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Chelsea Groton Bank Employees Honored by Center for Financial Training

GROTON, Conn. – The Center for Financial Training (CFT) recently honored 16 Chelsea Groton Bank employees – Stephanie Han of East Lyme, CT; Jessica Charette of Groton, CT; Maria Grenier of Scotland, CT; Dorothy Houde of New London, CT; Elizabeth Owen of Norwich, CT; Kimberly Sanders of Stonington, CT; Jennifer Seuferling of Groton, CT; Susan Bailey of Norwich, CT; Kristen Brunelle of Salem, CT; Jennifer Gage of Mystic, CT; Jean McGran of Norwich, CT; Amy Prince of Richmond, RI; Allison Silva of Richmond, RI; Madison Stepnoski of Pawcatuck, CT; Lize-Anne Stewart of Baltic, CT; and Lisa Lamphere of Quaker Hill, CT.

“The Center for Financial Training offers courses of study in a range of topics that suit the individual interests of each employee,” said Kristin Zummo, Assistant Vice President and Learning & Development Manager. “At Chelsea Groton, we encourage employees to continually learn and develop themselves, and the CFT program is one of many avenues employees can take to further their learning. Our employees dedicated many hours to their studies and we are proud of their accomplishments.”

Chelsea Groton team members were honored with the following awards and certificates:
• Diploma: 
    o Stephanie Han, Waterford Branch, Branch Operations Specialist- Financial Service Marketing

• Certificates: 
    o Jessica Charette, Pawcatuck Branch, Branch Operations Specialist- Intro to Financial Services Operations 
    o Maria Grenier, Deposit Operations Manager- Introduction to Supervision 
    o Stephanie Han, Waterford Branch, Branch Operations Specialist- Intro to Sales and Service & Universal Banker 
    o Dorothy Houde, Customer Care Representative- Intro to Financial Service Operations 
    o Elizabeth Owen, Credit Analyst - Intro to Accounting 
    o Kimberly Sanders, Loan Servicing Representative- Intro to Human Resources 
    o Jennifer Seuferling, North Stonington Branch, Customer Solutions Manager- Intro to Financial Services Marketing, Intro to Financial Services Operations, Intro to Sales and Services

• Course Completion “First in Class”: 
    o Susan Bailey, Retail Lending Underwriter- Marketing and Financial Accounting 
    o Kristen Brunelle, Westside Branch, Branch Operations Associate- Human Relations 
    o Jessica Charette, Pawcatuck Branch, Branch Operations Specialist- Consumer Lending 
    o Jennifer Gage, Loan Servicing Set Up and Loan Sale Settlement Specialist- Analyzing Financial Statements 
    o Jean McGran, Regional Sales and Service Manager- Principles of Banking 
    o Elizabeth Owen, Credit Analyst -Statistics, Organizational Behavior 
    o Amy Prince, Retail Lending Administrator- Customer Service Excellence 
    o Allison Silva, Retail Lending Underwriter- Leading Your People to Success 
    o Madison Stepnoski, Mystic Branch, Branch Operations Associate at Mystic Auto Branch- Marketing 
    o Lize-Anne Stewart, Financial Analyst- Business Communication 
    o Lisa Lamphere, Loan Servicing Team Lead-Business Math 
     
About the Center for Financial Training
Since 1901, CFT has served the educational needs of the financial services industry and currently enrolls more than 10,000 financial institution employees in a variety of education and training programs each year. CFT is dedicated to providing professionally administered banker education and training that continually meets the educational needs of bank, credit union, and other employees in the financial services industry throughout our geographic market. To learn more, visit https://www.cftnow.org/.

About Chelsea Groton Bank
Based in Groton, Conn., Chelsea Groton Bank is a full-service mutually owned bank with over $1.1 billion in assets. Chelsea Groton Bank’s products and services include consumer banking, business banking, mortgage and business lending, cash management, financial planning and financial education classes. With 14 branch locations throughout New London County and a Loan Production Office in Hartford County, Chelsea Groton Bank also provides online and mobile banking, 24-hour telephone banking, and nationwide ATM banking for individuals, families and businesses. To learn more, please visit www.chelseagroton.com. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.

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