Lisa Legler

Lisa Legler is the branch manager of the bank’s main office in Jewett City, a position she has held since 2009.  Legler joined the bank in 2006 and served as the retail operations manager of the bank’s Dayville office upon its opening in 2007.

Katherine Quackenbush is the Bank’s human resources officer. She joined the Bank in 2007 as a teller, and served in roles of increasing responsibility including customer service representative and human resources assistant before being named as human resources officer. She is a graduate of Grove City College in Pennsylvania.

Dianne Chiavarini is the manager of Jewett City Savings Bank’s Central Village branch. Hired in 1992, Dianne recently celebrated 20 years of service with the bank. She has also served in teller, customer service representative, and assistant branch manager positions. She is a member of the board of the Plainfield Business Association.

Jenny Driscoll joined the Bank in 2001 as a teller, and subsequently served as escrow clerk and loan servicing assistant before being named to her current role as loan originations manager. She attended Eastern Connecticut State University.

Rhonda Pearson

Melissa Deslauriers

Kevin C. Merchant, president and CEO of Jewett City Savings Bank, has announced a new management team now in place at the Bank’s Dayville branch.

Melissa Deslauriers, formerly assistant branch manager at the Bank’s Main Office in Jewett City, has been promoted to branch manager in Dayville. Rhonda Pearson was promoted from her position as head teller and customer service representative at the Bank’s Preston branch to assistant branch manager in Dayville.

A Norwich resident, Deslauriers joined Jewett City Savings Bank in 2004 as a teller at the Central Village office. She subsequently moved to the Main Office as a customer service representative, and was promoted to assistant branch manager in 2009. She has earned numerous financial services certificates from the Center for Financial Training, and was ranked first in her residential mortgage lending class.

Pearson, a Plainfield resident, joined the Bank in 2006, as a teller at the Main Office. She transferred to the Bank’s Preston branch when that office opened in 2008, serving as head teller and customer service representative. She was a 2009 recipient of the Jewett City Savings Bank “Exceptional Service Award.”

Cannon has ten years of banking experience, including four years as compliance officer for a Rhode Island-based community bank.

An attorney with a background in legislation and legal research, he is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and the Roger Williams University School of Law.

Merchant was also recently elected as a director of the Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, and is an active member of the new Jewett City Main Street Committee, which is working on a downtown revitalization plan. He is also a member of the Griswold Business Association and the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce.

A Sterling resident, Merchant will celebrate a 30-year anniversary milestone with Jewett City Savings Bank in 2011. He joined the bank as an assistant vice president, and subsequently served as vice president and then senior vice president before being named as president and CEO in 2007.

Quackenbush joined the Bank in 2007, and served as a teller and customer service representative prior to her most recent position as human resources assistant.

A Plainfield resident, she holds a bachelor’s degree from Grove City College in Pennsylvania.

In her new role, Chiavarini replaces longtime Central Village branch manager Sandra Boucher, who was recently promoted to retail banking officer at the Bank’s corporate offices in Jewett City.

Chiavarini joined Jewett City Savings Bank in 1992 and has served in positions of increasing responsibility including teller, customer service representative, and assistant branch manager since that time.

Also at the Central Village office, Sue Duggan has been promoted to assistant branch manager, and Jennifer Beams was promoted to the position of head teller.

Boucher joined Jewett City Savings Bank in 1984. During her career with the Bank, she has served as head teller at the Central Village office, assistant manager of the Brooklyn office, and, for the past two decades, as branch manager of the Central Village office.

A Moosup resident, Boucher is a graduate of the Connecticut School of Finance and Management, and has received several First in Class awards in courses offered by the American Institute of Banking.

Legler was previously assistant manager at the Jewett City branch. She joined the Bank in 2006 as a customer service representative and also served as retail operations manager before her promotion to assistant manager in 2008.

A resident of Moosup, she attended Becker College in Worcester, MA where she earned an associate’s degree in paralegal studies.

Deslauriers has been promoted to assistant branch manager. She joined Jewett City Savings Bank in 2004 as a teller and has also served as a customer service representative. She is a graduate of Plainfield High School, and holds certificates from the Center for Financial Training in areas including Professional Teller, Retail Sales and Service, Financial Services and Supervision. She is a Preston resident.

As the manager of client services at Infinex Financial Group, Kosek has provided Jewett City Savings Bank customers with investment services over the past two years. That experience prompted his decision to join the Bank as an Infinex representative. He will be located at the Bank’s main office in Jewett City.

Infinex offers a range of investment options including mutual funds, stocks, bonds, and long-term care insurance. Kosek joined Infinex Financial Group in 2000 as a relationship manager, and was named manager of client services in 2004. Previously, he was a financial associate with Pratt & Whitney in Cheshire.

He is a graduate of New Britain High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in finance at Central Connecticut State University. He holds Series 7, 63, 24 Registrations and Life and Health Licenses.

Important Information
Investment and insurance products and services are offered through INFINEX INVESTMENTS, INC. Member FINRA/SIPC. In Massachusetts, insurance products are offered through Infinex Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, Inc. Infinex and the bank are not affiliated. Products and services made available through Infinex are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency of the United States and are not deposits or obligations of nor guaranteed or insured by any bank or bank affiliate. These products are subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of value.