Margot James Copeland
Director of Philanthropy and Civic Engagem ent
Executive Vice President
KeyCorp
Mem ber Executive Council
KeyCorp
Margot James Copeland is Executive Vice President and Director of Philanthropy and Civic
Engagement at KeyBank, one of the nation’s largest bank-based multiline financial services
companies. In her role, Copeland also serves as Chair & CEO of the KeyBank Foundation, guiding
the company’s strategic philanthropic investment, financial education and w orkforce
development programs that encourage people and communities to achieve economic self sufficiency. Formerly Copeland served as Chief Diversity Officer at Key and under her
leadership Key w as consistently ranked as a Top 50 or Most Notew orthy Company for Diversity
by DiversityInc.
Recognizing that business and community prosperity go hand in hand, Copeland leads Key’s
commitment to transforming and sustaining communities. She currently serves as trustee of Kent
State University, the Thomas White Foundation; Kenneth Scott Foundation; University Hospitals
Health System and the Delta Foundation (Washington, DC). Additionally, she participates in the
Executive Mentorship Program at Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia); and is a member of the
Business School Advisory board at Hampton University (Hampton, Virginia). Copeland is the
15th National President of The Links, Incorporated (Washington D.C.), and also a member of the
Executive Leadership Council (Washington, DC).
Copeland w as a delegate to the White House Conference on America’s Future. In addition to her
experience leading the Greater Cleveland Roundtable and Leadership Cleveland, Copeland’s
public service is marked by her appointment to Vice Chairperson of the Cleveland Bicentennial
Commission and subsequently the Cleveland Millennium Commission by former Cleveland Mayor
Michael R. White, w hose second term Inaugural Committee she chaired.
Among her many distinguished aw ards and honors are:
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Alumni of the Year, Hampton University, 2013
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Esteemed Alumni, The Ohio State University/100 Years of African American
Achievement
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“25 Influential Black Women in Business”, The Netw ork Journal
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“Top Influential Women in Corporate America”, Savoy magazine
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“100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America”, Savoy magazine
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“Top Executives in Diversity”, Black Enterprise magazine
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Academy of Game Changers, Spelman College
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“One of the Most Pow erful and Influential Women in Ohio”, Diversity First
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Woman of Influence – Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio
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“100 Most Pow erful Women in Cleveland”, New Cleveland Woman magazine
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“Cleveland Woman of Influence”, Crain’s Cleveland Business
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“Master Innovator” , Smart Business Netw ork magazine
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YWCA Career Woman of Achievement Aw ard
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Black Professional of the Year - Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation
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W.O. Walker Excellence in Community Service Aw ard, Call and Post new spaper
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Diversity and Inclusion Aw ard, Murtis Taylor Human Services Sy stem
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Singular Sensation Aw ard, Ohio Cancer Research Associates
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The National Council of Negro Women, Cleveland Section, Community Service Aw ard
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Coalition of 100 Black Women, Community Service Aw ard
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Business Person of the Year, National Black MBA, Cleveland Chapter
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., Community Service Aw ard
Copeland holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Hampton University, w here she
has received the distinguished 2013 Alumnus of the Year Aw ard, and a Master of Arts degree,
Educational Development, College of Education, at The Ohio State University, w here she w as
recognized as an esteemed Alumnus. A native Virginian, she resides in Cleveland, Ohio and is
the mother of three adult children, Reverend Kimberley S. Copeland, Dr. Garrison E. Copeland
and Michael Patterson Taylor Copeland.