Barry’s role of change maker seems custom-made

Nancy Kirsch

05/26/2017

MORE THAN BUILDINGS: While low- to moderate-income housing is the dominant piece of the portfolio of Maria F. Barry, community-development-banking national executive for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, she has a broader view of her job. Here, she speaks with Peter A. Mello, managing director of WaterFire Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Saying “yes” to diverse career opportunities has benefited Maria F. Barry’s rise through the banking world. Now the only community-development-banking national executive at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barry – with her 200-person team – provides financing for affordable housing, charter schools and other entities in communities across the country. “So much of what I

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