Mike Pavell is a Managing Director and Private Client Advisor with Bank of America Private Bank in Fort Worth, Texas. Mike provides customized advice and guidance to high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and non-profits, helping them pursue their financial goals more effectively.  In his role as President of the Fort Worth/Tarrant County market, Mike serves as the bank’s local enterprise leader directing effective collaboration and relationships across multiple lines of business and advancing collaboration with civic leaders and organizations throughout the market. 

Mike joined Bank of America in 1993. Over the course of his career, he has held several leadership positions with the firm. In addition to his current role as Private Client Advisor with the Private Bank (formerly U.S. Trust), he is also the Market President for the Bank in the Fort Worth/Tarrant County area. Prior to rejoining the Fort Worth team in 2004, he was a Principal and Portfolio Management Officer in the former Global Corporate and Investment Bank (GCIB) division of the firm. During this tenure, Mike had coverage responsibilities in the media/telecom and financial services industries. His prior Bank of America service also includes several years in the Commercial Bank, both in Fort Worth and in Dallas. He earned both his B.B.A. and his M.B.A. from Texas Christian University (TCU). 

Mike is involved in a number of community organizations. He currently serves on the boards of the Davey O’Brien Foundation and the Cook Children’s Health Foundation. Very active with his alma mater, he also serves on the Neeley Business School Board of Advisors at TCU and has previously served as the President of the Neeley Alumni Board and as a board member of the TCU Frog Club. Mike is also a former Fort Worth Business Press “40 under 40” and was that organization’s Alumni of the Year recipient in 2017.   

Mike and his wife Andrea have two adult children, Whitney and Delaney.