Adams Community Bank Promotes Four
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ADAMS, Mass. — Adams Community Bank has promoted four of its employees: Gerry Biron to vice president of Mortgage Operations; Elena Tucker to vice president of Human Resources and Payroll; Terry Jajko to controller and Dawn Canales to assistant vice president systems analyst.
“I am very proud to announce the promotion of these four individuals who are all strong contributors to the success of our bank,” said Charles P. O’Brien, president and chief executive officer. “I congratulate all of them for their hard work and dedication to their careers here at Adams Community Bank.”
Biron is responsible for managing loan production and servicing as well as secondary market activities in his role. He joined Adams Community Bank in October of 2013 as assistant vice president of Credit Administration. He has 18 years of banking experience in all retail aspects of lending. A distinguished graduate of Salem State College and the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Biron is a lifelong resident of Adams. He also served time in the United States Marine Corp where he was the recipient of the Good Conduct Medal.
As vice president of Human Resources & Payroll, Tucker is responsible for all of the human resource, benefit and payroll functions. Tucker joined the bank in September of 2012 as Human Resources manager and was promoted in 2013 to Human Resources and Payroll officer. She is a graduate of Bentley College with a B.S. degree in Computer Information Systems. She is a Board of Governance committee member at the Pittsfield Family YMCA, an HR committee member at Berkshire Place and for the Mass Bankers Association, and is also a member of the HR Association of Berkshire County. She resides in Pittsfield with her husband.
Jajko began her career with the bank in 1996 as a teller. She moved to the Accounting Department in 1998 where she has held many positions including her most recent position as assistant vice president of Accounting. Jajko is responsible for the financial statements, general ledger, tax compliance, accounts payable, budgeting as well as overseeing the accounting staff. She resides in Cheshire with her husband.
Canales joined the bank in May of 2013 as the Information Systems analyst and has used her expertise in systems and processing to advance several successful projects. In her role she is responsible for analyzing processes for improvement and managing projects throughout the bank. Canales is Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified and is an alumnus of Berkshire Community College and the former North Adams State College, now MCLA. She is the president of the St. Stan’s School PTO and a member of their school board. She is also a member of the Hoosac Valley Nordic Ski Team booster club and the McCann Tech Business Technology Advisory Board. She resides in Cheshire with her husband and two children.
