Carolyn Welch recently joined Chelsea Groton Bank as vice president and commercial loan officer.

In her new role, she will be based at the bank’s lending center in Glastonbury. In this position, she will work to develop commercial loan relationships with centers of influence in Hartford, Middlesex and New Haven counties.

“Carolyn is a veteran of the industry. She has extensive commercial lending experience, specifically with SBA programs,” Tony Joyce, senior vice president and commercial lending manager at Chelsea Groton Bank, said in a statement. “She has spent years cultivating new borrower relationships and working closely with commercial real estate brokers, accountants, lawyers and other professionals.”

Most recently, Welch was senior vice president and market manager of business banking at Citizens Bank, responsible for managing new acquisition, retention and expansion goals of her team across the state. Prior to that, she was a commercial loan officer at Community Investment Corp.