WATERFORD, Conn. – Charter Oak Federal Credit Union has promoted Holly DePerry to Assistant Vice President-Business Lender and also promoted Lauren Vincent to Commercial Credit Manager to accommodate the credit union’s expanding business lending business.
DePerry has extensive business lending experience in eastern Connecticut as well as southern Rhode Island and has been with Charter Oak’s Business Lending Department since 2017. Vincent joined Charter Oak in 2015 and has served in numerous banking positions as well as serving as a credit analyst for the business lending team.
“Both Holly and Lauren have been instrumental in growing our business lending operations, and I’m pleased to recognize their talents and achievements with these well-deserved promotions,” said Brian A. Orenstein, Charter Oak’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Charter Oak’s Business Lending Department had a record year in loan activity during 2019,” he said, “clearly dispelling the myth that credit unions cannot thrive and grow in the business lending arena.”