About
Darlene Goins is executive vice president and head of Philanthropy and Community Impact at Wells Fargo and President of the Wells Fargo Foundation. She oversees the company’s strategic vision for community impact through a focus on three priorities: housing access and affordability, small business growth, and financial mobility.
With more than 30 years in the financial sector, Darlene previously served as head of Diverse Customer Segments within Wells Fargo’s Consumer, Small & Business Banking, leveraging feedback, analytics, and insights to meet the needs of customers. She also led the company’s Banking Inclusion initiative, building out programs that help increase access to affordable, mainstream bank accounts and financial guidance for those who are unbanked. In an earlier role, Darlene served as head of Financial Health Philanthropy for the Wells Fargo Foundation.
Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2016, Darlene was a scores executive at FICO, where she led FICO® Score Open Access, a consumer credit score program that earned accolades from the Obama administration, regulators, and consumer advocacy groups.
A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Darlene is based in San Francisco and serves on the boards of Prosperity Now, ProSight Financial Association, and the Marin County Priority Setting Committee. She previously served as vice chair of the American Bankers Association Foundation, and past treasurer of the San Francisco Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Recognized in Forbes 50 over 50 in 2024, Darlene also received the 2023 Madam C.J. Walker Legacy Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women Bay Area Chapter, was named Diversity Woman Magazine’s Class of 2023: Elite 100 Black Women Leaders in Corporate America, and one of San Francisco Business Times Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business in 2022 and 2024.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in Engineering-Economic Systems (now the Department of Management Science) from Stanford University.