Leominster-based Fidelity Bank has promoted MARIA HESKES-ALLARD to senior vice president, regional manager and commercial loan officer; SHAWN TOLF to vice president and director of treasury management; and TAMARA ST GERMAIN to vice president and Princeton Banking Center manager. Heskes-Allard joined Fidelity in 2024 and has nearly four decades of commercial banking and executive leadership experience. Tolf joined in 2023 and has more than 20 years of banking experience, while St Germain joined in 2022 as assistant banking center manager.
The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce has selected 28 professionals for its Leadership Worcester Class of 2027. The class includes BENEDICTA AGYEMANG, BRANDI ANDERSON, CHRISTINE BECOTTE, BETTY BLUTE, JENNESSA BURKS, SHANTELLE CAMPBELL, HAROLYN CASTILLO, ANGELINA DIGIOIA, DAVID ECHAVARRIA TORO, LEVI EKSTROM, MIGUEL FERNANDEZ NAZARIO, LIZA FRENCH, JENNIE GUZMAN, SHELBY HUTCHINSON, NATHAN LEWIS, BRENDAN MADIGAN, MEGAN MORAN, LANDON PARR, MITZILA PINEDA, SABRINA RASHID, YESSICA RIVAS, XENA ROBINSON, SHANE SAMPSON, JESSICA SARITA, ELIZABETH SHEA, TINA VO, JACLYN WALLEN, and LEAH WILSON. The program begins in September and includes monthly sessions through May before graduation in June 2027.
CHRIS CONNORS has been promoted to vice president and business banking officer at Fitchburg-based Rollstone Bank & Trust. Connors, a Lunenburg resident, has 28 years of banking experience and most recently served as vice president and treasury and relationship banking officer. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and served in the U.S. Navy.
