People are on the move at St. Mary’s Credit Union, Thrive Support & Advocacy and more.
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St. Mary’s Credit Union in Marlborough has promoted three of its credit union officers: WILL YAGER of Charlton, BETH BERTONASSI of Marlborough, and AMY MALLETTE of West Warren. Yager is the new vice president of indirect lending. He joined St. Mary’s in 2011 and previously served as assistant vice president of indirect lending. Yager will be responsible for credit decisioning, funding, compliance, portfolio management, and generating loan volume within the organization’s indirect consumer lending department. Bertonassi is the new assistant vice president of learning and development. She joined St. Mary’s in 2003 as a part-time teller while still attending high school. She has worked in various roles within the credit union before becoming assistant vice president for learning and development. Mallette is the new assistant vice president, real estate lending officer. Mallette joined the credit union in 2000 after 26 years in banking. She was manager at the South Bolton Street branch in Marlborough for five years.
Thrive Support & Advocacy in Marlborough named STACEY FORREST as its first chief operating officer. She will coordinate overall planning and direction of the human service agency’s operations and programs. Forrest previously worked for 15 years as a direct care staff member and later executive director of the Connecticut division of JRI, a human services agency in Needham.
Fidelity Bank in Leominster appointed JOSEPH SILVA to senior vice president and chief commercial banking officer. He previously worked as head of commercial lending at Pawtucket Credit Union in Rhode Island and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Rhode Island. He will lead commercial banking and cash management sales.
