Bristol County Savings Bank (BCSB), headquartered in Taunton, Massachusetts, announces it has recently promoted Chris Alves and Erin L. Riendeau to the position of Vice President.
As Vice President/Mortgage Operations & Sales Support Manager, Chris Alves is responsible for the management of mortgage origination operations for the Bank’s retail, wholesale and broker lending channels. Prior to his promotion, he held the positions of Mortgage Operations & Sales Support Manager, Mortgage Operations Supervisor and Internal Sales Coordinator for the Bank. Alves currently serves on the Emerging Leaders Board for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro South in Taunton and has volunteered for Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts in New Bedford. He earned his MBA and bachelor’s degree in Accounting from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and graduated from the Massachusetts Bankers Association New England School for Financial Studies, Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Alves resides in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Expanding her role as Executive Legal Assistant and Paralegal, Erin Riendeau will continue to assist and provide oversight on legal and corporate governance matters at the Bank. In addition, Riendeau was elected as Corporate Secretary of the Bank. Previously, Riendeau held the positions of Paralegal and Legal Administrative Assistant at Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., Legal Administrative Assistant at Burns & Levinson LLP and Paralegal at Tapalian & Tadros, PC, all in Providence, Rhode Island.
Active in the community, Riendeau is a Board Member and Treasurer of the Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) representing the towns of Berkley, Dighton, Rehoboth and Somerset and was recently elected to the Board of Trustees for Argosy Collegiate Charter School. Riendeau earned her bachelor’s degree in History from Providence College and is also a graduate of the Massachusetts Bankers Association New England School for Financial Studies, Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Riendeau resides in Somerset, Massachusetts.
Bristol County Savings Bank, a state-chartered savings bank and the wholly-owned subsidiary of Beacon Bancorp, is a full-service banking institution with approximately $2.8 billion in assets following the acquisition. Founded in 1846, Bristol County Savings Bank has expanded its branch network to 18 full-service offices including the two acquired from Freedom National Bank. The branches are located in Attleboro, Dartmouth, East Freetown, Fall River, Franklin, New Bedford, North Attleboro, Raynham, Rehoboth and Taunton, Massachusetts, and Cumberland, Greenville and Pawtucket, Rhode Island as well as a Loan center in Warwick, Rhode Island. The Bank also operates limited service educational branches at Taunton and Attleboro High Schools. In addition to traditional banking services, Bristol County Savings Bank offers wealth management services through its affiliate Bristol Wealth Group, as well as insurance services through its affiliate FBinsure, one of the region’s largest property and casualty insurance agencies. For more information on Bristol County Savings Bank, visit www.bristolcountysavings.com.
