Donald R. Chase

Donald R. Chase was a member of the bank’s Boards of Directors for Merchants Bank and Merchants Bancshares, Inc., a public company located in South Burlington, VT, and Chairman of the Board of NUVO Bank and Trust Company, Springfield, MA since its inception in 2008. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, and a Director of Westbank Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Westbank, for 20 years. Westbank was a publicly traded Massachusetts chartered commercial bank and trust company with assets close to 900 million, prior to its acquisition in 2007. Mr. Chase is a graduate of Western New England University with a BS degree in accounting and completed graduate coursework at the University of Virginia School of Banking. He has been in banking for approximately 44 years.