COMMUNITY BANK HEROES
Connie Braceland
Some weeks, Connie Braceland attends community events five nights in a row and half her weekend.
Joel Crowell
Joel Crowell has worked his way up from the very bottom rung at the Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod.
Janice Houghton
Janice Houghton, a lifelong Stoneham resident, started working at StonehamBank as a summer job during her freshman year of college. Forty-two years later, she is still there.
Denise Laizer
Denise Laizer has been a banker for almost her entire professional life. Last year she celebrated 25 years with Easthampton Savings Bank (ESB), and save for a brief, two-year stint at a mortgage company, she has been in community banking for 40 years.
Susan Lapierre
For the past 38 years, Susan Lapierre has combined her banking career with community activism in her native Cambridge.
Diane LeBlanc
Almost nine years ago, Diane LeBlanc’s professional world came to sudden and stunning halt. But it didn’t stop her from doing her job.
Jack W. McGeorge
For 36 years, Jack McGeorge has been synonymous with Needham Bank.
Joseph Roller
Cambridge Trust Co.’s President and CEO Joesph Roller – always talkative and approachable – is the perfect example of someone who gives simply for the sake of giving.
Esther Schlorholtz
“Knowledgeable” is one word that comes to mind after speaking to Esther Schlorholtz, director of community investment and senior vice president at Boston Private Bank.
Paul F. Scully
Paul F. Scully ran the Boston Marathon 11 times – always as part of a team.
David Willard
David Willard, vice president and director of community relations at Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, is no stranger to dramatic turnarounds – literally and figuratively.