Deborah Wright, chairman and former CEO of Carver Federal Savings Bank, will join Citigroup's board on January 1, 2017. Wright's appointment to Citigroup's board extends the ties between the two landmark New York financial institutions. "Deborah led Carver Bank through the economic crisis that severely impacted community banks and it went on to earn a reputation as one of the most successful African-American led banking institutions in the country," Citi Chairman Michael O'Neil issued in a statement on Friday.