Irene Yee Riley

Irene Yee Riley is a former member of the San Francisco Small Business Commission and a former San Francisco Housing Authority Commissioner. She retired from Bank of America as a Senior Vice President and Senior Market Executive. She managed the Bank of America community development programs in California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Hawaii, including the development of affordable housing, specialized lending to community-based organization, affordable mortgage lending and investment in real estate development.

Riley has held a variety of leadership positions in operations and consumer banking. Since 1996, she has served as Senior Vice President and Consumer Region Executive for the Bank’s Special Markets Region in Northern California, which included 33 banking centers that serve a range of communities in the greater Bay Area.

Riley is a graduate of The CBA Graduate School of Retail Banking at the University of Virginia and The Federal Reserve Bank’s National Community Development Lending School at the Case Western Reserve University.

An active member of the community, Riley is past President of the Chinese Newcomer’s Service Center, the Chinese American Women’s Business League, the Park Presidio Lions Club and the Hong Kong Association of Northern California. She served on the Board of Directors of the Wu Yee Children’s Services, the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, and the Chinese Culture Center. She was co-chair of the San Francisco Taipei Sister City Committee, Past President of the Association of Asian American Bankers, Chairperson of the UCSF Asian Health Institute Advisory Cabinet. She is the Vice Chair of the On Lok Senior Health Services.