Senior Banking Leader
Age: 38
Title: Executive Vice President and Retail Territory Executive for the East Territory,
Name of Organization: PNC
Jeffrey Martinez is executive vice president and retail territory executive for the East Territory at PNC Bank. Martinez joined PNC in 2014 and adds more than 19 years of retail banking experience to PNC’s senior leadership team. In his current role, Martinez manages more than 1,200 branches throughout the East Coast across 11 states and the District of Columbia.
Prior to PNC, Jeffrey held various roles at JPMorgan Chase for more than 10 years, including responsibilities as a first vice president, district manager. Martinez also served the nation for nine years in the U.S. Army National Guard. He deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and has been awarded three Army Commendation Medals, as well as New Jersey’s Distinguished Service Medal.
Martinez’s commitment to giving back to the community has benefitted multiple non-profit organizations. He is the Treasurer of the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey as well as a Member of the NJCU Foundation Board and the Hudson County Community College Employer Advisory Board. Martinez is also an executive advisor to CAALE, whose mission is centered on supporting education within our community and he works with the Association of Latino Professionals for America to educate students and professionals through informative presentations hosted at New York City universities.
At PNC, Martinez serves as a chair of the organization’s Corporate Diversity Council, the Military Advisory Council as well as the executive sponsor of PNC’s Latino and Multicultural Employee Business Resources Group. Martinez earned a B.S. degree in Business Management from Rutgers University and completed the CBA Executive Banking School Program at Furman University, SC.