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PNC Performance Award Winners Include Baltimore City Resident

Jay Turakhia is among this year's eight winners of the PNC Performance Award

Resident Jay Turakhia is among this year’s eight winners of the PNC Performance Award, the highest honor given to employees by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC).

The award program, now in its 22nd year, recognizes PNC employees who demonstrate a pattern of significant achievement and deliver a consistent level of extraordinary performance. An election committee comprised of past winners and executives throughout PNC chose this year’s honorees from among 54,000 employees across the country.

“Great companies are built with great people, and these eight winners exemplify the very best attributes PNC has to offer,” said William S. Demchak, PNC’s chairman, president and chief executive officer and host of the Nov. 5 awards ceremony. “Their extraordinary dedication to our customers, colleagues and communities is apparent every day.”

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Turakhia is a top business banker who has been with PNC for three years. He is an active community member as a participant in Project Opportunity and the Building Traditions Society. Turakhia earned degrees in marketing and international business from the University of Maryland.

The 2014 PNC Performance Award winners (listed alphabetically with their hometown) are: Amy Cupedro of Parma, Ohio; Erica Duncan of Mokena, Ill.; David Enick of Pleasant Hills, Pa.; Rhondale Haywood of Charlotte, N.C.; Michelle Hedger of Xenia, Ohio; Matthew Pierle of Indianapolis, Ind.; and John Rees of Upper St. Clair, Pa.

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The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (www.pnc.com) is one of the United States’ largest diversified financial services organizations providing retail and business banking; residential mortgage banking; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management.

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