Bank of America Names Family Wealth Advisors National Sales Executive

NEW YORK, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Wealth Advisors, an extension of The Private Bank of Bank of America, today announced the appointment of Thomas Boehlke as national sales executive, responsible for managing the growing number of dedicated teams serving Bank of America\'s wealthiest clients.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050720/CLW086LOGO-b )

In making the announcement, Family Wealth Advisors President Alan Rappaport said, \"Tom\'s extensive operational and client-facing experience will make him extremely effective in this important role as we continue to broaden and deepen our delivery of wealth management services for existing and prospective ultra high net clients throughout the country.\"

Boehlke served as national service executive for Family Wealth Advisors since the launch of the group in April 2005 and was previously the chief administrative officer for The Private Bank of Bank of America. He has over 15 years prior experience in private banking. Boehlke succeeds John McGuinness in his new role, following McGuinness\' recent appointment to senior wealth advisor at Family Wealth Advisors in New York.

Headquartered in New York City, Family Wealth Advisors delivers highly sophisticated wealth and investment management advice, solutions and services to the nation\'s wealthiest individuals and families. Family Wealth Advisors serves clients in the New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Dallas and Boston metropolitan areas and in partnership with The Private Bank in other markets across the United States. Advisors are backed by the expertise and resources of the Family Wealth Center, a centralized group of advisory specialists.

Family Wealth Advisors and The Private Bank are part of Bank of America\'s Global Wealth & Investment Management division, one of the company\'s three primary divisions. As of December 31, Global Wealth & Investment Management had over $738 billion in client assets under administration, including more than $482 billion in assets under management.

Bank of America is one of the world\'s largest 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 more than 54 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 5,700 retail banking offices, more than 16,700 ATMs and award-winning online banking with more than 19 million active users. Bank of America is the No. 1 overall Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in the United States and the No. 1 SBA lender to minority-owned small businesses. The company serves clients in 175 countries and has relationships with 98 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 79 percent of the Global Fortune 500. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

http://www.bankofamerica.com/

SOURCE: Bank of America

CONTACT: Jon Goldstein of Bank of America, +1-617-434-7392, or
jon.goldstein@bankofamerica.com

Web site: http://www.bankofamerica.com/