Vol. 2, Iss. 4 | December 2020
Save the Date! The RGV LEAD Regional Conference will be held on January 14, 2021. The keynote presenter will be David Leal from Bank of America, a former recipient of the RGV LEAD Scholarship. The conference will be virtual and follow previous conference agendas.The Opening General Session will begin at 8:30 a.m., followed by two breakout sessions filled with educational and training presentations. The Closing General Session will be at noon. As in the past, there will be vendors and door prizes.David Leal, the guest speaker for the event, grew up in the Rio Grande Valley and is a native of McAllen, Texas. David received RGV LEAD’s first-ever scholarship (formerly the Dr. Lauro Cavazos Tech Prep Scholarship).
“Receiving the Dr. Lauro Cavazos scholarship from RGV LEAD after high school not only provided a significant financial benefit bu
t also allowed me to gain a network of extremely talented entrepreneurs, educators, and policymakers throughout the Rio Grande Valley and Texas. This has allowed me to stay connected to the Valley business and education communities even when I was living and working out of state.”
David will share his success story and inspire participants to advocate for our generation of students. David Leal is a Director at Bank of America Securities in the bank’s Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Corporate Banking practice. He works with global TMT companies on capital structure advisory, including acquisition financing, risk management, and cash management solutions. He has helped clients with financing transactions totaling over one hundred fifty billion dollars. David has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Rice University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
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