George Wright became the CEO of The Chicago Cook Workforce (The Partnership) in June 2023. Wright comes to the role after a distinguished career in banking and community investment and after serving as the co-chair of The Partnership’s Board of Directors since 2015.  In April, he stepped down from The Partnership Board and retired as director of community relations for Citibank’s Global Consumer Group. As director of community relations, Wright led all aspects of Citi’s community development portfolio in Illinois and across the Central Region. 

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Previously, Wright served as national director of emerging markets for Washington Mutual, where he was responsible for national home loan sales and operations to emerging market consumers and oversaw a team of more than 200 employees. Earlier in his career, Wright was a senior vice president at GMAC Bank where he was one of the six senior founding bank managers and was responsible for all areas of the bank’s Community Reinvestment Act initiatives, as well as customer service and philanthropy. He began his career at Citicorp / Citibank in Illinois as a management associate and was progressively promoted throughout his 30 years there, ultimately rising to
become community investment officer where he managed all aspects of community development for the Central Region and national manager of planning and integration. 

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In addition to his service on The Partnership Board, Wright has also served as Board Chair of Acciόn Chicago and the Center for Economic Progress, as well as the Greater Englewood CDC.  In addition, he is the recipient of numerous community leadership awards including the James Sills Community Reinvestment Act Leadership Award, the YMCA Black / Hispanic Achiever in Industry Award, Englewood “Maker of Men” Award, 100 Black Men Leadership Award, Chicago Defender “Man of Excellence” Award, Executive of the Year for AFP and Chicago “Community Change Maker” Award. 

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Wright received his BS degree in Psychology from St. Joseph’s College and did his graduate studies at Illinois Institute of Technology.

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