Member Spotlight: Fran Reinstein - RBA Ambassador
March 10, 2008
By Rebekah Binger

Fran Reinstein has come full circle. Starting out as a high school teacher and guidance counselor in Rockland County and New York City, Reinstein mentored and shared her knowledge and ideas with others. Now, as an Ambassador for the Rockland Business Association, she once again serves as a sounding board and guide.

“I am really fortunate to have learned things that I can share with others,” Reinstein said.

After working in education, Reinstein spent nearly two-plus decades in the banking industry. In her positions at Citibank, Fleet Bank, and Mortgage World Bankers, she worked extensively in sales and marketing. She also designed, developed, and delivered training for employees and customers as well as managed the acquisition and retention of client relationships.

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As a Vice President Business Manager of Small Business Financial Services, Reinstein helped to build the portfolios of small businesses, while taking care of customer needs.

Reinstein said she looks back fondly on her position as Vice President, Emerging Markets for Fleet Bank, where she worked from 2000 to 2002. In that role, she focused on the growth of women and minority businesses.

In her current role as part-time program specialist for the Women’s Enterprise Development Center in White Plains, Reinstein takes great satisfaction in supporting women entrepreneurs.

“They’re smart, they’re passionate, they’re very special, and they help one another,” Reinstein said of her clients. She also serves as the co-chair of the RBA Women’s Forum as well as Vice President of Membership for the Rockland Business Women’s Network.

Reinstein offers her guidance to RBA members as an Ambassador. “I suggest that they be active in the RBA, and get people to trust, like, and respect them,” she said.

Over the past eight years as an RBA member, Reinstein said she developed several friendships, found new relationships, including people she considers advisers.

She holds a bachelors degree in Psychology from Hunter College and did graduate studies in teaching and counseling. She is also an accomplished public speaker, writer and editor, and training professional.

Reinstein has lived in Rockland County for 40 years and currently resides in Tappan with her husband.

If you are interested in aiding other members by becoming an Ambassador and have been an RBA member for more than one year, please contact the RBA at (845) 735-2100 or e-mail rscheiber@rocklandbusiness.org.