Bank of America’s AJ Barkley on accessible homeownership

2020 Woman of Influence AJ Barkley joins HousingWire’s Daily 's Women of Influence podcast miniseries, which spotlights the program’s winners over the years. Barkley, who is the Neighborhood Lending and Community Lending Executive at Bank of America, discusses her passion to drive successful homeownership among low-to-moderate-income borrowers, underserved communities, and multicultural borrowers in all economic situations. Along with her main role at Bank of America, Barkley serves as the co-executive sponsor of the Black Professional Group of North Texas and launched the Black Women Ready to Lead initiative. She also shares what her work has been doing over the past year and what she thinks it will take to get more women and diversity into the industry.