Sector: Financials
Director information for WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORP (data for year 2025)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Krynick | Head of Bank Operations | 40 | ["Head of Bank Operations since January 2024", "Senior Managing Director, Corporate Strategy since 2015"] | [] | 2025 |
| Charles L. Wilkins | Head of HSA Bank | 63 | ["Joined Webster in 2014", "President of his own consulting practice specializing in healthcare and financial services from 2012 through 2013"] | ["Board of Career Resources, Inc."] | 2025 |
| Christopher J. Motl | President of Commercial Banking | 54 | ["Established and grew the Sponsor and Specialty Banking Group at Webster", "Former Executive Vice President and Director of Middle Market Banking at Webster", "Former Vice President and Relationship Manager at CoBank", "Led commercial banking activities", "Announced joint venture with Marathon Asset Management", "Increased colleague engagement"] | ["Board of the Connecticut Bankers Association"] | 2025 |
| Daniel H. Bley | Chief Risk Officer | 56 | ["Chief Risk Officer of Webster and Webster Bank"] | ["Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of New York", "Audit Committee of Junior Achievement of New York"] | 2025 |
| E. Carol Hayles | Director; Chair | 64 | ["Public Company / Corporate Governance", "Audit / Financial Reporting", "Financial Services Industry", "Executive Leadership", "Risk Management"] | ["Audit", "Risk", "Executive"] | 2025 |
| Elzbieta Cieslik | Chief Audit Officer | 63 | ["Chief Audit Officer of Webster and Webster Bank", "Global Director of Internal Audit at GFI Group Inc.", "Vice President and Senior Audit Manager at JP Morgan Chase", "Founding member of Webster Women\u2019s Initiative Network (WWN)"] | ["Audit Committee", "Finance Committee for Connecticut Community Care"] | 2025 |
| James Griffin | Head of Consumer Banking | 48 | ["Head of Consumer Banking at Webster Bank", "Executive Managing Director, Head of Consumer & Business Banking at Sterling National Bank", "Director of Branch Banking for Astoria Bank"] | ["Long Island Advisory Board for Junior Achievement"] | 2025 |
| Jason Soto | Chief Credit Officer | 51 | ["Previously served as a Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Executive at Webster from 2015 to 2018", "Oversaw commercial and industrial lending, including Sponsor Finance", "Advanced our credit strategy and risk governance program", "Serves on the board of Families First, a Watertown, MA-based nonprofit focused on early childhood parent education"] | [] | 2025 |
| John P. Cahill | Director | 66 | ["Public Company / Corporate Governance", "Financial Services Industry", "Executive Leadership"] | ["Risk", "Technology"] | 2025 |
| John R. Ciulla | Director; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | 59 | ["Public Company / Corporate Governance", "Audit / Financial Reporting", "Financial Services Industry", "Executive Leadership", "Risk Management", "Technology, Cybersecurity and Data Management", "Strategic Planning and M&A", "Compensation and Human Capital Management", "Legal and Regulatory", "Established strategic vision", "Provided leadership and guidance", "Chaired Executive Management Committee", "Ensured alignment of strategy and governance"] | ["Executive", "Executive Management Committee"] | 2025 |
| Laurence C. Morse | Director | 73 | ["Public Company / Corporate Governance", "Financial Services Industry", "Executive Leadership"] | ["Compensation and Human Resources", "Nominating and Corporate Governance", "Executive", "Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2025 |
| Lauren C. States | Director | 68 | ["Public Company / Corporate Governance", "Financial Services Industry", "Executive Leadership", "Legal and Regulatory"] | ["Audit", "Risk", "Technology"] | 2025 |
| Luis Massiani | President and Chief Operating Officer | 48 | ["Former President of Sterling National Bank", "Former Chief Operating Officer of Sterling Bancorp", "Former Chief Financial Officer at Provident NY Bancorp and Provident Bank", "Oversaw HSA Bank and consumer banking", "Led corporate development activities", "Transitioned into expanded business leadership role"] | ["Executive Committee of the Westchester County Association"] | 2025 |
| Marissa Weidner | Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer | 48 | ["Previously served as Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Strategic Initiatives Officer at Sterling National Bank from 2019 until 2022", "Served as President of the Westchester County Association", "Vice President of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation"] | ["Board of Directors for the College of Westchester\u2019s Charitable Foundation", "Junior Achievement of Greater Fairfield County", "Women\u2019s Business Development Council"] | 2025 |
| Mark Pettie | Director; Chair | 68 | ["Public Company / Corporate Governance", "Financial Services Industry", "Executive Leadership"] | ["Risk", "Compensation and Human Resources", "Executive"] | 2025 |
| Maureen B. Mitchell | Director | 73 | ["Public Company / Corporate Governance", "Audit / Financial Reporting", "Financial Services Industry", "Executive Leadership", "Risk Management"] | ["Audit", "Technology"] | 2025 |
| Mona Aboelnaga Kanaan | Director; Chair | 57 | ["Public Company / Corporate Governance", "Audit / Financial Reporting", "Financial Services Industry", "Executive Leadership", "Risk Management", "Technology, Cybersecurity and Data Management"] | ["Nominating and Corporate Governance", "Technology", "Executive", "Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2025 |
| Richard O’Toole | Director | 68 | ["Public Company / Corporate Governance", "Financial Services Industry", "Executive Leadership"] | ["Risk", "Nominating and Corporate Governance", "Executive", "Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2025 |
| William D. Haas | Director | 62 | ["Public Company / Corporate Governance", "Audit / Financial Reporting", "Executive Leadership", "experience in identifying, assessing, and managing risk exposures of large, complex financial institutions"] | ["Risk", "Compensation and Human Resources"] | 2025 |
| William E. Whiston | Director | 71 | ["Public Company / Corporate Governance", "Audit / Financial Reporting", "Financial Services Industry", "Executive Leadership"] | ["Audit", "Compensation and Human Resources"] | 2025 |
| William L. Atwell | Director; Chair | 74 | ["Public Company / Corporate Governance", "Financial Services Industry", "Executive Leadership", "Technology, Cybersecurity and Data Management"] | ["Compensation and Human Resources", "Nominating and Corporate Governance", "Executive"] | 2025 |
