Tricia Russell

Tricia Russell
Tricia Russell
Vice President, Global Compliance
Bank of America

ricia is a member of the Global Risk Management team at Bank of America, a member of the company’s LGBT Pride ERG leadership council and the SE Region leadership team and has more than 30 years of varied banking experience. She is also a former successful small business owner. Her educational background includes a BA in Economics and math from Kalamazoo College in Michigan and an MBA in finance from the University of Michigan.

Tricia is broadly engaged both within and external to Bank of America in diversity and inclusion education and advocacy work. In addition to her active involvement as a member of the Board of Directors of Equality Florida and a member of the TransAction Florida advisory board of Equality Florida, Tricia is actively involved in various advocacy efforts in NE Florida, where she resides in Saint Augustine. These include serving as a member of the steering team of the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality (JCE), chair of the gender identity and expression (GIE) sub-committee of the JCE and a steering member of the NE Florida LGBT Community Fund.

On a more personal note, Tricia grew up in the Midwest as Patrick Russell, has been married for 36 years, is a parent of four adult children and is an avid runner and sports enthusiast. She began her transition from Patrick to Tricia on the job in 2012 with the full and continuing support of Bank of America to bring her “whole self” to work each day – for the ultimate benefit of both Tricia and Bank of America.