{"id":2233,"date":"2020-05-29T10:21:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=2233"},"modified":"2020-05-29T10:21:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:21:03","slug":"spirit-of-maryville-2020-laraine-davis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/spirit-of-maryville-2020-laraine-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit of Maryville 2020: Laraine Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/05\/Laraine-Davis-resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/05\/Laraine-Davis-resized-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"Laraine Davis\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/05\/Laraine-Davis-resized-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2020\/05\/Laraine-Davis-resized.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>When Laraine Davis was growing up, she and her two brothers were the only black students at their predominantly white school. Now, Davis\u2019s job is to ensure that her Wells Fargo Advisor\u2019s global workplace is diverse. As vice president of next generation talent and community champion program manager, Davis helps to create a pipeline to bring more minorities into the positions of financial advisor and branch manager.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining Wells Fargo in 2004, Davis has helped manage national partnerships including mitigating risk and influencing policy with those partners. While working in community relations, she led the development of the Wells Fargo Finance Education Center at Harris-Stowe State University which features a real-time trading floor. She also worked with St. Louis Public Schools to help middle schoolers learn money management skills.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout her career, Davis has navigated professional challenges while also raising children and completing the bachelor\u2019s degree that helped her land her dream job. \u201cI see a lot of people, especially black women, who often feel defeated,\u201d Davis said. \u201cI hope by sharing my story, they will feel encouraged and valued.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal post-bottom\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"\" data-rm-love=\"0\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"nectar-love\" id=\"nectar-love-2233\" title=\"Love this\"> <i class=\"icon-salient-heart-2\"><\/i><span class=\"love-text\">Love<\/span><span class=\"total_loves\"><span class=\"nectar-love-count\">0<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa icon-salient-x-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='pinterest-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Pin this'> <i class='fa fa-pinterest'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Pin<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Laraine Davis was growing up, she and her two brothers were the only black students at their predominantly white school. 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