Ric DeVore is the President of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, distributing over $1.4 billion through approximately 85,000 grants to organizations throughout Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, Washtenaw, St. Clair, and Livingston counties since its inception.
Before this role, DeVore was Executive Vice president and Regional President of PNC Bank in Detroit and Southeast Michigan. He led PNC’s metro Detroit education and equity initiatives associated with the bank’s 2020 commitment to deploy $1 billion nationwide to combat systemic racism and support the economic empowerment of African Americans.
In 2015, DeVore was named a Detroit News Michiganian of the Year for his leadership of PNC’s Grow Up Great program.
DeVore currently serves on the Board of Directors of Priority Health, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, and the Downtown Detroit Partnership.
DeVore earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in business from Wayne State University, where he taught banking and finance courses. He also completed the Wharton School of Advanced Risk Management course.