Sector: Financials
Director information for BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIAN D. SHAW | Director; Real Estate Contracting | 57 | ["Graduate of Eastern Maine Technical College with degrees in construction design and architecture","Experience in navigating various economic and real estate cycles","Current member of the Board of the Hattie A. and Fred C. Lynam Trust"] | ["Audit","Compensation & Human Resources","Audit Committee","Compensation & Human Resources Committee","Compensation and Human Resources"] | 2026 |
| CURTIS C. SIMARD | President and Chief Executive Officer; Board Member; President & CEO Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Bar Harbor Bankshares | 55 | ["Served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Corporate Banking for TD Bank from 2002 to 2013","Affiliated with First New Hampshire Bank and its successor, Citizens Bank, from 1992 to 2002","Serves as a member on the Executive Committee of Maine Bankers Association","Serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Friends of Acadia","Serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Public Policy Subcommittee at the Business and Industry Association of N.H.","Past Chair of Maine Bankers Association","Previous Board member of Northern Light Maine Coast Memorial Hospital","Previous Board member of Seal Cove Auto Museum","Previous Board member of the Abbe Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate representing Native American Culture"] | ["Executive","Bar Harbor Wealth Management","Board Risk","Executive Committee","Bar Harbor Wealth Management Committee","Board Risk Committee","Risk Committee"] | 2026 |
| DAINA H. BELAIR | Director; Retired Attorney | 70 | ["Bar Harbor Wealth Management","Chair Governance","Retired attorney","Specialized in banking and financial services","General Counsel and Managing Director of U.S. Trust Corporation","Vice President and Managing Director at Citibank, N.A.","Legal background in financial services","Hospitality experience"] | ["Audit","Executive","Governance","Bar Harbor Wealth Management","Audit Committee","Executive Committee","Bar Harbor Wealth Management Committee","Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| DAVID M. COLTER | Director; President & CEO GAC Chemical Corporation; President and Chief Executive Officer; Chair; Board Member | 58 | ["Chair Audit","Audit Committee member of the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation","Board member, Maine International Trade Center","Holds Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant designations","Former member of the Board, Executive Committee and Treasurer for the Ronald McDonald House, NW Ohio","Former District Chairman, Waldo District, Boy Scouts of America","Audit Committee Financial Expert"] | ["Executive","Board Risk","Audit","Board Risk Committee","Executive Committee","Audit Committee (Chair)","Audit Committee","Risk Committee"] | 2026 |
| DEBRA B. MILLER | Director; Board Member; Retired External Relations | 68 | ["Vice President of External Relations at the NH Community Loan Fund","Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Affairs in New England for Citizens Bank","Received a BS in Urban Affairs and Economics from Winston-Salem University","Chair of the Board of Trustees for Winston-Salem State University","Trustee for the University System of New Hampshire"] | ["Board Risk","Governance","Board Risk Committee","Governance Committee","Risk Committee"] | 2026 |
| HEATHER D. JONES | Director; Board Member; Accounting and Organizational Support | 55 | ["Human Resources experience at Lehman Brothers and Philips Electronics NAC","Led and oversaw operations of a real estate firm","Owner of Jones Business Services, LLC providing accounting and organizational support","Served on various community boards and committees"] | ["Audit","Board Risk","Compensation & Human Resources","Audit Committee","Board Risk Committee","Compensation & Human Resources Committee","Risk Committee","Compensation and Human Resources"] | 2026 |
| JAMES E. GRAHAM | Director; Board Member; Former President & CEO Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank | 66 | ["Bar Harbor Wealth Management","Served as President & Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Bancorp, Inc and Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank from 1995 to 2025","Employed with Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank from 1979 through July 2025","Extensive banking background including all facets of risk and planning","Knowledge of the newly acquired geographic markets","Former President & CEO of WGSB"] | ["Board Risk","Board Risk Committee","Bar Harbor Wealth Management Committee","Risk Committee","Bar Harbor Wealth Management"] | 2026 |
| Kenneth Smith | Chair | [] | ["Risk Committee"] | 2026 | |
| LAURI E. FERNALD | Director; Certified Funeral Service Practitioner | 63 | ["Chair Compensation & Human Resources","Owner of Jordan Fernald Funeral Home","Certified Funeral Service Practitioner","Serves on the finance committee of Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County","Senior Warden and Altar Guild Member, Parish of St. Mary and St. Jude Episcopal Church","Member for the Maine Coast Memorial Hospital Foundation Council","Current member of numerous foundations and associations including the Woodbine Cemetery Association and the Treasurer and Sextant Brookside Cemetery Corp."] | ["Governance","Executive","Governance Committee","Executive Committee","Compensation and Human Resources Committee (Chair)","Compensation and Human Resources"] | 2026 |
| MATTHEW L. CARAS | Chair of the Board; Attorney | 69 | [] | ["Board of Directors","Executive","Governance","Bar Harbor Wealth Management"] | 2026 |
| MATTHEW L. CARAS, JD | Director | 69 | ["Bar Harbor Wealth Management","Chair Board of Directors & Executive","Attorney and member of the Maine Bar","Practiced commercial law and provided mergers and acquisitions advisory services for 40 years","Founder and former Managing Director of Leaders, LLC","Former partner and department chair of Verrill law firm","Serves on the Arrowsic, Maine Zoning Board of Appeals","A.B., cum laude, Bowdoin College","J.D., with honors, University of Connecticut School of Law"] | ["Executive","Governance","Executive Committee (Chair)","Bar Harbor Wealth Management Committee","Governance Committee","Board of Directors (Chair)"] | 2026 |
| Mr. Simard | President and CEO | 55 | ["President and Chief Executive Officer since August 10, 2013","Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Corporate Banking for TD Bank from 2002 to 2013","Affiliated with First New Hampshire Bank and Citizens Bank from 1992 to 2002"] | ["Executive Committee of Maine Bankers Association","Board of Directors of Friends of Acadia","Ellsworth Business Development Corporation","Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Public Policy Subcommittee at the Business and Industry Association of N.H."] | 2026 |
| Mr. Williams | Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer | 35 | ["BA in Economics from Yale University","Leadership skills","Enterprise risk management experience including fraud, information security, compliance, and credit administration"] | ["Select Board","Town of Clifton Planning Board","TIF Committee","Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Institutional Review Board"] | 2026 |
| Ms. Iannelli | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer | 53 | ["Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Berkshire Hills Bancorp","Career at KPMG","Various roles at National City Corporation","BS in Accounting from Baldwin Wallace University","Member of the Board of Directors, Secretary and Chair of the Audit Committee for the Maine Seacoast Mission","Chair of the Finance Committee for Camp Beech Cliff","Owned a consulting company serving national and international publicly traded clients","Experience in accounting policy, financial planning and analytics, treasury, investor relations, SEC and regulatory reporting, investment management, tax, mergers and acquisitions"] | ["Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| SCOTT G. TOOTHAKER | Office Managing Director; Practicing CPA | 63 | ["Chair Bar Harbor Wealth","Holds an MBA from the University of Maine","BS and MTax from Bentley College","Experience in navigating financial management and transition across many industries and through various economic cycles","Practicing CPA with experience in business and personal financial management"] | ["Compensation & Human Resources","Executive","Executive Committee","Compensation & Human Resources Committee","Bar Harbor Wealth Management Committee (Chair)","Bar Harbor Wealth Management","Compensation and Human Resources"] | 2026 |
