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That is why we invest in many different ways to
strengthen the communities we serve. Those invest-
ments cover a diverse range – from philanthropic
support for education and healthcare, to the business
capital necessary to provide affordable housing,
to volunteer leadership of initiatives that accelerate
economic development and create good paying jobs.
Trust is the essential prerequisite for our growth
agenda, and the work we do to strengthen communi-
ties builds upon our reputation for leadership
and service.
We know that this connection exists
because leaders like Mike Warren,
Chief Executive Officer of Children’s of
Alabama, have told us. The relation-
ship between Regions and Children’s,
the nation’s third-largest pediatric
medical facility, is multi-faceted. It
encompasses an array of financial
services and products, philanthropy,
service on Children’s Board of
Trustees, volunteerism and more. It
is a partnership with a remarkable
history, notes Mike. “Children’s of
Alabama traces its roots back over
a hundred years. Regions has been
our lead financial institution for almost all of that time.
So the first thing that comes to mind when I think of
Regions and Children’s is the word relationship. That
relationship has stood the test of time through good
times and not so good times. As a not-for-profit we
have fiduciary obligations, and from a financial insti-
tution we are looking for competitive pricing, we’re
looking for service, and a value added partner. And we
have found that in so many different ways with Regions
over the years. But really, it’s a much deeper relation-
ship than just a financial partnership.”
Before being named to lead Children’s eight years
ago Mike was a senior executive and CEO of another
Alabama-based company, and his perspective on
Regions’ role in the community is drawn from 25 years
of local business leadership. “It was over those years
that I first came to appreciate how vital the role of
Regions was in all things good in this community. If
you have a civic or community need, businesses
band together to make good things happen. And the
leader of that band, consistently, year in and year
out, is Regions.”
Children’s of Alabama is the state’s only comprehensive
pediatric medical center, playing a unique and irre-
placeable role for children and their families across
the state of Alabama. Each year it serves children
from 48 states and all 67 counties within the state of
Alabama. And 6 million people depend on Children’s
of Alabama to provide pediatric sub-specialty services
within the state. It is the state’s only hospital that
performs pediatric organ transplants of the heart,
kidney or liver and epilepsy surgery, and it is home to
all five of Alabama’s pediatric neurosurgeons. Notes
Mike, “This is really a jewel for the state of Alabama.
The importance of Children’s has been recognized by
Regions for a long, long time.”
Mike Warren, Chief Executive Oicer
of Children’s of Alabama
Children’s of Alabama CEO, Mike Warren, pictured
with Regions Associates. From le to right: Bottom
Row: Wendi Boyen, Leroy Abrahams, Joy Parker.
Top row: David Germany, Bill Horton, Leslie Doyle
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If you have a civic or community need, businesses band together to make good
things happen. And the leader of that band, consistently, year in and year out,
is Regions.”
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