Sector: Financials
Director information for BEACON FINANCIAL CORP (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogdan Nowak | Director; Chair | 62 | ["successful businessman", "founder and President of Rhode Island Novelty, Inc.", "owner of Alternate Power & Energy", "experience as a successful entrepreneur", "leading merger and acquisition transactions", "understanding of business operations and finances", "knowledge of corporate governance matters"] | ["Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee", "Compensation Committee"] | 2026 |
| David M. Brunelle | Chairman; Co-Founder and Managing Director | 55 | ["experience in bank governance", "wealth management", "financial services", "entrepreneur", "small business owner"] | ["Compensation", "Corporate Governance and Nominating", "Audit Committee", "Compensation Committee", "Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee"] | 2026 |
| Eric S. Rosengren | Director; Chief Executive Officer; Chair | 68 | ["Former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston", "Expert in macroeconomics, monetary policy, international banking, bank supervision, and risk management", "Published numerous papers and articles", "Participated in and voted as a member of the Federal Open Market Committee"] | ["Compensation Committee", "Risk Committee", "Audit Committee", "Risk Management, Capital and Compliance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Joanne B. Chang | Director | 56 | ["Chef", "Co-Owner", "Founder of Flour", "Television personality", "Philanthropist", "Former management consultant at Monitor Group", "Extensive knowledge of the greater Boston market"] | ["Audit", "Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees", "Audit Committee", "Compensation Committee", "Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee"] | 2026 |
| John M. Pereira | Director; Owner and President | 69 | ["Owner and President of Combined Properties, Inc.", "Former partner at Sherin and Lodgen LLP", "Registered real estate broker", "Member of Massachusetts Bar Association", "Experience in commercial real estate", "Legal experience"] | ["Compensation", "Risk", "Audit Committee", "Compensation Committee", "Risk Management, Capital and Compliance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Karyn Polito | Director | 59 | ["Vice President of Business Development at UMass Memorial Health", "Owner of Polito Development Corporation", "72nd Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts", "Lawyer", "Former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives", "Director of Clean Harbors Corporation", "Director of The Andover Companies", "Juris Doctor degree from New England Law Boston", "Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College", "Experience in financial services, environmental issues, government, regulatory and public affairs"] | ["Audit", "Corporate Governance & Sustainability", "Environmental Health & Safety", "Compensation", "Corporate Governance and Nominating", "Audit Committee", "Compensation Committee", "Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee"] | 2026 |
| Margaret Boles Fitzgerald | Director | 70 | ["Chair Emerita and a Director of The Henry Luce Foundation", "Chair of The Henry Luce Foundation for twenty years", "Executive Vice President at Hill Holliday Advertising", "expertise in private foundations and nonprofit management", "leadership roles in nonprofit organizations", "Trustee of the Roy T. Morgan Foundation", "member of WBUR-FM Board of Directors", "Director of Brookline Bancorp, Inc. and Brookline Bank"] | ["Risk Committee", "Audit Committee", "Risk Management, Capital and Compliance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Mark J. Meiklejohn | Chief Credit Officer | 62 | ["Chief Credit Officer of the Company", "Chief Credit Officer of Brookline Bancorp, Inc. from 2022 to 2025", "President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Bank Rhode Island from 2012 to 2022", "Director of Commercial Banking at Bank Rhode Island since January 2006", "Chief Lending Officer of Bank Rhode Island", "Senior Vice President in middle market lending with Citizens Bank", "Career began at Fleet Bank in 1985", "Bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut"] | [] | 2026 |
| Mary Anne Callahan | Director | 63 | ["more than 35 years of investment banking expertise", "Managing Director in the Financial Services Group at Piper Sandler Companies", "Principal in Sandler O\u2019Neill & Partners, L.P.\u2019s investment banking group", "worked in the financial institutions group at Merrill Lynch and CIBC World Markets", "shareholder orientation", "substantial investment banking experience", "deep understanding of competitive dynamics", "extensive industry knowledge", "decades-long relationships in the sector", "understanding of performance drivers and investor expectations"] | ["Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| Merrill W. Sherman | Director | 77 | ["Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. and Bank Rhode Island", "Experience in banking and operations matters", "Involvement in the Rhode Island community"] | ["Risk Committee", "Risk Management, Capital and Compliance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Michael W. McCurdy | Chief Banking Officer | 57 | ["Chief Banking Officer of the Company", "Co-President and Chief Operating Officer of Brookline Bancorp, Inc.", "Chief Risk Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Brookline Bancorp, Inc.", "Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Danvers Bancorp, Inc.", "President and Chief Executive Officer of BankMalden", "Adjunct Professor of Law at Suffolk Law School", "Board of Directors of The Women's Lunch Place", "Juris Doctor degree from Suffolk University School of Law", "Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara"] | [] | 2026 |
