Berkshire Hills Bancorp appoints Mary Anne Callahan to its Board as Independent Director

– USA, MA –  Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB), the parent company of Berkshire Bank, a leading socially responsible community bank with financial centers in New England and New York, today announced the election of Mary Anne Callahan to the Board of Directors of the Company and Berkshire Bank, as Independent Director, effective September 13, 2023.

Ms. Callahan also joined the Compensation Committee and the Risk Management, Capital, and Compliance Committee.

About Mary Anne Callahan

Mary Anne Callahan has extensive investment banking expertise including advising bank clients on strategy, capital management, and mergers and acquisitions. She served most recently as a Managing Director in the Financial Services Group at Piper Sandler Companies.

Ms. Callahan brings more than 35 years of investment banking expertise most recently as a Managing Director in the Financial Services Group at Piper Sandler Companies where her responsibilities included advising bank management and boards of directors in the Northeast region on a broad range of strategic and financial topics. Before joining Piper Sandler, she was a principal in Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.’s investment banking group advising banks, thrifts, and specialty finance companies, and worked in the financial institutions group at Merrill Lynch and CIBC World Markets. Ms. Callahan holds a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College.

About Berkshire Hills Bancorp

Headquartered in Boston, Berkshire Hills Bancorp is the parent of Berkshire Bank. Founded in 1846, the Bank’s vision is to be a high-performing leading socially responsible community bank. It empowers the financial potential of its stakeholders by making banking available where, when, and how it’s needed through an uncompromising focus on exceptional customer service, digital banking, and positive community impact. Providing a wide range of financial solutions through its consumer banking, commercial banking, and wealth management divisions, the Bank has approximately $12.1 billion in assets and a community-based footprint of 100 financial centers in Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Named one of America’s Most Trusted Companies by Newsweek and America’s Best Midsize Employers by Forbes, Berkshire is also listed in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and the Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality.

For more information: https://www.berkshirebank.com/

- DisclaimerNews, data, and statements included in this release are intended exclusively for general information purposes. Talent4Boards does not guarantee that news is accurate or about the correct person and accepts neither liability for the consequences of the reader’s reliance, nor responsibility for the accuracy of the information. Nothing in this release should be considered for decisions about referred securities. Products and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.