Sector: Financials
Director information for EASTERN BANKSHARES INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andargachew S. Zelleke | Director | 65 | ["Corporate governance", "Leadership and management", "Negotiation", "Law", "Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School", "Faculty at Harvard Kennedy School", "Faculty at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania", "Project Director of American Academy of Arts and Sciences\u2019 Corporate Responsibility Project", "Co-Director of Harvard Kennedy School\u2019s Center for Public Leadership", "Corporate law practice at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and White & Case LLP", "Teaching at UCLA School of Law", "A.B. in Government, A.M. in Sociology, J.D., and Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University"] | [] | 2026 |
| Bari A. Harlam | Director | 64 | ["co-founder of Trouble, LLC", "Chief Marketing Officer for Hudson\u2019s Bay Company", "Executive Vice President of Membership, Marketing, and Analytics for BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club", "Chief Marketing Officer at Swipely", "Senior Vice President of Marketing for CVS Health Corporation", "member of the Boards of Directors of Aterian, Inc.", "member of the Boards of Directors of OneWater Marine, Inc.", "served on the Board of Directors for Rite Aid Corporation", "served on the Board of Directors for Champion Petfoods, LP", "faculty member of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania", "faculty member of Columbia University\u2019s Graduate School of Business", "faculty member of the University of Rhode Island", "published work in journals including Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing Research, and the Journal of Business Research"] | [] | 2026 |
| Cathleen A. Schmidt | Director | 66 | ["Experience in banking and professional services", "Community leadership in New Hampshire market", "Former Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer at McLane Middleton", "Served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Citizen\u2019s Bank New Hampshire/Vermont"] | [] | 2026 |
| Deborah C. Jackson | Lead Director | 74 | ["Experience as President of Cambridge College", "Former CEO of the American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts", "Former Vice President of the Boston Foundation", "Served on the board of American Student Assistance Corporation", "Board member of Boston College Carroll School of Management\u2019s Advisory Board", "Board member of Milton Academy and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care", "Chair of the Audit Committee of the Boston Stock Exchange", "Board member of John Hancock Investments and Amwell Corporation", "Recipient of Honorary Doctorate degrees from Curry College and Merrimack Valley College"] | ["Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| Denis K. Sheahan | Chief Executive Officer, Eastern Bankshares, Inc. and Eastern Bank | 61 | ["Chief Executive Officer of the Company", "Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Bancorp", "Chief Operating Officer at Independent Bank Corp.", "Chief Financial Officer at Rockland Trust Company", "Vice President of Finance at BayBanks, Inc.", "MBA from Boston University"] | ["Cambridge Community Foundation, Inc.", "Massachusetts Bankers Association", "Rian Immigrant Center", "Cambridge YMCA"] | 2026 |
| Diane S. Hessan | Director | 71 | ["Chief Executive Officer of Salient Ventures", "Former Chief Executive Officer of Startup Institute", "Founder and Chief Executive Officer of C Space", "Board member of various organizations including DP Cap Acquisition Corp I and Tufts University"] | [] | 2026 |
| Joseph F. Casey | Director | 65 | ["President and Chief Executive Officer of HarborOne Bancorp, Inc. from 2022 to 2025", "President and Chief Operating Officer of HarborOne Bancorp, Inc. from 2018 to 2022", "Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer of the Company from 2016 to 2018", "Successfully guided HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.\u2019s IPO in 2016", "Extensive banking, financial and accounting expertise"] | ["Investment Committee"] | 2026 |
| Joseph. F. Casey | [] | [] | 2026 | ||
| Joseph T. Chung | Director | 61 | ["Self-employed", "Former Chief Technology Officer and Head of AI at Rippl Care", "Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kinto", "Co-founder and Managing Director of Redstar Ventures", "Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Allurent", "Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of Art Technology Group", "B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology", "Venture Partner at the Media Lab\u2019s E14 Fund"] | [] | 2026 |
| Leon A. Palandjian | Director | 56 | ["Chief Risk Officer of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation", "former Lead Director of Cambridge\u2019s Board", "former chair of Trust Committee", "Principal at Flagship Ventures", "Portfolio Manager at Andesite LLC", "Advisory Board member of Massachusetts General Hospital\u2019s McCance Center for Brain Health", "trustee of Mount Auburn Hospital", "M.D. from Harvard Medical School", "B.A. in Economics from Harvard College", "CFA charter holder"] | ["Trust Committee"] | 2026 |
