Hampden Bancorp Inc. has named Robert A. Massey as chief operations officer and Tara G. Corthell as chief financial officer and treasurer of the company and the bank.

Massey and Corthell were unanimously elected to these positions by the bank’s board of directors.

Massey has more than 38 years of experience in banking, most recently serving as CFO, a position he has held since 2008. He began his banking career with Amherst Savings Bank in 1976. He joined Hampden Bank in 1991 as its treasurer. Massey is currently the president of Hampden Savings Charitable Foundation, the treasurer of Hampden Bank Charitable Foundation, treasurer of Nonotuck Resource Assoc. Inc. and a board member for The Pioneer Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross, among other community roles.

Corthell joined Hampden Bank in 2006 as the vice president and finance manager. In 2013, she was promoted to senior vice president and director of finance. She oversees the finance and accounting areas including internal and external financial reporting, managing the accounting department, budgeting, investments, borrowings and other finance and accounting functions. Prior to joining to Hampden Bank she had held previous accounting and finance positions at The Hartford Insurance Co. in Connecticut and State Street (formerly Investors Bank and Trust) in Boston. She is an active member in several professional organizations and a student mentor at Brookings Elementary School in Springfield.

"I would like to congratulate Bob and Tara and thank them both for their contributions over the past year after the company reorganized to become a leaner, more efficient organization. Their leadership has been invaluable to our organization," Glenn S. Welch, president and CEO, said in a statement.