Webster Financial : Two Webster Bankers Take on Leadership Responsibilities in Community
March 31, 2015 at 01:37 pm EDT
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Two Webster Bankers Take on Leadership Responsibilities in Community
WATERBURY, Conn., March 31, 2015 - Webster Bank announced today that two Webster bankers based in Cheshire, Conn., are taking on leadership responsibilities in the communities they serve. Kara Williams, senior vice president, director internal audit, has been elected to the board of directors of The Cove Center for Grieving Children and Janel Crite, senior auditor, has been elected to the board of directors of Girls on the Run of Greater New Haven.
Williams joined Webster in 2012. She lives in Middletown and is very active in the community. She earned her bachelor's in accounting (with a minor in mathematics) and her master's from the University of Connecticut.
As a new board member, Williams, a certified public accountant, will promote the image and welfare of the organization through her leadership and participation in fundraising events. The Cove, a non- profit organization headquartered in Meriden, is primarily focused on providing and supporting safe harbors for children and families who have experienced the loss of a family member and to empower grieving children and their families to integrate the loss into their lives through healthy living. It offers child-focused, family support groups at five locations throughout Connecticut.
Crite is a resident of Hamden and joined Webster in 2014. She is a graduate of Lynchburg College, where she earned her bachelor's degree in accounting and earned her MBA from the University of New Haven. Living up to the communities she serves, Crite, a certified public accountant, teaches auditing courses at Post University in Waterbury.
As for her role as a board member, Crite's will serve as the chapter's treasurer. Girls on the Run of Greater New Haven is a non-profit instructional program for girls in grades 3 through 8. The program's 20-lesson curriculum combines training for a 5K run with lessons that inspire girls to become independent thinkers, enhance their problem solving skills, and help them learn to make healthy decisions.
Webster Bank is a leading regional bank serving businesses and consumers in the northeast. Annually, Webster bankers volunteer more than 110,000 hours in their local communities.
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Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. With $22.5 billion in assets, Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgages, private banking, trust and investment services through 164 banking offices; 313 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 provides health savings account trustee and administrative services through HSA
Bank, a division of Webster Bank. Member FDIC and equal housing lender. For more information about Webster, including past press releases and the latest annual report, visit the Webster website at www.websterbank.comor follow us on LinkedIn
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Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. and its HSA Bank division. The Company's segments include Commercial Banking, HSA Bank, and Consumer Banking. The Commercial Banking segment serves businesses with more than two million dollars of revenue through its commercial real estate and equipment finance, business banking, asset-based lending and commercial services, private banking, treasury management and other business units. The HSA Bank segment offers a comprehensive consumer-directed employee benefit and healthcare solution that includes health savings accounts, health reimbursement arrangements, flexible spending accounts, and commuter benefits. The Consumer Banking segment operates a distribution network, throughout southern New England and the New York metro and suburban markets, that comprises approximately 198 banking centers and 349 automated teller machines, a customer care center and a full range of Web and mobile-based banking services.
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