Arleas Upton Kea, Deputy to the Chairman and Chief Operating Officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Arleas Upton Kea

Deputy to the Chairman and Chief Operating Officer

Arleas Upton Kea is deputy to the chairman and chief operating officer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Diversity and equality

It’s a ‘lonely walk’ to the top at FDIC for a woman of color

Arleas Upton Kea shares her 30-year journey to become the first African-American woman to serve as deputy to the FDIC chairman and chief operating officer.

By Arleas Upton Kea

October 24