BOSTON, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Berkshire Hills
Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB), the parent company of Berkshire Bank, a
socially-responsible community-dedicated bank with locations
primarily in New England and New
York, today announced that Heather
Lashway, a ten-year Berkshire veteran was promoted to Senior Vice
President Director of Retail Banking reporting to CEO Nitin Mhatre. Tami
Gunsch, current Senior Executive Vice President Head of
Consumer Banking is stepping down from her position as of
June 30, 2021 to spend more time with
her family. After June 30th, Ms.
Gunsch will stay on as a consultant for a period of time to ensure
a smooth transition to her successors, Ms. Lashway and another to
be named soon.
"I want to thank Tami for her years of hard work, dedication,
professionalism and commitment to all of Berkshire Bank's customers
and employees. On behalf of the entire Berkshire Bank family we
wish Tami all the best in this next chapter." stated Nitin Mhatre, CEO of Berkshire.
In her role as Director of Retail Banking Ms. Lashway will be
responsible for all aspects of the retail banking consumer
experience, including branch banking, branch and deposit
operations, call center, virtual teller, MyBankers and Sales &
Service Delivery. She will work to optimize, digitize and enhance
the Bank's retail banking strategy in support of Berkshire's Exciting Strategic Transformation
(BEST) plan to deliver enhanced value for all its stakeholders.
"Heather is a proven leader with deep knowledge of Berkshire
Bank, our employees, customers and communities. She has
consistently demonstrated superior performance in key roles and
that experience will be instrumental in the execution of our BEST
plan where we will optimize, digitize and enhance our consumer
banking franchise to deliver a best-in-class customer experience,"
added Mhatre.
Ms. Lashway is a senior leader with more than 25 years of retail
banking expertise, most recently serving as Berkshire's Senior Vice President Retail
Distribution where she oversaw the Bank's sales and service
delivery initiatives. Prior to joining Berkshire Bank, Heather
spent 11 years with Citizens Bank in senior Retail Banking roles
inclusive of Director of Sales, Division Training Manager and
Regional Sales Manager. Ms. Lashway holds a Bachelors in Accounting
& Finance from Saint Michael's
College in Colchester,
Vermont and was previously an Albany Business Review 40
under 40 honoree.
ABOUT BERKSHIRE HILLS
BANCORP
Berkshire Hills Bancorp is the parent
of Berkshire Bank, which is transforming what it means to bank
its neighbors socially, humanly and digitally to empower the
financial potential of people, families and businesses in its
communities as it pursues its vision of being the leading socially
responsible omni-channel community bank in the markets it serves.
Headquartered in Boston,
Berkshire operates 118 banking
offices primarily in New England and New York.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document contains
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. You can identify these
statements from the use of the words "may," "will," "should,"
"could," "would," "plan," "potential," "estimate," "project,"
"believe," "intend," "anticipate," "expect," "target," and similar
expressions. There are many factors that could cause actual results
to differ significantly from expectations described in the
forward-looking statements. For a discussion of such factors,
please see Berkshire's most recent
reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and available on the SEC's website
at www.sec.gov. You should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements, which reflect our expectations only as
of the date of this document. Berkshire does not undertake any obligation to
update forward-looking statements.
Investor Relations
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Kevin Conn, SVP,
Investor Relations & Corporate Development
Email: KAConn2@berkshirebank.com
Tel: (617)
641-9206
David Gonci, Capital
Markets Director
Email: DGonci@berkshirebank.com
Tel: (413) 281-1973
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Lovallo
Email: jlovallo@levick.com
Tel: (917)
612-8419
Sarah Sem
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ssem@levick.com
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310-7663
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