SAN DIEGO, CA - Bank of America today announced that Anthony DiBlasi, managing director for Merrill Lynch for San Diego, will become its new San Diego president. As president and head of the market, DiBlasi will connect clients, teammates, and communities to the full power of the franchise and drive collaboration across the company's eight lines of business. He will oversee Bank of America's efforts to grow market share in San Diego by fostering local connections and identifying meaningful opportunities to deepen and expand client relationships.

"Throughout his career with Bank of America, Anthony has demonstrated an exceptional ability to lead high-performing teams, deepen client relationships, and deliver responsible growth," said Brian Moynihan, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America. "Anthony is well positioned to connect our San Diego clients, teammates, and community to the full breadth of Bank of America's capabilities and help them improve their financial lives."

DiBlasi has nearly three decades of experience in wealth management and financial services. He currently leads Merrill Lynch in San Diego overseeing 200 advisors and $45 billion in assets under management. He started his career in 1996 as a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch. DiBlasi has served in numerous leadership roles, including as Washington state president for Bank of America as well as Merrill market executive in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Las Vegas. Most recently, he served as the division executive for the Mountain Pacific Division based in Arizona.

Born in Ohio, DiBlasi attended the University of Toledo to play football and later transferred to the University of Akron. After family medical reasons required him to leave college early, he entered the Merrill Lynch advisory training program and has worked for Merrill ever since. In addition to his professional career, DiBlasi is committed to giving back to the community through volunteerism, in particular around youth sports and mentoring.

• Bank of America has served the San Diego market for more than 100 years.
• Bank of America San Diego has nearly 1,100 employees.
• Bank of America operates 58 financial centers, 8 Merrill offices, and 2 Private Banking offices serving the San Diego region.
• Bank of America serves individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses, and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management, and other financial and risk management products and services.
• The bank has over $2.1 billion in lending to local companies of all sizes, $16 billion in consumer deposits and $489 million in home loans across San Diego.
• Since 2020, Bank of America has directed $12.3 million in philanthropic capital to San Diego nonprofits, with employees volunteering 83,000 hours to local causes.

Bank of America is one of the world's leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving nearly 70 million clients with approximately 3,500 retail financial centers, approximately 15,000 ATMs (automated teller machines) and award-winning digital banking with approximately 59 million verified digital users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. As the #1 small business lender in the United States (FDIC), Bank of America offers industry leading support to approximately 4 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Colleen Haggerty, Bank of America
Phone: 1.213.621.7414
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