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Most National Bank Examiners are assigned to help supervise the nation’s community banks. But their commitment to those communities often goes well beyond the balance sheets of the banks they work with.

Image of Grovetta Gardineer teaching students about money management at the Junior Achievement Finance Park in Landover, Md.
Senior Deputy Comptroller for Bank Supervision Policy Grovetta Gardineer taught students about money management at the Junior Achievement Finance Park in Landover, Md., during an OCC Financial Literacy Month event.

For Naomie Belony, a New York-based examiner in 2010, community service was an opportunity to become a role model to young people interested in financial careers.

“I myself went to an inner-city school,” she said. “I had no idea I could be a banker or examiner. Maybe I can inspire my students that it’s possible for them, too.”

When Erik Rayford was an examiner in the OCC’s Central District, he counseled high school students as part of a National Academy of Finance public service program.

“One student told me about her ambition to start a bank,” he said. “I helped find her a job at the local credit union.”