Helen Hammond Redding Email and Phone Number

Helen Hammond Redding recently served as Senior Vice President and State Director for Community Development for CITI in Illinois. As State Director, Helen led Citi Community Development’s commitment to achieve economic empowerment and growth for underserved individuals, families and communities by expanding access to financial products and services and building sustainable business solutions and innovative partnerships. Helen managed more than fifty nonprofit relationships and administered a philanthropic budget exceeding $1.5 million for Citi in Illinois.Helen spent 41 years in the Banking industry, including 19 years with Citibank Illinois as an Area Manager and Financial Center Manager and the past 7 years preceding her retirement in June 2013 as Senior Vice President and State Director in Citi Illinois’ Community Development group. Prior to joining Citibank in 1987, Helen spent 15 years at LaSalle National Bank in the Retail and Commercial Banking Groups.Helen is a member of The Links, Incorporated, Society of Mannequins, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Omega Chapter, where she has held Officer positions and served as Chairman of numerous committees. In 2009 and 2014, Helen was voted “Outstanding Soror of the Year” by her Chapter for her service to the Sorority and to the community, and in 2010 was recognized by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Central Region with the “New Century of Leaders Award” for her exemplary leadership and service to the community. Helen currently serves as Central Region Cluster I Coordinator for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Central Region. Helen holds an MBA in Finance from DePaul University, a BA in Business Administration from Elmhurst College, and a Certificate in Banking from the University Of Virginia Graduate School of Retail Bank Management. Helen resides with her husband, Michael, in Lake Zurich, Illinois and is the proud mother of three sons and six grandchildren.