Francesca Vitale
Francesca Vitale is a Senior Vice President and Private Client Advisor with Bank of America Private Bank. Francesca provides leadership, strategy and advice to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, delivering focused attention to support their priorities and solidify their legacies.
Clients often look to Francesca as an empathetic guide who appreciates the distinctive nature of their circumstances, from family dynamics and long-term planning to investing, banking, and trust services. Proactive by nature, she brings warmth and caring to her role, eager to make a positive impact on each person or family. Francesca has a particular affinity for advising company founders, entrepreneurs, women, and the rising generation, who appreciate the clarity of her approach and the breadth of her resources.
Francesca has worked in Commercial Banking and Private Wealth Management since 2005. Prior to rejoining Bank of America Private Bank, she was a Wealth Advisor with Wilmington Trust. Earlier in her career, she served as a Private Client Manager and Business Banking Relationship Manager with Bank of America and held tenures with Santander Bank and HSBC. A graduate of Canisius University, Francesca earned her Bachelor’s degree in finance and economics, with a minor in writing. She holds the Certified Exit Planning Advisor designation.
Very active in volunteer work, Francesca is a mentor and creator of a networking group for female founders, entrepreneurs, and influential women in the Western New York & Tri-State Metropolitan area. Committed to helping families in need, she also volunteers with the Child Advocacy Center of Niagara and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. In addition, she serves on the Advisory Board of Niagara University.
Originally from Niagara County and a graduate from Nichols School & Canisius University, Francesca spent 17 years working and living in New York City and has since relocated back to her hometown, Lewiston, NY with her husband and their three children. Her hobbies include fitness, cooking, reading, and playing sports with her children.
For more than 200 years, Bank of America Private Bank has helped clients navigate the complex challenges of managing significant wealth. We draw on the Private Bank's personalized approach, as well as the resources of Bank of America, to help individuals and families, businesses, and institutions achieve their financial objectives. Whether you're looking to preserve and share wealth, build philanthropic legacies, or plan future growth, our commitment is to make your goals our priority. At Bank of America Private Bank, we take pride in our history and in serving our clients' best interest. We also value the continual pursuit of innovation in a constantly transforming world. We apply this perspective to help our clients anticipate and respond to evolving markets, changing environments and the growing complexities of the financial landscape. Mindful of the past, our focus in on providing today's clients with disciplined financial strategies and a bridge across generations.