Shari L. Williams
Fairfield County Bank has appointed Shari L. Williams as vice president, small-business lending.
In that role, Williams is responsible for the development and management of the small-business lending activities for the bank and its Ridgefield Bank division. Prior to joining Fairfield County Bank in September 2006 as vice president, commercial lender and credit officer, Williams was senior vice president, risk management, at SL Financial Services, a subsidiary of LBBW Financial Group, in Westport.
Earlier in her career, she held the position of vice president, capital markets, at Stamford’s Lyon Credit Corp., a subsidiary of Credit Lyonnais. Prior to that, she was commercial credit manager at Phoenixcor Financial Services in Norwalk.
SBT Elects Director
Rodney R. Reynolds has been unanimously elected as a director of the Simsbury Bank & Trust Co., a subsidiary of SBT Bancorp.
Reynolds has had a long career in manufacturing, real estate development, financial services, philanthropy and working with people with special needs. He was a founding director of the Trust Company of Connecticut, an investment management and trust services provider that was acquired by New Alliance in 2005.
The Simsbury Bank & Trust Co. is a locally controlled commercial bank for businesses and consumers. The bank has approximately $215 million in assets and full-service offices in Simsbury, Avon, Bloomfield, Canton and Granby.
Ramey to Chair Board
Donna M. Ramey, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Savings Bank of Danbury, has been elected chairwoman of the volunteer board of directors for Housing Development Fund.
Stamford-based HDF is a nonprofit bank providing funding for affordable housing and homebuyer assistance programs.
Ramey succeeds Reyno A. Giallongo Jr., senior vice president at First County Bank, who served as chairman for the last six years. He will remain on the executive committee as immediate past chairman.
Ramey has served on the HDF board since 2003. As chairwoman, her goal is to help the organization expand statewide. It currently serves all of southwestern Connecticut.
Seminars Set for May
Two different programs addressing affordable housing and mortgage company profitability are scheduled for next month.
On May 1, city and town officials from throughout the state will take part in “Housing Connecticut: A Mayors’ Forum on Affordable Housing.” The program is sponsored by the Connecticut Mortgage Bankers Association’s Affordable Housing Committee, the Connecticut Association of Realtors, the Connecticut Housing Coalition and the Partnership for Strong Communities.
The forum will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Aqua Turf Country Club on Mulberry St. in Plantsville. Breakfast and registration begin at 8 a.m.
The cost of the forum is $35 for CMBA, CAR, CHC and PSC members, $30 for preferred members and $40 for nonmembers. Organizations or individuals can purchase a table of eight for $200. For more information or to register for the forum, visit www.cmba.org or call (860) 232-9141.
On May 10, the Connecticut Association of Mortgage Brokers and the Connecticut Mortgage Bankers Association will be sponsoring a half-day seminar called “How to Create a Profitable Mortgage Company in Any Market.”
The event will be held at the Holiday Inn at 201 Washington Ave. in North Haven. The featured speaker will be Bill Sparkman, who has coached, trained and motivated thousands of loan originators nationwide.
The cost of the seminar will be $45 for members and $55 for nonmembers. Registration and breakfast will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and the seminar will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For further information and registration, contact CTAMB’s Michael Savenelli Sr. at (203) 889-0129.
