ATLANTA, Aug. 19, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arthur Fleming, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta's Senior Vice President and Director of Community Investment Services (CIS), will play an active role in the dedication of the Martin Luther King National Memorial Foundation, Inc. on August 28, 2011. Fleming has served on the board of directors for the memorial for ten years. He and his peers are proud to see their diligence pay off with the unveiling of the monument at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Fleming was chosen for the board through his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the same historically black fraternity of which Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a member. Along with his fellow board members, Fleming's responsibilities as a member of the board include providing oversight of the budget, operational, and compliance functions of the Foundation and assisting in fundraising.
"I am incredibly humbled by this experience. It is easily the most important charitable endeavor I have ever had the pleasure to participate in," Fleming said. "The most exciting part of this opportunity is seeing the progress that we have made. It's a legacy that I will be able to say I was a part of."
After a span of two decades of planning, designing, and raising funds, the $120 million memorial is ready to be viewed by the public. Dr. King will be honored through several star-studded and high-profiled events and programs throughout the week until the public unveiling of the memorial on August 28.
Fleming has been employed with FHLBank Atlanta since 2007. Prior to his position as Senior Vice President and Director of CIS at the Bank, he served as a senior vice president at GMAC Mortgage, executive director for the Community Financing Consortium, Inc. and as an attorney/planner, senior research associate for the Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems at Florida Atlantic University/Florida International University.
Fleming earned a Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida College of Law.
About the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
FHLBank Atlanta offers competitively-priced financing, community development grants, and other banking services to help member financial institutions make affordable home mortgages and provide economic development credit to neighborhoods and communities. The Bank's members—its shareholders and customers—are commercial banks, credit unions, savings institutions, community development financial institutions, and insurance companies located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. FHLBank Atlanta is one of 12 district banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System which since 1990 has contributed more than $4 billion to the Affordable Housing Program.
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