business leaders by donating $200,000 to support educational programs at Howard University and Spelman College, two of America’s preeminent Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s), to kick off Black History Month.