THE BYNUM
FAMILY
ON SERVICE, INSPIRING HOPE, and FINDING A WAY MANY FAMILIES CHOOSE ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY FIND THE SCHOOL’S VALUES MIRROR THEIR OWN. BILL AND HOPE BYNUM AND THEIR DAUGHTER, BLYTHE ’09, HAVE FOCUSED THEIR LIVES ON SERVICE TO OTHERS, A CONCEPT THAT ALSO ATTRACTED THEM TO ST. ANDREW’S.
St. Andrew’s is fortunate to have Bill Bynum, founder and CEO of HOPE Federal Credit Union, as a member of the school’s board of trustees. An advisor to Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama on community development issues, Bill founded HOPE in 1994 to provide financial services that support jobs, housing, business development, and other critical needs in some of the South’s most economically distressed communities. HOPE has grown to include 28,000 members and 16 branches in Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, and
Arkansas, and has generated nearly $2 billion in consumer, mortgage, and small business financing, all without ever losing sight of its original mission to serve those people and communities most in need. In recognition of his life-changing work through HOPE, Bill Bynum received the 2013 global John McNulty Prize, awarded annually by the Aspen Institute’s Global Leadership Network to an entrepreneur whose business addresses a serious societal issue. The award included a $100,000 prize. 16