NEW YORK, NY -- Janis Bowdler, appointed in April as the president of JPMorgan Chase Foundation, intends to incorporate her Hispanic perspective and knowledge of economic outcomes to revitalize low-income, inner-city neighborhoods. She joined the foundation in 2013, working on initiatives, such as Partnerships for Raising Opportunity in Neighborhoods (PRO Neighborhoods), is a $125 million, five-year program to combat inequality of opportunity in lower-income areas of cities such as Detroit, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. Prior to joining JP Morgan Chase Foundation, Bowlder worked for the largest Latino civil rights organization in the country for 10 years as NCLR’s Economic Policy Director, focusing on Hispanic families and their efforts to build long-term assets, credit and financial security.
