Terrance Ashanta-Barker Dedicates Time and Talents to Young Bankers Program
April 12, 2007
Cincinnati, OH – Terrance Ashanta-Barker, an attorney at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in the Business & Finance Department, volunteers as an organizer and participant in the Young Bankers Program (“YBP”) at Taft Elementary School. Sponsored by Fifth Third Bank, the 100 Black Men of Greater Cincinnati and Taft Elementary, YBP’s 11-week program is designed to educate fifth graders about banking and financial literacy and engages students on field trips to the University of Cincinnati and the Fifth Third Check Processing plant. Ashanta-Barker is scheduled to appear on Channel 5’s television program “Issues” to discuss his involvement and the YBP program mid-April.
Ashanta-Barker, a resident of Cincinnati , graduated Valedictorian from Robert A. Taft High School. He received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Tuskegee where he served as President of the Tuskegee Chapter of American Society of Chemical Engineers, a Procter and Gamble Scholar, a PepsiCo Scholar, and a member of the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge National Team. He obtained his law degree from the Florida State University (FSU) College of Law where he was a Virgil Hawkins Fellowship Recipient, a CLEO Fellowship Recipient, a staff member of the FSU College of Law Appropriations Committee, President of the Entertainment Arts, and Sports Law Society, and a state-approved student lawyer in the FSU Children’s Advocacy Center.
Ashanta-Barker serves as a board member of the Cincinnati Business Incubator and the Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation. His is a graduate of Grass Roots Leadership Academy and the United States Presidential Classroom. Ashanta-Barker volunteers for the Special Olympics and other community service initiatives.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Northern Kentucky. The firm provides a broad range of legal services to businesses and individuals, including litigation, corporate and business law, securities and municipal financing, tax and estate planning, labor and employment law, real estate and environmental, health care, intellectual property and unfair competition and antitrust law.
Ashanta-Barker, a resident of Cincinnati , graduated Valedictorian from Robert A. Taft High School. He received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Tuskegee where he served as President of the Tuskegee Chapter of American Society of Chemical Engineers, a Procter and Gamble Scholar, a PepsiCo Scholar, and a member of the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge National Team. He obtained his law degree from the Florida State University (FSU) College of Law where he was a Virgil Hawkins Fellowship Recipient, a CLEO Fellowship Recipient, a staff member of the FSU College of Law Appropriations Committee, President of the Entertainment Arts, and Sports Law Society, and a state-approved student lawyer in the FSU Children’s Advocacy Center.
Ashanta-Barker serves as a board member of the Cincinnati Business Incubator and the Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation. His is a graduate of Grass Roots Leadership Academy and the United States Presidential Classroom. Ashanta-Barker volunteers for the Special Olympics and other community service initiatives.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton and Northern Kentucky. The firm provides a broad range of legal services to businesses and individuals, including litigation, corporate and business law, securities and municipal financing, tax and estate planning, labor and employment law, real estate and environmental, health care, intellectual property and unfair competition and antitrust law.
