For the past 37 years, Jeffrey A. Banks has been providing smart banking solutions for his clients in the National Capital Region. His focus has been on local and national firms, municipalities, professional service providers and non-profits including the faith-based community. Jeff is Senior Vice President and Business Development Manager for Industrial Bank, a locally based $700 million Community Bank with offices in the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York City.

Jeff hails from Cincinnati, Ohio and relocate to Washington, DC in 1988 to work at a local bank.

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed Jeffrey to the DC Financial Literacy Council where he currently serves as Board Chair. He is a member of the Prince Georges County Chamber of Commerce. Jeff is a member of the National Association of Minority Contractors, DMV. He is a member of the Board of Trustees for Mosaic Theatre and Theatre Washington; both located in Washington DC. Jeffrey is a member of the Metropolitan Washington Bankers Group’s Executive Council, and DEI Board for the DC Water and Sewar Authority. He has previously served on the Board of Trustees for the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia, WPFW Community Radio Station and the Woolly Mammoth Theatre. Jeffrey has taught financial literacy classes in public schools and to over seven hundred returning citizens or ex-offenders at Goodwill of Greater Washington. He has received awards for community service from diverse groups like, The American Bankers Association, The Urban League, The Collective Empowerment Group and Cease Fire.

Jeffrey Banks has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from the University of Cincinnati. He is a member of the Leadership Greater Washington’s Class of 2014. He is married to Stacie Lee Banks, and they reside in Washington, DC. He has two adult daughters, Jasmine Banks-Westbrook, and Samarah Banks, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.