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Julieann M. Thurlow is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Reading Cooperative Bank. She is responsible for the bank's strategic direction and management. She also serves as President of the RCB Charitable Foundation.

Julieann is a former board member of the American Bankers Association and Chair of its Core Platforms Council. She currently serves as a member of the Government Relations Administrative Committee and Membership Council. She is a founding of member of Alloy Labs, a Consortium of banks nationally formed to innovate in the banking space and is a Director of Atlantic Community Bankers Bank (ACBB). 

Locally, Julieann serves on the MA Fintech Workgroup and is a Board Member of the Lawrence Partnership, the Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation, and the Lawrence Community Health Center. She is the former Chair of the Lahey Hospital Continuum of Care Board, past Chair of the Cooperative Central Bank, and was a member of the Federal Reserve’s CDIAC Council.

In 2014, 2016, 2019, and 2020, American Banker Magazine named Julieann to its list of the 25 Women to Watch in Banking. The Commonwealth Institute has named Reading Cooperative Bank a Top 100 Women-Led Business for the past six years running.

In addition to an MBA from the Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University, Julieann has completed advanced studies at the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, the Massachusetts School for Financial Studies, Harvard Business School’s Division of Continuing Education, and the CEO Leadership Lab at Wharton’s Aresty Institute for Executive Education. She is a proud member of the first cohort of Lawrence Leads, a cross-sectoral leadership program focused on civic engagement and social responsibility taught by Harvard Business School.  

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Anthony J. Patti is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible for the areas of Finance, Accounting and Treasury, Subsidiaries, and Facilities.

Prior to joining RCB, Anthony was a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Medford Cooperative Bank and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Revere Federal Savings Bank. His duties at both institutions included: Asset/Liability Management, Regulatory and SEC reporting, Strategic Planning, and Information Technology and Security.

Anthony is currently a member of the Legal and Regulatory Compliance Committee of the Massachusetts Bankers Association, and a past member of the Mass Bankers Association Federal Liaison Committee.

In addition to a BA in Economics from Framingham State College and an MBA in Accounting from Southern New Hampshire University, Anthony has also attended various educational programs offered by the Massachusetts Bankers Association and is a graduate of The Senior Leadership Institute of the American Bankers Association. He is a former resident of Methuen and now resides in Derry, New Hampshire.

Shanna Cahalane is Vice President and Director of Marketing, responsible for overseeing RCB's marketing communications, public relations, and community relations activities.  Prior to joining Reading Cooperative Bank, Shanna held a public relations, marketing, and development position with The Wellness Community-Greater Boston and with Hill & Partners, where she focused on new business development and client services. Shanna holds an MA in Communications Management from the Simmons College School of Management and lives in Belmont with her husband, Michael, and their twin girls.

Teresa Cunha is Vice President and Branch Administrator, responsible for the overall operation of all RCB branches, including sales and customer service. She also acts as the liaison between retail staff and the bank’s back-office operations and Chief Operating Officer. Teresa has 29 years of banking experience and has held positions at several local banks. She also has a license to sell life insurance in Massachusetts and is a notary public. Teresa earned a BS in psychology from Boston College and an MS in management at Lesley University. She lives in Peabody with her husband, Eugene, and her son, Jared. In her free time, Teresa volunteers with her son’s school and enjoys running, travel, and spending time with her family.

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Lisa DiGregorio is Vice President and Loan Servicing Manager. She manages all aspects of residential and commercial loan servicing. Before joining RCB, Lisa spent over four years at Wakefield Cooperative Bank as AVP, Loan Servicing. Prior to that, she worked at East Boston Savings Bank as a Loan Servicing Officer. Lisa has more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry with a concentration in loan servicing. Lisa lives on the North Shore. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends.

Bryan Greenbaum is Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, overseeing retail banking, deposit operations, information technology and security, and other key areas of the bank. Before becoming COO, he was Senior Vice President of Retail Banking. Before joining RCB, Bryan was Senior Vice President at Central Bank in Somerville, Massachusetts where he headed retail banking and managed the performance and profitability of the retail branch network, internet banking, marketing, and the non-deposit investment program. He had a similar role at Abington Savings Bank and worked at other community banks in the area as well. Bryan currently serves as an executive board member of the Massachusetts School Bank Association.

Maxine Hart, SPHR, is our Chief Human Resource Officer and is a Senior Vice President. Her responsibilities include creating and maintaining strong and motivated teams of employees that demonstrate the needed skills for the 21st century.

Immediately prior to joining the Bank, Maxine was the HR Director at Manet Community Health Center – a network of health centers for the medically underserved on the South Shore. Prior to that, and before moving to the U.S. in 2002, she worked in organizational development and change management for large corporations, government departments and non-profit organizations in Mexico and South Africa. Her work in South Africa included serving as deputy director for staffing in South Africa's first democratic election. She also developed culture change processes for 3,000 personal banking division employees at South Africa's third largest financial institution.

Maxine earned her Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and her Masters in Adult Education and Community Development from the University of Manchester, UK. She also holds a Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) certification and is a Trained Mediator. Maxine lives in Newton with her husband, James Smith, and two children.

Larry Keenan is Vice President of Deposit Operations and Cash Management, responsible for overseeing the administration of all personal deposit accounts and business cash management products at RCB. He has 25 years of similar banking experience, including 17 years at First Federal Savings Bank of Boston and eight years at Saugusbank as Vice President of Retail Banking. Larry holds a BS in accounting from Boston College and an MS in finance from Northeastern University’s Graduate School of Business Administration. He lives in Ayer with his wife, Marianne, and enjoys golf, music and cooking.

Veronica Russo has been with RCB for over 23 years, having first started as a teller and customer service representative. Veronica moved from retail into lending, where she became AVP and Senior Underwriter of the Residential Lending team. From there, she graduated to VP of Residential and Consumer Lending. Veronica has spent her entire adult career in the banking and finance industry. Veronica resides in Peabody, MA. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, skiing, ice skating, four-wheeling, and visiting her children and grandchildren in New York.

Derric Souza is the Acting Controller. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth with a degree in Finance. He is a lifelong resident of Gloucester, where he lives with his wife and three children. Derric enjoys spending time on his boat in the summer and playing hockey on his backyard rink in the winter.

Karen Tavernese is Vice President, Compliance Officer for RCB, where she’s responsible for overseeing and implementing all regulatory and compliance-related processes, policies and procedures, including chairing the Compliance Committee. Karen also manages the BSA analyst and internal audit program, including development, implementation and ongoing monitoring to ensure that Reading Cooperative Bank is in compliance with banking laws and regulations. Karen has 22 years of experience in banking, including nine years at Bank of Boston. She joined RCB in 2001 as a Branch Manager. She helped to open the North Reading branch before becoming Compliance Officer in 2014. Karen lives on the North Shore and enjoys photography and spending time with her family.

Forest Wallace is Vice President and Director of Information Technology, responsible for planning, developing and overseeing all of RCB’s technology needs. His 20 years of experience come from a combination of IT leadership roles at local banks and positions at information security and technology companies. He holds a BS in Business Administration from Western New England University. In addition to his work at RCB, Forest is the Chairman of Special Funds at the Mystic Valley Masonic Lodge in Arlington, and races sailboats, which he’s been doing since age seven. Forest currently lives in Andover with his wife and three children.