| Mihir A. Desai | Director | 57 | ["Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School", "Professor of Law at Harvard Law School", "Accomplished author and expert in finance and tax policy", "Research Associate in the National Bureau of Economic Research\u2019s Public Economics and Corporate Finance Programs", "Experience at CS First Boston", "Experience at McKinsey & Co.", "Adviser to various firms and governmental organizations"] | ["Risk Committee", "Risk Management, Capital and Compliance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Nina A. Charnley | Director | 70 | ["Senior Managing Director, Enterprise Customer Experience Executive at TIAA", "Executive at Bank of America", "Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee of Women\u2019s Money Matters", "Experience in digital transformation, customer experience, and financial and risk management", "audit committee financial expert"] | ["Finance Committee", "Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| Paul A. Perrault | President and Chief Executive Officer, Director | 74 | ["CEO of Brookline Bancorp, Inc. from 2009 to 2025", "Chairman of Board of Directors for Brookline Bancorp, Inc. from 2021 to 2025", "CEO of Brookline Bank from 2009 to 2016", "CEO of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.", "CEO, President, and Chairman of Board for Chittenden Corporation", "Member of the Board of Trustees of Salve Regina University"] | [] | 2026 |
| Sylvia Maxfield | Director; Chair | 67 | ["Professor of Finance at Providence College School of Business", "Former Dean and Interim Chief Academic Officer at Providence College", "Worked at Lehman Brothers in international fixed income research and trading", "Chair of the Faculty and MBA Program Director at Simmons University", "Voting member of the Rhode Island State Investment Commission", "Served on the Boards of Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, Social Enterprise Greenhouse, and the 21st Century Fund", "audit committee financial expert"] | ["Risk Committee", "Audit Committee", "Compensation Committee", "Risk Management, Capital and Compliance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Thomas J. Hollister | Director; Chair | 71 | ["Accomplished executive leader", "Former Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance at Harvard University", "Former Vice Chairman of Citizens Financial Group", "Former Chairman, President and CEO of Charter One Bank", "Former Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer of Global Partners, LP", "Chair of the Board of Directors of Controlled Risk Insurance Company, Ltd.", "Board member of the Andover Companies, chairing the Audit Committee", "Former Board Chair of Tufts Medical Center, Wheaton College, Charter One Bank, Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, Citizens Capital Corporation", "Former Lead Director of Brookline Bancorp, Inc.", "audit committee financial expert"] | ["Audit Committee", "Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee"] | 2026 |
| Willard I. Hill, Jr. | Director | 70 | ["Retired attorney and business executive", "Managing Director, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer and Head of Government Relations for MBIA Inc.", "President of Government Deferred Compensation at ING US Financial Services", "Senior executive positions in the legal and business divisions at Aetna, Inc.", "Served on various nonprofit boards", "Chairman of the Risk Committee at PCSB Financial Corporation and PCSB Bank", "Director of Brookline Bancorp, Inc. and Brookline Bank", "Extensive executive experience in financial services and legal community", "audit committee financial expert"] | ["Audit", "Compensation", "Audit Committee", "Compensation Committee"] | 2026 |
| William H. Hughes III | Director | 62 | ["Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Huge Idea Technology Ventures", "Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Education Design Lab", "Leadership positions in technology and venture development at Sapient and Cambridge Innovation Center", "Experience in educational technology companies such as Pearson, Cengage, Kaplan, EDC, FineTune Learning, and Intellus Learning", "Expertise in strategy and technology", "Experience in Artificial Intelligence and cybersecurity"] | ["Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee", "Risk Committee"] | 2026 |
