David Reiling
Sunrise Banks
Chair & CEO
David Reiling is a social entrepreneur, who is an innovator in community development finance
and financial inclusion. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Sunrise Banks and has been in the
community development banking industry for more than 25 years. Under David’s leadership,
Sunrise Banks became the first Minnesota bank certified as a Community Development
Financial Institution (CDFI), a certified B-Corp, a legal Benefit Corporation, and a member of the
Global Alliance of Banking on Values.
Sunrise has grown its assets and social and environmental impact tenfold since David’s arrival in
1995. Sunrise’s total assets exceed $1.4 billion and is ranked by B Lab as one of the best banks
in the world for positive social and environmental impact. Sunrise executes a two-fold strategy
under one mission: to be The Most Innovative Bank Empowering Financial Wellness. As a place-
based community development bank, it serves the urban core of Minneapolis and St. Paul,
Minnesota. As a people-focused financial institution, Sunrise partners with values-aligned
financial technology firms to provide better access to convenient, easy-to-use, and fairly-priced
financial services globally.
David is currently Chair of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, an independent network of
banks around the world using finance to deliver sustainable economic, social and
environmental development. He is also a member of American Bankers Association Endorsed
Solutions Banker Advisory Council.