| Linda M. Williams | Director | 66 | ["Chief Risk and Audit Officer", "Senior Vice President for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts", "Senior Consultant with Medwise Partners", "underwriting leadership roles for Magellan Behavioral Health and Aetna, Inc."] | ["Finance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Luis A. Borgen | Director | 56 | ["Former Chief Financial Officer with over 25 years of experience in both public and private equity-backed companies", "Experience in the consumer, healthcare, and technology sectors", "CFO of athenahealth, Inc.", "CFO for Vistaprint", "CFO for DAVIDsTEA", "CFO for DaVita Inc.", "Senior Vice President, Finance for Staples, Inc.", "U.S. Air Force veteran", "B.S. in Management from the United States Air Force Academy", "M.S. in Finance from Boston College", "MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business", "Experience with financial accounting matters and oversight of financial reporting process", "Expertise in corporate governance, risk management, strategic planning, international expansion, and mergers and acquisitions"] | [] | 2026 |
| Marisa J. Harney | Director | 68 | ["43 years of banking experience", "Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of First Citizens BancShares, Inc.", "Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of CIT Group Inc.", "Chief Risk Officer of GE Capital Americas", "Head of Corporate Credit Risk of the Americas for Bank of America", "Senior credit risk positions with Credit Suisse First Boston, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Bankers Trust Company", "MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business", "Bachelor\u2019s degree in finance from Fordham University"] | [] | 2026 |
| Michael J. Sullivan | Director | 71 | ["Partner at the Ashcroft Law Firm, LLC", "Former United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts", "Former Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives", "Former District Attorney for Plymouth County, Massachusetts", "Chair of the HarborOne Bancorp, Inc. and HarborOne Bank Boards of Directors", "Extensive corporate regulatory compliance and legal expertise"] | [] | 2026 |
| Peter K. Markell | Director | 71 | ["Executive Vice President of Administration and Finance", "Chief Financial Officer of Brown University Health", "Executive Vice President of Administration and Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for Mass General Brigham", "partner at Ernst & Young LLP", "Certified Public Accountant", "B.A. in Accounting and Finance from Boston College", "Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Finance Committee at Boston College Board of Trustees"] | ["Audit", "Technology and Information Security"] | 2026 |
| Richard C. Bane | Executive Chairman | 70 | ["served as a director of the Company and Eastern Bank since 2001", "trustee of Eastern Bank Corporation since 1996", "Executive Chairman of Bane Care Management LLC", "Chairman of the Massachusetts Senior Care Association", "lectures on senior care services and post-acute care", "considered one of New England\u2019s senior care industry leaders", "involved in a wide range of corporate and community service activities", "A.B. in Economics from Dartmouth College", "MBA from Harvard Business School", "Honorary Doctorate from Salem State University"] | [] | 2026 |
| Richard E. Holbrook | Chair Emeritus | 74 | ["more than 40 years of banking experience", "former Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Bank", "serving as a trustee of Eastern Bank Corporation", "Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Eastern Bank", "President and Chief Operating Officer of Eastern Bank and Eastern Bank Corporation"] | ["Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston", "executive committee of the Boston Chamber of Commerce"] | 2026 |
| Robert F. Rivers | Executive Chair and Chair of the Boards of Directors; Executive Chair and Chair of the Board of Directors, and Principal Executive Officer (“PEO”) of Eastern Bankshares, Inc. and Eastern Bank | 61 | ["Over 40 years of community banking experience", "Graduate of Stonehill College", "Graduate of University of Rochester\u2019s Simon Business School", "Experience as Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer for over nine years", "Prior service as a senior executive officer at Eastern and other banks", "Familiarity with the communities that Eastern serves"] | ["Federal Reserve\u2019s Federal Advisory Council", "John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Board of Directors", "Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce", "Massachusetts Business Roundtable", "The Lowell Plan", "The New England Council", "Board of Trustees of Stonehill College", "Advisory Boards of the Lawrence Partnership", "Advisory Boards of UTEC", "Boston Women\u2019s Workforce Council", "The Boston Club", "Mass FinTech Hub", "Massachusetts Business Coalition for Early Childhood Education", "Chair of MA250"] | 2026 |
