- Barbara J. Desoer
Barbara J. Desoer is a member of the senior management team of
Bank of America Corporation and reports to Chairman and CEO Ken Lewis. She will lead the combined operations of Bank of America andCountrywide Financial Corporation once they merge in the third quarter of 2008. Desoer will oversee mortgage, home equity, and insurance. At the completion of the merger, Bank of America will be the leading home mortgage and financing organization in the country. Desoer most recently served as Bank of America's Chief Technology & Operations Officer. Desoer joined Bank of America in 1977. She has held leadership roles in consumer products, which includes commercial real estate, as well as commercial lending, retail banking, and marketing.In 2007, Desoer was recognized by "US Banker", ranking third in their annual ranking of "25 Most Powerful Women in Banking," and as the "2007 Business Leader of the Year" by the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.
She received her B.A. in mathematics from
Mount Holyoke College in 1974 and herMBA from theUniversity of California, Berkeley .External links
* [http://newsroom.bankofamerica.com/index.php?s=company_bios&item=11 Barbara J. Desoer biography] , [http://www.bankofamerica.com/ BankofAmerica.com]
* [http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromMktGuideIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedMktGuideId=230471 Barbara J Desoer Profile] - [http://www.forbes.com/ Forbes.com]
* [http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-countrywide29-2008may29,0,7017168.story Mortgage and home equity position news story]
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