Berkshire Bank Names MacDonald SVP Corporate Auto Sales Leader

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Hills Bancorp has appointed Ron A. MacDonald to the position of  senior vice president/corporate auto sales leader.   

MacDonald joins Berkshire from First Niagara Bank, where he served as first vice president/national sales manager, focused on expanding the indirect auto finance business across the Northeast. He has more than 30 years of experience in the automotive business including previous roles at TD Bank as the National Sales Manager for auto finance and various positions within the auto dealer community.  

MacDonald received his BA from University of New Hampshire.


Sean Gray, executive vice president and head of Retail Banking, said the MacDonald is "the right person" for the job.

"Ron will be leading Berkshire’s indirect team, providing strategic direction to develop and expand relationships throughout our footprint, with a focus on building long-term partnerships and managing the secondary marketing of this product," he said. "This is another example of our commitment to ongoing leadership recruitment and revenue diversification and we look forward to profitable growth from this business line.”

MacDonald will be based at Berkshire’s Eastern Massachusetts Regional Headquarters at 1 Van de Graaf Drive, Burlington, Mass., and may be reached at 207-415-1312 or rmacdonald@berkshirebank.com.

 


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Dalton Select Board Argues Over Sidewalk Article

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — A heated discussion concerning sidewalks during Monday night's Select Board meeting resulted in the acting chair calling a recess to cool the situation. 
 
The debate stemmed from the two articles on the town meeting warrant for May 6 at 7 p.m. at Wahconah Regional High School. 
 
One proposes purchasing a sidewalk paver for $64,000 so sidewalks can be paved or repaired for less money, but they will use asphalt rather than concrete. The other would amend the town's bylaws to mandate the use of concrete for all future sidewalks. 
 
The article on concrete sidewalks was added to the warrant through a citizen petition led by resident Todd Logan. 
 
The board was determining whether to recommend the article when member John Boyle took the conversation in a new direction by addressing how the petition was brought about. 
 
"I just have a comment about this whole procedure. I'm very disappointed in the fact that you [Logan] have been working, lobbying various groups and implementing this plan and filed this petition six weeks ago. You never had any respect for the Select Board and …" Boyle said. 
 
Before Boyle could finish his statement, which was directed to Logan, who was in the audience, Chair Joe Diver called point of order via Zoom. 
 
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