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Vanessa T. Reed Assistant Vice President, South Texas CRA Manager Corporate Public Affairs & Community Reinvestment, Comerica Bank
Texas Women’s Empowerment Foundation (TWEF), FDIC’s Alliance for Economic Inclusion, and Houston Money Week. Honors and recognitions include Rolling Out’s Top 25 Most Influential Women in Houston in 2007 and Who’s Who in Black Houston (2007 – 2013), Texas Women’s Empowerment Foundation 2011 Volunteer Award, Honey Brown Hope Foundation’s Citizens Improving America Award and HCCC 2011 Outstanding Board Member of the Year and 2012 YMCA Minority Achievers Award. Reed is a member of the National Association of Professional Women. Reed’s hobbies include spending time with family and friends, reading, gardening, traveling, and shopping. Reed is inspired by everyday women who are making a difference in their homes and community.
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anessa Reed is Assistant Vice President and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Manager of programs for Comerica Bank – South Texas. Reed is responsible for community development and involvement for Comerica Bank for Houston, San Antonio and Kerrville. Her priorities include affordable housing, education including financial literacy, small business development, job training and neighborhood revitalization programs for low-to-moderate income individuals and communities. Reed joined Comerica Bank in 2000. She earned five Comerica ROAR awards for her outstanding achievement and results as a credit specialist for the commercial real estate department.
Reed, also an active member of The Fort Bend Church, serves on the Accounting Prior to joining Comerica Bank, Reed Team. She is the wife of Kevin J. Reed and worked as the office accountant for The mother of Jordan Nicole and Parker James Ellis Roofing Company, the largest African Reed, ages 12 and 8, respectively. American owned roofing company in the southern sector. She also worked for the One of Reed’s favorite quotes is from the former First National Bank of Commerce in Bible and it speaks to fulfilling your purpose in life. Philippians 1:6 says "Being conNew Orleans. fident of this, that He who began a A graduate of University of New Orleans, good work in you [me] will carry it on Reed holds a bachelor’s degree in business to completion until the day of Jesus management with a concentration in acChrist.” In essence, I can be confident in counting. the work that He is doing in and through Her civic and community involvement in- me that it will be completed. This was emcludes serving on the board of directors powering for me. Whenever I am faced with for the Change Happens! and Greater an impossible challenge, I am reminded that Houston Black Chamber (formerly Houston He is really doing the work. I am just the Citizens Chamber of Commerce). She is ac- vessel. Success will come because there is tively involved in the community through no failure in Him. service and volunteer initiatives with the TOP 30 Influential Women of Houston
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