BOSTON, Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Berkshire
Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB), the parent company of Berkshire
Bank, a socially responsible community-dedicated bank with branch
locations in New England and New
York, is excited to announce the addition of two seasoned
lending professionals to its 44 Business Capital team.
Marissa Ames and
Lynne Singletary join
Berkshire Bank's 44 Business Capital team of experienced lending
professionals.
This expansion further supports the Company's Berkshire's Exciting Strategic Transformation
(BEST) program and ongoing commitment to businesses and
entrepreneurs. The new team members will provide additional lending
expertise and support to each client relationship.
"Marissa and Lynne are talented lenders who know firsthand the
impacts that good lending can have on businesses and the
communities they serve," said Greg
Poehlmann, SVP, Business Banking at 44 Business Capital.
"They have learned it from spending decades in the SBA lending
environment, creating value not only for businesses but also
helping to strengthen communities. This kind of knowledge and
ability is essential for small business lending."
More information on their backgrounds is included
below.
Marissa Ames has joined 44
Business Capital as FVP, SBA Lending. Ms. Ames has over 21 years of
financial services experience focusing exclusively on SBA lending
since 2005. She spent 16 years working with various national SBA
lenders. Most recently, she was a Sr. Development Officer at First
Internet Bank. She has been recognized for her approach to customer
service, strategy, and engagement. Ms. Ames has worked with both
entrepreneurs and referred businesses to assess, structure
financings, and most importantly to understand each borrower's
financial needs. Ms. Ames holds a bachelors and masters from
Texas A&M University. She serves
the South Florida area.
Lynne Singletary has also joined
44 Business Capital as FVP, SBA Lending. Ms. Singletary brings over
27 years of commercial lending experience to her role and to the
customers of 44 Business Capital. She is well versed in providing
guidance on simple to complex SBA Lending deals where she focuses
primarily on securing SBA guaranteed lending solutions. Ms.
Singletary was most recently a VP and Sr. SBA Business Development
Officer with BankUnited. She is a graduate of Florida International University. Ms. Singletary
serves the Central Florida
area.
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 omnichannel
community bank in the markets it serves. Berkshire Bank provides
business and consumer banking, mortgage, wealth management, and
investment services. Headquartered in Boston, Berkshire has approximately $11.7 billion in assets and operates 107 branch
offices in New England and New
York, and is a member of the Bloomberg Gender-Equality
Index. To learn more, call 800-773-5601 or follow us on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
ABOUT 44 BUSINESS CAPITAL
44 Business Capital, a
direct small business lending division of Berkshire Bank, provides
SBA Loans to Small Businesses. Small businesses are defined as
companies with less than $5MM in net profit and less than $15MM in
net worth. 44 Business Capital has offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, DC, Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Florida, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois. Our clients include but are
not limited to manufacturers, restaurants, professional services,
retailers, wholesalers/distributors, healthcare professionals. With
terms up to 25 years and fully amortizing (i.e., no call or balloon
provisions), these SBA loans provide long-term certainty in an
uncertain economic environment. Member FDIC Equal Housing
Lender.
Media Contact:
Marc DeNofio AVP, Public Relations
Officer
mdenofio@berkshirebank.com
Tel: (518) 322-5601
44 Business Capital Contact:
Greg Poehlmann
Senior Vice President
Tel: (267) 434-2368
gpoehlmann@44businesscapital.com
Investor Relations Contacts:
Kevin Conn, SVP, Investor Relations
& Corporate Development
Email: KAConn@berkshirebank.com
Tel: (617) 641-9206
David Gonci, Capital Markets
Director
Email: dgonci@berkshirebank.com
Tel: (413) 281-1973
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