15 Years and Going Strong
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15 Years and Going Strong
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BankRI celebrated its 15th anniversary with customers and employees.
Pictured are seventeen of the employees who have been at the bank since its inception, enjoying a Founders Luncheon with BankRI President and CEO Merrill Sherman.
Back row (from left to right): Frances Brown, Diane Goyette, Debra Regan, Daniel Patenaude, Daniel Hagerty, Trudy Rawles, Pamela Almeida.
Middle row (from left to right): Diane Bell, Kathryn Taylor, Melissa Ogg, Beverly Chappron, Merrill Sherman, Michelle Marsden, Elizabeth Bowie.
BankRI has grown to $1.6 billion in assets, $1.1 billion in deposits, 17 branches and over 60 ATMs. It began back in October 1995 when a group of investors struck an agreement with Fleet Financial Group to purchase the Rhode Island-based Shawmut branches being divested as part of the Fleet/Shawmut merger.