Why Early Childhood Matters: PNC’s Role in Shaping Kentucky’s Educational Landscape with Yajaira Aich-West

Yajaira Aich WestVP Client and Community Relations Director, PNC BankQuote of the Podcast:  “"It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have." Fred RogersIntroduction of Guest BIO – Yajaira Aich West is a Vice President at PNC Bank and serves as the Director of Client and Community Relations. In this role she manages the philanthropic investments in the fifteen counties where PNC has a presence in the central and eastern half of the state of Kentucky and southeast portion of Ohio, coordinates the client events produced by the bank and leads employee initiatives around health and wellness. Yajaira graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Transylvania University in 2004 and earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics in 2011.  Yajaira is an active member of the community via volunteerism and board service. She is currently a Lexington Public Library Trustee, on the board of directors at the Kentucky Chamber Foundation, Commerce Lexington Foundation, Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County, Child Care Council of Kentucky and on the Policy Council for Bluegrass Community Action Partnership. She is a graduate of the Commerce Lexington’s Leadership Lexington and Leadership Central Kentucky and the Leadership Kentucky programs.InterviewAgents of Change: Leaders/Innovators.·      30,000 Ft. View -Why should we as a society invest in education?·      How did you come to be involved with the support of education at PNC?·      What do you love about what you do, specifically in the education space?·      PNC’s philanthropic efforts in educational initiatives (early childhood education, financial education, grants to economic empowerment etc).·      What are the biggest challenges to you?·      What would you like decision makers to know? Podcast/ website/ book shoutoutswww.PNCgrowupgreat.comwww.pnc.com I’d recommend a relatively new podcast called “Good Hang with Amy Poehler” because she does something different before each interview, she chooses someone close to the guest and records a conversation where they talk “Good behind their back.” It is an uplifting and joyful podcast and a reminder that we can always talk good behind someone’s back.  Support the showEducation Perspectives is edited by Shashank P athttps://www.fiverr.com/saiinovation?source=inboxIntro and Outro by Dynamix Productions