Robert James, II
Executive Director
“Need a quote here about Catalyst and change.”
–– Robert James, II
Robert James, II
President & CEO, Carver Financial Corporation
rjamesii@carverstatebank.com
Robert E. James II is President and CEO of Carver Financial Corporation, the nation’s only Black-owned multibank holding company, which owns Carver State Bank in Georgia and BHM Bank in Alabama.
He is Immediate Past Chair of the National Bankers Association (NBA), founder and Chair of the NBA Foundation, and serves on the boards of the Catalyst Development Corporation and the Community Development Bankers Association. Robert previously served on the FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking and is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council. He is also a board observer for Global Holdings, LLC.
A graduate of Howard University and Harvard Law School, Robert is deeply committed to expanding access to capital and economic opportunity in underserved communities.