Webster Financial : Banker Named Woman of FIRE

Sarah Barr, 203-578-2287 sbarr@websterbank.com

HARTFORD/WATERBURY, Conn., September 2, 2015- Webster Bankannounced the Robin Gallagher, senior vice president, commercial real estate, was named a 2015 Woman of FIRE- finance, insurance, and real estate. She formally received the award at a recent reception at The Hartford Club. This annual award is presented by The Commercial Record.

Gallagher, a resident of Bedford, New York and based in Stamford, Conn., joined Webster in 2005. Through her work at Webster, the Victory Gardens Veterans Housing Development in Newington, Conn., and other affordable housing projects, was financed. Today, 74 Veterans and their families are no longer homeless or at risk of being homeless. This has a deep, personal meaning for Gallagher whose son is an active duty service member in the U.S. Navy. Even Gallagher's volunteer work has to do with housing. She serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Board of the Housing Development Fund, Inc., in Stamford, Connecticut and New York. She participates in The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship in Westchester and is a member of the Real Estate Finance Association.

Webster Bank, based in Waterbury, Conn., is a leading regional bank serving businesses and consumers in the northeast.

Photo: (l-r front row): Erin Dorman, senior vice president, director, commercial banking; Robin Gallagher, Cathy Doner, assistant portfolio manager, commercial banking; James Lane, senior vice president, relationship manager, commercial banking; and Bill Wrang, executive vice president, director, commercial real estate. (back row, from far left): Helen Fazzina, portfolio manager, commercial real estate; Martha Finkel, senior vice president, senior relationship manager, commercial banking; Brian Gallagher, Robin's husband; Eric Gallagher, Robin's son; Linda Cote, relationship manager, commercial real estate; Peter Mosbacher, senior vice president, community development.

About Webster:

Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association. With $23.6 billion in assets, Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, financial planning, trust, and investment services through 165 banking centers, 315 ATMs, telephone banking, mobile banking, and the Internet. Webster Bank owns the asset-based lending firm Webster Business Credit Corporation; the equipment finance firm Webster Capital Finance Corporation; and HSA Bank, a division of Webster Bank, which provides health savings account trustee and administrative services. Webster Bank is a member of the FDIC and an equal housing lender. For more information about Webster, including past press releases and the latest annual report, visit the Webster website at

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