We were fortunate to be joined by two Featured Guest Presenters. Sincerely appreciate each of them for making time to share their stories and uncover often overlooked opportunities within their respective industries of Banking/Finance and the Federal Government.
Ryan Thompson is Branch Manager and Assistant Vice President at Truist Bank. She kicked off the engaging session with Founders and students providing insight into a wide array of prospective careers, with a spotlight on Advanced Internships as well as full-time Rotational Programs across multiple disciplines -- from Auditing, Commercial Real Estate, Investment Banking, and Leadership Development to Technology, Innovation, and Data Science.
Truist is is a Top 10 commercial bank serving 15 million clients across the U.S.
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William Rau serves as Federal Program Officer at National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The agency plays a crucial role in shaping policy, promoting innovation in the field of technology with a focus on broadband internet issues to support economic growth, job creation, improved education, health care, and public safety.
Will helped all of us come up the learning curve...providing an in-depth discussion of the Broadband Equity and Deployment, Digital Equity Act Programs as well as the impending role for stakeholders and strategic public/private partnerships at the state and federal level to help ensure that people and communities have the skills, technology, and capacity to benefit from our digital economy.
NTIA, located within the Department of Commerce, is the Executive Branch agency principally responsible by law for advising the President of the United States on telecommunications and information policy issues.
